Doug Jones to become only Dem senator with black chief of staff
Senator-elect Doug Jones (Ala.) announced on Tuesday that he has hired Dana Gresham as his chief of staff, which will make him the only Democratic senator to have an African-American in that position.
Gresham, a Birmingham native, has served in leadership roles in presidential administrations and for members of Congress. He led the Legislative Affairs Office at the Department of Transportation during all eight years of the Obama administration and has also worked on Capitol hill for 14 years.
GOP Sens. Tim Scott (S.C.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) also have black chiefs of staff.
According to a 2016 report from Roll Call, only 5 percent of nearly 3,600 Senate staffers are black.
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