Santorum Adds to Iowa Staff

CNN reports:

Former Sen. Rick Santorum is adding to his squad of advisers and strategists in the state that kicks off the presidential primary and caucus season.

Santorum announced Thursday that Cody Brown will manage the Pennsylvania Republican's testing the waters effort in Iowa. Brown ran conservative Ben Lange's bid last year to unseat Democratic Rep. Bruce Bradley in Iowa's first congressional district. Lange came close to upsetting Bradley in last November's midterm elections.

Santorum also announced that Lucas Draisey, the former chairman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans, will serve as a field director in Iowa.

"I am thrilled to announce that Cody and Lucas are joining our team. They've demonstrated a unique understanding of what it takes to have an effective grassroots effort, particularly in a state like Iowa where folks want to see and hear directly from potential candidates" said Senator Santorum, in a statement.

Last week Santorum took his first formal step towards running for the Republican presidential nomination, filing with the IRS, which allows him to raise federal political contributions while he explores an official White House run. But his move stopped short of filing a presidential exploratory committee with the FEC.