Kamala Harris lays off entire New Hampshire field team amid dozens of staff cuts
by Caitlin Yilek
| November 01, 2019 06:28 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is laying off staff and closing offices in New Hampshire as she has struggled to build momentum for her candidacy in recent months.
Harris is cutting her entire field team in the state and closing field offices in Portsmouth, Manchester, and Keene, the campaign said. Her campaign had more than 20 staffers in the state.
"We had to lay people off. Yes, we did. We had to lay people off," Harris said in Ankeny, Iowa, on Friday. "I am very sad about that. It was a very tough decision that we had to make, but frankly a necessary decision. I am all-in in Iowa. And I intend to win."
A campaign representative told CBS News that “a handful of staffers will run a scaled-down campaign out of the Manchester headquarters.â€
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