Weiner continues to staff up for his nascent mayoral bid. | REUTERS Weiner hires campaign manager

Anthony Weiner’s new campaign manager for his nascent mayoral bid is a recent Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee adviser who spent four months working on a failed Staten Island congressional race last year, two sources familiar with the hire told POLITICO.

Danny Kedem, who worked on Mark Murphy’s congressional run in New York’s 11th District last year, has been brought on as Weiner’s campaign manager for a race he is likely to announce next week, according to multiple sources. Kedem’s resume includes a handful of other congressional runs and mayoral races, as well as field organizing work on Hillary Clinton’s presidential run.


Weiner has also brought on a press secretary and is filling other roles, after a disjointed rollout that followed his New York Times Magazine profile and interview.

The sources said Weiner or his surrogates had reached out to a number of potential press hires with experience in high-pressure races or in New York City, and a number of them passed on interviewing for a job.

Weiner did not respond to an email for comment. Kedem couldn’t be reached.