Clinton hires Sanders' director of student organizing

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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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