Democratic strategist whose firm has worked in the past four presidential campaigns, she is working for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign; consultant to Alaska politician Tony Knowles on his 2004 Senate race and 2006 gubernatorial campaign that he lost to Sarah Palin
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