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Former DSCC director lands at consulting firm

J.B. Poersch, the top strategist who led the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee through three back-to-back election cycles, has joined the consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker as a managing director.

Poersch was the DSCC’s executive director in 2006 and 2008, managing the Democratic takeover of the Senate under New York Sen. Chuck Schumer.

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He stayed on for a third cycle in 2010 under the chairmanship of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, defending Democratic control of the Senate and holding down the party’s losses amid a nationwide GOP wave.

Since departing the DSCC, Poersch has been viewed as one of the premier free agents in Democratic politics – until now.

“My new role will allow me to keep fighting for Democrats as well as use my experience to help the firm’s clients navigate the politics, legislative and media intersections of Washington,” Poersch said in a statement.

Poersch is the latest major post-election hire by SKDKnickerbocker, which is led by veteran Democratic operative Bill Knapp and former acting White House communications director Anita Dunn.

The firm also brought on board Doug Thornell, a former senior communications aide in the office of Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee through 2010.

In a statement, Knapp praised Poersch as a strategist with “more experience running winning campaigns than anyone in the country.”

“He has won races in every corner of the U.S. and without his leadership at the DSCC the Senate Democrats would be in the minority today,” Knapp said.

Poersch has already been involved in efforts to protect the Democrats’ narrow Senate majority: POLITICO reported last month that he was one of several senior party operatives spearheading a “Super PAC” to help Democratic senators in 2012.

There are 23 Democratic-held seats up for election in 2012, and only 10 Republican-held seats.


Eric D. Schwerin
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