--- title: Ben Carson Builds Campaign With Newt Gingrich Connections description: Each of Carson's new staff members have something in common: they all used to work for Newt Gingrich. canonical: https://time.com/3721048/ben-carson-newt-gingrich/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-24T19:58:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:23.120Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Builds Campaign With Newt Gingrich Connections og:description: His new staffers used to work for the former speaker. og:url: https://time.com/3721048/ben-carson-newt-gingrich/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f3e31816af71122/69877d17a988ca818e6ac3a6/462076232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Ben Carson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Builds Campaign With Newt Gingrich Connections twitter:description: His new staffers used to work for the former speaker. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f3e31816af71122/69877d17a988ca818e6ac3a6/462076232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Carson Builds Campaign With Newt Gingrich Connections > Sponsored content. 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Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 24, 2015 7:58 PM UTC Ben Carson has been on a hiring spree lately for his unannounced campaign, and his new staffers have something in common: they used to work for Newt Gingrich. First there was [Ruth Sherlock](http://time.com/3707802/ben-carson-2016-south-carolina/), hired as Carson’s South Carolina state director and formerly Gingrich’s national deputy political director. Then Carson hired [Mike Murray](http://time.com/3715651/ben-carson-direct-marketing-campaign/) as his senior advisor. Murray is the President and CEO of TMA Direct, a direct marketing agency that runs the direct mailing efforts of Gingrich’s American Legacy PAC. (Carson himself is affiliated with the PAC — his anti-Obamacare initiative for American Legacy has raised $6 million.) On Tuesday, Carson’s campaign manager Terry Giles announced that Amy Pass has signed on to be national finance director. Pass, “a long-time Newt Gingrich fundraiser,” helped raise over $52 million for Gingrich’s American Solutions PAC, according to Giles, before serving as national finance director for Gingrich’s 2012 presidential bid. But all of this is “just coincidence,” says Giles. “As we announce additional personnel you will not see many if any former Newt Gingrich folks.” Gingrich himself praised the hires, saying Sherlock was “key” and Murray is “an excellent direct mail and email manager.” As for Carson, Gingrich told TIME: “He has to be taken seriously.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721048/ben-carson-newt-gingrich/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721048/ben-carson-newt-gingrich/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Builds Campaign With Newt Gingrich Connections","datePublished":"2015-02-24T19:58:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:23.120Z","description":"Each of Carson's new staff members have something in common: they all used to work for Newt Gingrich.","url":"https://time.com/3721048/ben-carson-newt-gingrich/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","newt gingrich","Dr. Benjamin S. 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