Quentin Fulks

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Quentin Fulks
Education Georgia Southwestern State University (BA)
American University (MPA)
Occupation Campaign manager
Political party Democratic

Quentin Fulks is an American campaign manager and political strategist. He is a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics [1] and the principal deputy campaign manager of the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign.

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Early life

Fulks is from Ellaville, Georgia. [2] He graduated from Schley Middle High School in 2008. [3] Fulks was a split end and defensive back on the varsity football team. [3] In 2012, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University. [4] He served as the co-founder and president of its pre-law society. [4] Fulks earned a M.A. from the American University School of Public Affairs in 2015. [4]

Political career

In June 2014, Fulks joined Priorities USA Action as a political content manager. [4] He interned for U.S. representative Steny Hoyer. [2]

Fulks served as the deputy to campaign manager Anne Caprara during governor J. B. Pritzker's election campaign in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election. [2] Fulks was the manager of Senator Raphael Warnock's reelection campaign during the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia. [2] Warnock was the first Democrat to win re-election to the Senate in Georgia since Sam Nunn in 1990 [5] and the first Deep South Democrat to win re-election since former Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu in 2008. [6]

On April 25, 2023, Julie Chávez Rodriguez and Fulks were named as campaign manager and principal deputy campaign manager respectively of the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign. [7] [8] This is the first time a Latina and an African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president. [7]

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