The Iowa Democratic Party announces today that Derek Eadon will be the Coordinated Campaign Director.

“Iowa Democrats have had great successes over the last few years that we now need to maintain those hard-fought victories,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan.

Kiernan continued, “Derek will be the guy to get the job done, and we are very excited to have him join us.”

Derek will oversee the Coordinated Campaign, which will focus heavily on organizing the grassroots, from volunteer coordination to get-out the vote-programs.

“My job is to build on the organization already put into place by the Iowa Democratic Party so that Democrats win here in November. I am confident we can do that and I am eager to get the Coordinated Campaign underway,” said Eadon.

Eadon is a 2006 Coordinated Campaign veteran, working as a field organizer in the Cedar Rapids area. He then became the first field organizer hired in Iowa for President Obama’s campaign, and he worked for the Obama campaign throughout the 2008 election. Prior to this, Eadon was the Iowa State Director for Organizing for America.

Derek Eadon started in his new position as Coordinated Campaign Director this week.