{"id":1331749,"date":"2019-05-04T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/?post_type=beat&p=1331749"},"modified":"2019-05-04T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T20:51:14","slug":"andy-winer-longtime-schatz-chief-of-staff-is-leaving","status":"publish","type":"beat","link":"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/beat\/andy-winer-longtime-schatz-chief-of-staff-is-leaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Winer, Longtime Schatz Chief Of Staff, Is Leaving"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 After more than six years as U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz\u2019s chief of staff, Andy Winer is moving on. <\/span><\/p>\n

Winer, who is one of Hawaii\u2019s top political operatives, told Civil Beat he\u2019s leaving Schatz\u2019s office to work in the private sector in Washington, D.C., as a consultant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He still plans to work for Schatz when the senator comes up for re-election in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy plan is to remain on Team Schatz and remain a part of the campaign team,\u201d Winer said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Andy
Andy Winer at a Civil Beat Editorial Board meeting with Sen. Brian Schatz, in 2016. <\/span>Anthony Quintano\/Civil Beat<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winer has played an instrumental role in Schatz\u2019s political career both in Washington and in the islands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Schatz was appointed to the Senate in December 2012 after the death of Dan Inouye and he hired Winer as his chief of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winer helped Schatz stave off a stiff electoral challenge from former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He also worked to get Schatz a coveted spot on the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is one of the more powerful posts in Congress in that it helps determine where federal dollars are allocated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before working for Schatz, Winer worked on a number of high profile political campaigns in Hawaii.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among his clients are the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, current U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and the Pacific Resource Partnership, a pro-rail labor group affiliated with Hawaii\u2019s politically connected carpenters union.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schatz plans to name Eric Einhorn as Winer\u2019s replacement as chief of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Einhorn already works in Schtaz\u2019s office as senior counsel for technology and communications policy, a position he\u2019s held for nearly two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to working for Schatz, Einhorn was a lobbyist for Windstream Communications. He also worked at the Federal Communications Commission. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 After more than six years as U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz\u2019s chief of staff, Andy Winer is moving on. Winer, who is one of Hawaii\u2019s top political operatives, told Civil Beat he\u2019s leaving Schatz\u2019s office to work in the private sector in Washington, D.C., as a consultant.\u00a0 He still plans to work for Schatz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11778,"featured_media":1185035,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2782,2792,38014],"tags":[38456],"project":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-1331749","beat","type-beat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawaii-beat","category-politics","category-washington","tag-civil-beat-app"],"acf":[],"slp_coauthors":[{"display_name":"Nick Grube","user_nicename":"ngrube","author_link":"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/author\/ngrube\/"}],"slp_acf":{"post_twitter_card_type":"summary_large_image","post_twitter_card_description":"","cb_article_type":"","cb_related_logo_image":false,"cb_related_logo_link":"","cb_related_sponsor_logo_image":false,"cb_related_sponsor_url":"","cb_related_sponsor_text":"","cb_article_footnotes":"","shins":false,"email_title":"","cb_inc_byline":false,"email_thumb":false,"email_thumb_style":"full","cb_custom_thumb_caption":false,"email_excerpt":"","cb_author_contributor_type":"internal","enable_comments":true,"incsides":false,"include_donation_footnote":true},"slp_primary_category":{"id":2782,"name":"Hawai\u02bbi"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Andy Winer, Longtime Schatz Chief Of Staff, Is Leaving","url":"http:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/beat\/andy-winer-longtime-schatz-chief-of-staff-is-leaving\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/beat\/andy-winer-longtime-schatz-chief-of-staff-is-leaving\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/2016\/05\/Andy-Winer-Schatz-Chief-of-Staff2-150x150.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/2016\/05\/Andy-Winer-Schatz-Chief-of-Staff2.jpg"},"articleSection":"Hawai\u02bbi","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nick Grube"}],"creator":["Nick Grube"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"天美视频","logo":""},"keywords":["civil beat app"],"dateCreated":"2019-05-04T20:51:14Z","datePublished":"2019-05-04T20:51:14Z","dateModified":"2019-05-04T20:51:14Z"},"rendered":"