Article snippet: It’s one of the clearest signals to date of who’s considering a run for the White House in 2020: staffing. For months, would-be Democratic presidential hopefuls — Sens. MORE (Mass.), to name a couple — have dispatched trusted aides and advisers across the country to help Democrats in the midterm elections. At the same time, several potential candidates have started the process of recruiting new personnel in a handful of states that will be pivotal in securing their party’s nomination in 2020. While most staffing decisions are still in their formative phases and few official moves have been made, several Democratic officials in early primary states said that would-be White House hopefuls and their advisers have been making calls to prospective campaign operatives, who could eventually help build their ground operations in the run-up to 2020. Taken together, the moves are intended to help Democrats eyeing a challenge to MORE gain an early presence in crucial early-voting states, including Iowa and New Hampshire, and build political networks that will come in handy in a potentially crowded primary field. “The advantage is it helps us establish a strong footprint before anyone else officially announces,” said Ahmed Elsayed, a spokesperson for Rep. MORE (D-Md.), who has been campaigning for the White House for nearly a year and a half and has already visited all 99 counties in Iowa. By the first week of January, Delaney’s campaign will have 21 staffers on the ground... Link to the full article to read more