Sam Paisley joins the New Deal Strategies team with experience working on several top-tier statewide campaigns and in the U.S. Senate. She thrives in rapid response environments and with strategic planning, and is committed to helping progressive clients tell their stories and win. 

Most recently, Sam served as Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, helping to drive communications strategies amid historic legislative accomplishments and foreign policy crises. Last cycle, she worked as Deputy Communications Director on Senator Maggie Hassan’s re-election campaign, which was among the most competitive incumbent Senate races in the country. Sam also brings experience executing communications for MJ Hegar’s U.S. Senate campaign, the office of U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. 

Sam graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in 2018 with a B.S. in Journalism and Political Science.