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Laying out a list of the “power couples” within the new administration of President Barack Obama, Washington, D.C.,-based news site Politico points to a pair of Iowans as a couple to keep an eye on.
Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Patrick Dillon are no strangers to Iowa. Patrick, 31, was a prominent strategist for Gov. Chet Culver’s [...]

The news that Gov. Chet Culver’s former chief of staff, Patrick Dillon, had been tapped to be President Barack Obama’s deputy political director was greeted with pride by Iowa Democrats, as the list of local politicos with prominent D.C. jobs keeps growing.
But apparently, for some the joy over Dillon’s departure wasn’t based purely on Hawkeye [...]

Patrick Dillon, Gov. Chet Culver’s chief of staff, has stepped down from his position.
Dillon,31, is moving to Washington, D.C., with his wife, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who was recently appointed executive director of the Democratic National Committee.
Culver announced that Charles Krogmeier, 59, the director of the Department of Management who served as Culver’s deputy when he [...]

Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who ran John Edwards’ campaign in Iowa before moving to Barack Obama’s campaign to oversee his efforts in battleground states, has been tapped by the president-elect to become the next executive director of the Democratic National Committee, the Washington Post reports.
O’Malley Dillon is also the wife of Patrick Dillon, Gov. Chet Culver’s [...]