Jeff Van Drew for Congress today announced the hiring of seasoned political operative and South Jersey native Ron Filan as campaign manager.

“There is no finer Republican operative with deeper roots in South Jersey than Ron Filan,” said Van Drew (R-2). “The Washington liberals are looking to take down me and
President Trump, but like I told the President in the Oval Office, we will win this seat – because while the Washington liberals are focused on scoring political points, I’m focused on creating more South Jersey jobs and making our country even stronger.”

Filan previously served as the Republican National Committee’s New Jersey State Director, Political Director at the New Jersey Republican State Committee and Executive Director of the Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland County Republican Committees. Filan also served as Campaign Manager for former Congressman Frank LoBiondo and now-Senator Chris Brown’s 2015 campaign for Assembly.

Van Drew was a Democrat who changed parties this month and became a Republican and Trump loyalist.

“Jeff will be joining the Republican Party,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office a week ago, after teasing a “very big announcement.”

Van Drew told Trump he has his “undying support.”

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