May Hires Jim Messina for U.K. Conservative Election Team
by Tim Ross
April 24, 2017, 5:26 AM EDT
President Obama’s former campaign chief starts work for Tories
Messina returns to U.K. after success on 2015 Cameron campaign
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has hired President Obama’s former deputy chief of staff Jim Messina for her election campaign, reuniting the winning team behind David Cameron’s unexpected victory two years ago.
Messina and his colleagues arrived in London on Monday to begin work on May’s bid to secure a bigger majority for her Conservative Party and a fresh mandate for her vision of Brexit, a person working on the campaign said.
His appointment brings together the key figures in the team behind Cameron’s success in 2015. May has also hired Lynton Crosby, the political strategist, Mark Textor, the pollster and Crosby’s business partner, and the digital media specialists Craig Elder and Tom Edmonds, all of whom worked for the Cameron campaign.
The premier’s sudden decision to call an election last week took party activists and lawmakers of all stripes by surprise. The political parties are now scrambling to put their candidate lists and manifestos together ahead of the election on June 8.
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