Clinton hires Sanders' director of student organizing

Young Hillary Clinton supporters.
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Hillary Clinton has struggled throughout the primaries to win the support of many young voters, losing massive margins of the below-30 crowd in some states to rival Bernie Sanders. However, on Friday Clinton's campaign looked ready to remedy that in the general election with the hiring of Sanders' director of student organizing.

Kunoor Ojha is the first major absorption of a Sanders' operative by the Clinton campaign, and she will serve as national campus and student organizing director, targeting millennials and college-age voters. Previously, Ojha worked as a field organizer for Barack Obama in 2008.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.