NC’s Hagan Names Senate Office Staff

Tue, November 18, 2008 - 10:58 AM

Senator-elect Kay Hagan, D-N.C., named five staffers for her office today.

Crystal King will serve as chief of staff. She ran Hagan’s senate campaign and previously worked for several members of congress, including Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois representative who will serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff.

Colleen Flanagan, who served as communications director during the campaign, will reprise that role. She previously worked for Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, a former Democratic presidential candidate.

Muthoni Wambu, who served as deputy campaign manager and previously worked on Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, will become state director. And Melissa Midgett, a North Carolina native who worked for Hagan in the state Senate and was deputy finance director for her Senate campaign, will become deputy state director.

Another North Carolina native, Forest Michaels of Greensboro, will serve as Hagan’s scheduling director.

--Sean Mussenden