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Beto O’Rourke Hires Obama Campaign Guru To Help Him Bypass The Primaries

Emily Zanotti

It seems “Beto 2.0” won’t only be a full reconfiguration of Beto O’Rourke’s primary operation, but also an effort to bypass the traditional method of earning delegates by courting the Democratic party’s superdelegates.

Dallas News reports that Beto O’Rourke has hired former president Barack Obama’s “delegate guru,” Jeff Berman, as part of his complete campaign overhaul, signaling that his plan may be less to win in key early primary states, and more to win by rubbing elbows with the Democrats’ top dignitaries and donors, securing support outside of the traditional primary system in an effort to surreptitiously secure the nomination.

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