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Chris Leavitt, who ran a campaign for Republican Ed Gillespie last year that nearly upset incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, will be a consultant to Scott Walker's presidential campaign, according to a press release Tuesday. Walker's staff already announced that state Sen. Mark Obenshain would be Virginia campaign chair for the Wisconsin governor. Leavitt also managed Obenshain's campaign for attorney general in 2013, in which Obenshain lost to Democrat Mark Herring in a close race. In a statement, Leavitt said: "It is a privilege to join Gov. Scott Walker's campaign for president. I believe Gov. Walker is the leader our...

The co-founder of Meakem Becker Venture Capital could be considering a run for U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's seat in 2010. Glen Meakem says Specter's vote for the federal stimulus package has made him "determined" to support someone who is for Pennsylvania residents not Washington lobbyists. Meakem also says he hasn't decided if he himself is going to run but would support someone who was more conservative than the moderate Specter. Specter was one of three Republican senators who voted for the stimulus package and is the longest serving U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania history.