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Obama's former campaign manager joins Crist team in Florida governor race
Source: Reuters
Obama's former campaign manager joins Crist team in Florida governor race
BY BARBARA LISTON
ORLANDO Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:19pm EST
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign chief, Jim Messina, has joined the Florida gubernatorial campaign of Charlie Crist in a sign that the Democratic party is gearing up for a big political battle to win the state in 2014.
"It signals that the national Democratic Party machinery is going to be behind Crist. It erases all doubts of that," said Susan MacManus, a longtime Florida political analyst and professor at the University of South Florida.
Crist, a one-time Republican governor of the state, is running as a Democrat.
Messina's title is senior adviser, according to campaign spokesman Kevin Cate. A campaign manager has yet to be picked, he said.
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BY BARBARA LISTON
ORLANDO Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:19pm EST
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign chief, Jim Messina, has joined the Florida gubernatorial campaign of Charlie Crist in a sign that the Democratic party is gearing up for a big political battle to win the state in 2014.
"It signals that the national Democratic Party machinery is going to be behind Crist. It erases all doubts of that," said Susan MacManus, a longtime Florida political analyst and professor at the University of South Florida.
Crist, a one-time Republican governor of the state, is running as a Democrat.
Messina's title is senior adviser, according to campaign spokesman Kevin Cate. A campaign manager has yet to be picked, he said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/22/us-florida-election-idUSBREA0L02B20140122
