Jeff Greene, the billionaire investor and would-be Kendrick Meek spoiler in the Florida Democratic Senate primary, saw his campaign manager, Josh Morrow, quit today after a short stint getting the campaign up and running.
The Greene campaign would not discuss details of Morrow’s move, but a spokesperson told me today that the decision was all Morrow’s and that Morrow was not fired. The campaign said that no further staff shakeup is expected, and that Morrow’s decision to leave did not signal any problems in Greene’s operation.
Morrow will be replaced by Jessica Vanden Berg, whose career includes a stint as Iowa state director for former Florida Sen. Bob Graham’s (D) 2004 presidential campaign.
Greene and Meek will meet in the August 24 Democratic primary.
According to a report in the Miami Herald, Morrow “didn’t explain his departure in an e-mail to staffers” obtained by the paper.
Greene is currently running neck-and-neck with Meek in primary polls and, like Meek, well behind independent candidate Charlie Crist and Republican nominee Marco Rubio in general election polls.
