Can you name the campaign manager for Lucas St. Clair’s District 1 congressional campaign? How about the Maine Northern District Organizing Director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid? Or the manager of Ed Suslovic’s City Council comeback in 2010? Or the campaign manager of Portland City Councilors Spencer Thibodeau and Jill Duson? What about the man currently volunteering for incumbent councilor Nick Mavadones?
If you answered 26-year-old Portland native Simon Thompson, you win.
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