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She then worked on John Edwards’ 2004 and 2008 unsuccessful
campaigns, before she served as the deputy campaign manager
for former President Barack Obama’s successful reelection
campaign in 2012.
In 2013 Dillon founded Precision Strategies, “an integrated
strategy and marketing agency working with companies, causes
and candidates to change people’s minds and move then to
action,” according to its website.
Dillon focused a large portion of the Biden campaign on the
“blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
that Trump narrowly won in 2016. Biden ended up winning all
three states, giving him a crucial 46 electoral college
votes.
Biden visited Pennsylvania 13 times during the campaign,
which was three more times than any other state, and a Biden
insider said of Dillon’s strategy: “That’s what Jen does:
see the main opening and make sure every detail is in place
to follow through.
Ben LaBolt, who was a colleague of Dillon’s while she worked
for Obama, added that she is a “master.”
“Jen is a brilliant strategist who knows the battleground
states like the back of her hands, and who knows the
Democratic Party mechanisms and infrastructure down to what
type of data infrastructure needs to be built to reach
persuadable voter,” he said.
“She is a master of both the brass tacks of traditional
campaigning and the modern, digital ways of campaigning,” he
added.
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