Tracy Russo is a Democratic campaign strategist who specializes in integrating online communications and new media opportunities with traditional campaign operations. She currently serves as the chief blogger and Deputy Director of Online Communications for the John Edwards for President campaign.

Prior to joining the Edwards campaign, Russo worked at the Democratic National Committee where she wrote and edited the DNC blog and implemented a 50-state online outreach strategy. She advised state parties and Democratic campaigns on ways to enhance their online communications and outreach capacities and effectively connect with the progressive blogosphere.

Russo has a diverse professional background – she has worked in both the political and non-profit worlds, in a variety of roles from field organizer, to fundraiser, to press secretary - all of which inform her current work. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Tracy grew up in Boca Raton, Florida where she first began blogging in 1999