Jonathan Samuels, another Chicagoan, headed to the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

WASHINGTON--Another Chicagoan has been tapped for a White House post, Jonathan Samuels, a former deputy chief of staff to Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) Samuels, a Hill veteran, will be Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.

Samuels, an Evanston native, served in the Obama presidential campaign as the southern regional director and has been working on the transition team dealing with congressional affairs. After Schakowsky, Samuels moved over to the office of House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.)