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Deval Patrick to serve as co-chair in Obama campaign

By Michael Levenson

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 22, 2012

Governor Deval Patrick, continuing to ramp up his involvement in national politics, will be named today one of 30 national co-chairs of President Obama’s reelection campaign, according to aides to both men. The title, which Patrick also held in Obama’s campaign in 2008, means the governor will advise the president on political strategy, host events on his behalf, and help organize Obama’s supporters in Massachusetts. Patrick and Obama share roots in Chicago and political advisers in David Plouffe and David Axelrod, and consider one another to be friends.

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