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Hillary Clinton

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Rose Siding

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Fri Jun 10, 2016, 09:10 AM Jun 2016

Clinton hires Sanders' top student organizer [View all]

...Kunoor Ojha is the Clinton campaign’s first major hire from the Sanders campaign, and her move to a role where she will work with the state teams to mobilize young voters represents a significant step in the former secretary of state’s outreach to the Vermont senator’s most ardent backers.
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Clinton has thus far been unable to replicate Sanders' success with the group that’s pivotal to Democrats, and the move — coming as her campaign swings toward its general election match-up against Donald Trump — suggests that she is looking directly at bringing Sanders’ backers to her side.

It also means that Clinton’s political effort has entered a new phase of outreach: members of losing campaigns often fold into the party nominee’s efforts, and Ojha — who was a field organizer for Barack Obama in 2008 — is the first public hire.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-hires-sanders-student-organizer-224166#ixzz4BBItvSvg
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Hopefully Hillary's campaign's organizational strength will benefit campus outreach by this new hire in a way that actually mobilizes these voters.
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