Age:
36
Deputy campaign manager, Obama for America
The field-organizing whiz who led the charge for Obama in 2008 battlegrounds is back at it for the President. Inside the reelection campaign's Chicago headquarters, she's chief deputy to top-dog Jim Messina. But her most important charge is readying the ground game in swing states, where Democrats are counting on a superior effort to help them overcome the spending edge Republicans are expected to enjoy.
--Tory Newmyer
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