New political director for Obama

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New political director for Obama
Posted June 18, 2008 4:56 PM
The Swamp

by Mike Dorning

Barack Obama tapped a new political director today for his presidential campaign, naming Patrick Gaspard, a former official in the powerful Service Employees International Union.

Prior to joining the Obama campaign, Gaspard was the Executive Vice President of Politics and Legislation for Local 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest local union in the United States. In that job, he helped coordinate political activity and government relations on behalf of 300,000 members in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington DC.

The political director spearheads relationships with other elected officials, labor unions and outside political groups.