NRSC announces new hires for 2014 cycle

<blockquote class='posterous_long_quote'><p>Ward Baker will serve as the committee's new political director, coming off of Romney's 2012 campaign, in which he was senior adviser and, according to his official bio from the NRSC, acted as the candidate's liaison to the Republican National Committee (RNC). Other former Romney campaign staffers include Shelly Carson, who will be the NRSC's finance director, and Mark McLaughlin, who will serve as the committee's research director, both of whom worked on Romney's 2008 bid, as well as Megan Sowards, now the NRSC's general counsel but previously the 2012 Romney campaign's deputy general counsel.</blockquote>

Congratulations to Megan Sowards -- she'll be great!