According to two knowledgeable sources, there is a leading candidate to replace Hicks -- Mercedes Schlapp, who is currently the head of strategic communications for the White House.
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Schlapp is a first-generation Cuban-American raised in Florida, whose father was jailed for six years by the Castro regime. She is married to Matt Schlapp, since 2014 the chairman of the American Conservative Union.[2] The Schlapps have five daughters[3] and attend a Catholic church.