Paul Tewes is a Democratic strategist specializing in national political organizing in the United States. Tewes was the Iowa state director for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, and continued after the Iowa caucus to lead Obama's field operations in key states such as Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania. According to the Huffington Post, Tewes "is widely regarded among the very most talented of political organizers in the nation," and was "largely responsible for Obama's surprise win in Iowa".