Ben Ray Lujan chosen as next DCCC chairman

*Lujan, will be the first Latino ever to hold the job of party campaign chairman. This is a big deal in DC.  VL

By Ed O’Keefe, Washingtom Post

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has selected Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) to serve as the next chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a plum assignment heading into a 2016 political cycle that is expected to be much more beneficial for Democrats.

Pelosi … previewed her pick in an interview with The Washington Post, saying that Lujan “is really a focused operational person. He understands that getting out the vote is what this is and how we message to our base and how we message across the board to the persuadables and the rest.”

“I’m choosing him because of his political astuteness, and he can manage all of this very well,” she said during an interview in her office at the U.S. Capitol.

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