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brooklynite

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Thu Feb 26, 2015, 05:34 PM Feb 2015

Ex-House Candidate Will Take Top Role in Likely Clinton Campaign

Source: Roll Call

Amanda Renteria, the former Capitol Hill aide who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2014, is poised to be named the national political director of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s likely presidential campaign, according to two sources with knowledge of the move.

Renteria, reached by phone, declined to comment on the gig Thursday afternoon, but she said, “I’m thinking a lot about what’s next.”

The position would put her toward the top of Clinton campaign’s hierarchy — and assures Renteria will not take a second run for California’s 21st District, a top target for House Democrats in 2016. The former Secretary of State has not announced her campaign for president yet but is expected to enter the White House race in the coming months.

A spokesman for Clinton’s office did not immediately return an email request seeking comment.

Read more: http://atr.rollcall.com/amanda-renteria-hillary-clinton-campaign/?dcz=

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Ex-House Candidate Will Take Top Role in Likely Clinton Campaign (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2015 OP
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