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Salary records show unusual hiring for one-month member

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 5, 2021

For someone elected to Congress for a one-month term, former Rep. Kwanza Hall (D-Ga.) had big ambitions for his staff.

Hall hired a team of 16 staffers plus one paid intern to work the lame-duck session, according to salary data released last week. Eleven of those 16 did not have prior congressional experience.

Among his hires were a "justice reform coordinator" and a "marketing coordinator" - job titles unsual for any congressional staffers, let alone aides whose boss was in office just one month of a lame-duck session. Hall also hired a "media scheduler," though Hall does not appear to have conducted many high-profile interviews during his congressional tenure.

Hall was elected in a special election to fill the final month of deceased Rep. John Lewis's (D-Ga.) term and did not run in the general election.