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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