Ashley Walker, Florida director for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, has been named a partner at Mercury, the first woman in that role at the firm.
Walker, based in Fort Lauderdale, has led Mercury's Sunshine State public affairs work for the past three years. She is advising several super PACs in the current election cycle.
Mercury CEO Kieran Mahoney credited Walker with growing the firm's Florida operation into a thriving, bipartisan business.
Prior to the 2012 race, she was Florida state director of the Obama-aligned Organizing for America, and worked the 2010 midterms and 2008 Obama for America campaign in Florida.
Mercury is owned by Omnicom.
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Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
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Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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