Quentin Fulks is an American

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and political strategist. He is a fellow at the

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and the principal deputy campaign manager of the

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Life

Fulks is from Ellaville, Georgia. He graduated from Schley Middle High School in 2008. Fulks was a split end and

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on the varsity football team. In 2012, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in sociology at

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. He served as the co-founder and president of its pre-law society. In June 2014, Fulks joined

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as a political content manager. He interned for U.S. representative

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. Fulks earned a M.A. from the

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in 2015. Fulks served as the deputy to campaign manager Anne Caprara during governor J. B. Pritzker's election campaign in the

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. Fulks was the manager of senator

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's reelection campaign during the

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. Warnock was the first Democrat to win re-election to the Senate in Georgia since Sam Nunn in 1990 and the first Deep South Democrat to win re-election since former Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu in 2008. He is a fellow at the

. On April 25, 2023,

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and Fulks were named as campaign manager and principal deputy campaign manager respectively of the

. This is the first time a

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and African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fulks, Quentin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Schley County, Georgia American campaign managers African-American people in Georgia (U.S. state) politics 21st-century African-American people Georgia Southwestern State University alumni American University School of Public Affairs alumni Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats