| Patti Solis Doyle | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1965 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Former Senior Adviser (also formerly Campaign Manager) to Hillary Clinton. Current Vice-Presidential Chief of Staff for Joe Biden. Barack Obama's Vice-Presidential running mate. |
| Spouse | i) Andy Jacobson (div.) ii) Jim Doyle |
| Children | 2 |
Patti Solis Doyle (born August 23, 1965) is an American political operative and was in 2008 a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, where she was the campaign chief of staff to Joe Biden, Obama's vice presidential choice.[1]
Previously Solis Doyle was a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton, having started her association with the former First Lady as Clinton's assistant during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. She eventually became campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, Clinton's 2006 re-election campaign and Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign from its inception until she was replaced by Maggie Williams in February 2008.
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She is the youngest of six children. Her parents, Santiago and Alejandrina Solis, were immigrants from Monterrey, Mexico. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois in the Pilsen neighborhood, attending the Notre Dame High School for Girls and Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies. Her oldest brother, Daniel Solis, is a Chicago alderman representing the 25th ward.[2][3]
Doyle entered politics working on Richard M. Daley's campaign for Mayor of Chicago. Later she went with David Wilhelm (Bill Clinton's campaign manager) from Chicago to Little Rock, where she became Hillary Rodham Clinton's assistant. She is credited with coining the term "Hillaryland", the close circle of Clinton advisers, dating back to 1992.[4]
Appointing Solis Doyle as her presidential campaign manager, Clinton said, "I have complete confidence and trust in her as a person and as a professional. She was the natural choice for me when it came to picking someone to run this campaign". Solis Doyle was the first Hispanic woman to manage a presidential campaign.[5][6]
Her removal from the top position was reported to have been acrimonious, and some inside the Clinton camp have accused Solis Doyle of managing the campaign "into a ditch".[7] Doyle was replaced by Maggie Williams. [1] It has been reported that Senator Clinton and Solis Doyle have not spoken since. [2]
On June 16, 2008, the Obama campaign announced Solis Doyle would join the campaign as the chief of staff for his vice presidential nominee, revealed on August 23, 2008 to be Joe Biden, the Senior U.S. Senator from Delaware. The news angered some in the Clinton circle who felt the move was intended to send a message that Clinton would not be asked to be Obama's vice presidential nominee.[8][9] Obama later stated that this was not his intended message.[10]
She is married to Jim Doyle, a Harvard Law School graduate. They have two children.