House Democrats hire Steve Jackson as political director
The Florida Democratic Party’s House Victory division — responsible for recruiting, directing and fundraising for Democratic state House campaigns — has hired Steve Jackson to fill the new role of political director. As first reported in the Tampa Bay Times, the move was announced by incoming Minority Leader-designate state Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa. Jackson comes to the party by way of Obama for America — the president’s campaign apparatus known for mostly bypassing state Democratic parties on its way to victory in 2008…