Surprised the Dems haven’t joined in.
Rep. Patrick McHenry is running Jeb Bush’s whip operation on Capitol Hill, the former Florida governor’s presidential campaign confirmed Tuesday.
McHenry, 39, the Majority Chief Deputy Whip from North Carolina, was tapped by Bush, 62, to round up support from House and Senate Republicans for for his 2016 bid.
Public endorsements from members of Congress mean less than they used to in terms of influencing voters, but lawmakers’ support for a White House campaign brings other fringe benefits, like political insight and access to donors and grassroots activists in their states and districts.
Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri, the finance chairman this cycle for the National Republican Congressional Committee, is McHenry’s deputy. Wagner, 52, who has been at the forefront of GOP efforts to expand the party’s appeal among women, got her start in politics drumming up votes in the Show Me State for President George H.W. Bush, and has been close to the Bush family ever since.