Jenna Kruse

She/Her

Jenna, co-founder and executive vice president, is a nearly 15-year veteran of Democratic political campaigns with a background in opposition research, communications, and paid media strategy helping over 100 campaigns up and down the ballot. Her expertise working with candidates at all levels of the ballot makes her uniquely positioned to help your campaign or organization identify best messaging and avenues for it.

A Central Illinois native, Jenna first became involved in politics when she heard about her home state senator mounting a long-shot bid for president. A few years later, she cut her teeth in the hard-scrabble world of congressional campaigns – working in various positions at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from the 2010 through the 2014 election cycles on both the coordinated and independent expenditure teams. Her research expertise aided dozens of congressional campaigns across the country.

Jenna also served as research director for Senator Brian Schatz’s first Senate election, in which he narrowly won a competitive primary by fewer than 2,000 votes, and for Senator Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential campaign, where she managed the self- and opposition research teams as well as vetting. Jenna also previously served in senior roles at EMILY’s List where she managed the research and legislative tracking operations to help elect pro-choice Democratic women up and down the ballot and across the country. She was proud to be part of the 2018 leadership team to help elect a then-record number of women to office and deliver the House majority to Democrats.

In 2021, Jenna embarked on the hike of a lifetime and completed the 2,650 mile-long trek along the Pacific Crest Trail, walking the length of California, Oregon, and Washington.

Jenna is an alumna of Miami University (Ohio), where she was a member of the Track and Cross Country teams and earned degrees in Mass Communication and Political Science. When not on the phone with buyers or hustling to a shoot, Jenna enjoys running, gardening, and spending time with her husband Matt and cat Bobby Mack.