Hagan names senior staffers

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:02:53 -0500

Sen.-elect Kay Hagan has named her senior Senate staffers.

The Greensboro Democrat chose to keep several of her campaign staffers on board as she moves in to her new Washington office.

Campaign manager Crystal King will be Hagan's new chief of staff; deputy campaign manager and political director Muthoni Wambu will be state director; deputy finance director Melissa Midgett will be deputy state director; and scheduling director Forest Michaels and spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan will continue in those roles.

"I am ecstatic that these staff members, who were such a huge part of my victory, have chosen to continue on with me in my U.S. Senate office," Hagan said in a statement.

The group includes North Carolina natives — Midgett and Michaels — as well as D.C. veterans — King, Wambu and Flanagan.

Additional staffers will be hired in the next few weeks.

After the jump, where staff worked before.

Hagan's manager, off the record

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:04:20 -0500

Kay Hagan has hired a campaign manager.

And here's the first and last quote you might hear from her:

"I do not go on the record," said Crystal King, unprompted, to two reporters Monday after one of them asked her name, David Ingram reports.

King had just started to usher Hagan out of the State Board of Elections after filing as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

Not exactly a warm greeting.

A quick check on Google shows that the Ohio native has worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.

Hagan, 54, is serving her fifth term in the N.C. Senate from Greensboro. She is one of several Democrats hoping to face Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in November.

She has already lined up her top management team, which includes some Senate veteran staffers, but she has not yet publicly announced them.