(This report is a preview of this week's New Hampshire Primary Source column, which will be posted in its entirety early Thursday morning.)OLLEN IN LINE FOR TOP NH POST. Mike Ollen, state director in Sen. Maggie Hassan’s office, is in line to become the state campaign director for former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign in New Hampshire, according to several key Democrats.No announcement has been made, and O’Rourke campaign spokesperson Rob Friedlander would neither confirm nor deny the hiring when contacted Wednesday night. Ollen could not be reached for comment.Ollen has had deep involvement in New Hampshire Democratic politics for many years.He has been Hassan’s Senate office New Hampshire director for nearly two years and previously served as deputy state director. He was the political director for Hassan’s successful U.S. Senate campaign during the 2016 general election campaign and previously was deputy political director for Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire primary campaign.Ollen worked at the Hilltop Public Solutions consulting firm in early 2015 and was deputy political director for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s 2014 reelection campaign. He was also involved in former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in the Granite State, first as a field organizer in Nashua and later as a regional field director in Strafford County.O’Rourke campaign has been in the process of building a New Hampshire campaign team for at least six weeks, when WMUR reported that people working closely with him had begun making inquiries about staffers and advisers.O’Rourke announced his candidacy on March 14 and spent three days in New Hampshire the following week, visiting all 10 counties.

(This report is a preview of this week's New Hampshire Primary Source column, which will be posted in its entirety early Thursday morning.)

OLLEN IN LINE FOR TOP NH POST. Mike Ollen, state director in Sen. Maggie Hassan’s office, is in line to become the state campaign director for former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign in New Hampshire, according to several key Democrats.




No announcement has been made, and O’Rourke campaign spokesperson Rob Friedlander would neither confirm nor deny the hiring when contacted Wednesday night. Ollen could not be reached for comment.

Ollen has had deep involvement in New Hampshire Democratic politics for many years.

He has been Hassan’s Senate office New Hampshire director for nearly two years and previously served as deputy state director. He was the political director for Hassan’s successful U.S. Senate campaign during the 2016 general election campaign and previously was deputy political director for Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire primary campaign.

Ollen worked at the Hilltop Public Solutions consulting firm in early 2015 and was deputy political director for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s 2014 reelection campaign. He was also involved in former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in the Granite State, first as a field organizer in Nashua and later as a regional field director in Strafford County.

O’Rourke campaign has been in the process of building a New Hampshire campaign team for at least six weeks, when WMUR reported that people working closely with him had begun making inquiries about staffers and advisers.

O’Rourke announced his candidacy on March 14 and spent three days in New Hampshire the following week, visiting all 10 counties.