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Salim Shariff is a political strategist with over 10 years of experience who has helped manage multi-million dollar ad buys, support coalitions of hundreds of organizations with digital organizing support, and raised millions of dollars online for progressive candidates and causes.

He currently leads Contest Every Race, a candidate recruitment organization that has recruited over 190,000 to consider a run for office in partnership with 30+ Democratic state parties.

Salim was the 2016 Digital Director for Hillary Clinton in Ohio. Salim got his start in politics on the Obama 2012 campaign, where he served as a digital organizer in Southern California and Chicago in 2011. In 2012, he served as the deputy digital director in Ohio.