Current and former campaign staffers told BI that they rarely have time to sit for a meal.
"I probably ate my weight in Jimmy John's and Subway on those campaigns," he told Business Insider over the phone.
Between rallies and phone calls, he chomped away at the sandwiches, one of many frantic campaign staffers without enough time for a sit-down meal.
Nellis, now 36, told Business Insider that campaign culture is better now than when he started two decades age.
While hunger suppressants, like cigarettes, are common sights among staffers, campaign offices are also stocked with junk food.
Persons:
—, Mike Sistak, Sen, John McCain, Mitt Romney's, Jimmy John's, Coke, Sistak, Marisol Samayoa, Adam Schiff's, Elissa Slotkin's, Pablo Roa, Romney, I'd, haven't, hasn't, Mike Nellis, Kamala Harris, Nellis
Organizations:
Service, Business, McCain, Foods, Nellis
Locations:
Lansing , Michigan