JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is promoting the director of his Mississippi office to become his new chief of staff.
Brad White begins the new position Jan. 1, and will oversee all of Cochran’s staff in the state and in Washington. White will succeed Keith Heard, who has been chief of staff the past two years and is leaving to take a private job.
White was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 2008 to 2011 and has served on the Republican National Committee.
The Braxton native was chief of staff for the Mississippi Department of Audit before going to work for Cochran. White also previously worked for the state Transportation Commission, the state Public Service Commission and the Simpson County Economic Development Foundation.
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