The AG and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate has tapped Mindy Myers, currently chief of staff for Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Myers is seen as a young superstar in Democratic campaign circles: At the age of 32, she oversaw Barack Obama’s New Hampshire campaign operation in the 2008 general election. New Hampshire was a battleground state and Myers helped deliver it for the Democrats.
She also managed Whitehouse’s 2006 Senate race. Whitehouse was Rhode Island’s attorney general when he defeated incumbent Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican.
“Mindy knows what it takes to win, and we’re pleased to have her leading our campaign team,” Michael Cacace, Blumenthal’s campaign chairman, said in a statement announcing Myers’ appointment.
After the election, Myers plans to return to her job in Whjitehouse’s office.