Addisu Demissie

Addisu Demissie is a Democratic Party political strategist. He managed Rahm Emanuel's 2011 Chicago mayoral campaign, David Chiu's 2011 San Francisco mayoral campaign, Cory Booker's 2013 U.S. Senate campaign, Gavin Newsom's 2018 California gubernatorial campaign, and Cory Booker's 2020 presidential campaign. He also worked on the 2008 presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. He worked for Organizing for America. He also founded 50+1 Strategies.

Early life and education Born in Canada, Demissie immigrated to the United States. He also co-founded 50+1 Strategies, a consulting firm based in California.

In 2013, Demissie served as the campaign manager of Cory Booker's successful campaign in the 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey.

During the 2016 United States presidential election, Demissie served as the national voter outreach and mobilization director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

In February 2021, Demissie and a number of other Democratic strategist launched the group Building Back Together, planning to run ads promoting the agenda of the Biden administration.

In 2023, Demissie was selected as a Fellow at the USC Center for the Political Future .