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Lauren Gambino has some more details on Beto O’Rourke’s new campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon:

Jen O’Malley Dillon is a big hire for Beto O’Rourke’s fledgling campaign, which has so far been run by a handful of close aides and staffers.



O’Malley Dillon, a former top aide to Barack Obama, with whom O’Rourke has been compared, announced on Monday that she is leaving her consulting firm to move to El Paso to run the Texan’s campaign.



Jen O'Malley Dillon (@jomalleydillon) On a personal note, it's still too rare for a mom of young kids to do this job. Everything I do is to help make a better world for them & *every* child. I’m proud my daughters & my son will watch mom go to work in this role, and of a candidate & campaign who value & support that.

O’Rourke said in a statement: “We’re excited that Jen O’Malley Dillon has joined our team. Her leadership, experience and creativity will be a great addition to a campaign that is already doing so much to bring people together to overcome the greatest set of challenges this country has ever faced.”

The announcement followed the conclusion of O’Rourke’s a 10-day, multi-state tour of early and swing states after launching his campaign in a video with his wife. The Texas Democrat, who rose to national prominence after a near-miss running to unseat incumbent Republican senator Ted Cruz, will formally launch his campaign with a series of rallies in Texas this weekend.