NEW: Former Doherty Campaign Manager Takes Job with NRCC

NEW: Former Doherty Campaign Manager Takes Job with NRCC

The former campaign manager for Republican Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty is heading to Washington after all.

Ian Prior, a 35-year-old lawyer who took over the Doherty campaign last spring, has accepted a position as the Western Regional Communications Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Doherty lost his bid for Congress to incumbent Democrat David Cicilline.
 

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