Trump campaign expands operations in Minnesota, Virginia with opening of 'Trump Force 47' field offices
A combined 19 Trump campaign field offices will be opened throughout Minnesota and Virginia
By Kyle Morris , Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published June 22, 2024 4:07pm EDT
Former President Trump is making a bold push into two states once written off as blue, opening a combined 19 field offices in Virginia and Minnesota with the 2024 presidential election less than five months away.
The Trump campaign confirmed to Fox News that it is expanding operations in the two states that have voted reliably Democrat in recent presidential elections. The Trump campaign is in the process of securing leases for eight Trump Force 47 field offices in Minnesota and another 11 in Virginia, according to a Trump campaign memo obtained by Fox News on Friday.
Staff have already been hired to manage each state, and the campaign is currently working to build out teams to work each field office in favor of the former president.
In its memo, the campaign noted that "collateral materials will land in early July in both states, and we’ve already begun to generate Trump Force 47 Captain recruits to get them into training."
The Trump campaign, which views both Minnesota and Virginia as competitive in the upcoming election, aims to flip both states as it pushes to expand the 2024 electoral map.
At a closed-door Republican National Committee retreat for top-dollar donors earlier this spring at a resort in Palm Beach, Florida, senior Trump campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita and veteran pollster Tony Fabrizio spotlighted internal surveys that suggested both "Minnesota & Virginia are clearly in play."
"In both states, Donald Trump finds himself in positions to flip key electoral votes in his favor," the survey, which was shared with Fox News, emphasizes.
It's been two decades since a Republican carried Virginia in the race for the White House – the last time being when then-President George W. Bush won the Commonwealth in his 2004 re-election victory.
But recent polling indicates a close contest in Virginia.
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