Woo hoo! Juan Melli joins Corzine staff

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed May 13, 2009 at 12:46:00 PM EDT

Juan Melli, founder of Blue Jersey, has joined the re-election campaign of Gov. Jon Corzine, the campaign announced a few minutes ago. Juan, blogfather to everyone here, will be New Media Director for the campaign.

Juan was also PolitickerNJ.com Politician of the Year in 2006, and a former associate editor there.

We are thrilled and delighted. And let me say, officially, that the Governor could not have made a better choice.  

Additional staff hires just announced include former Julie Diaz, of the NJ Obama campaign, as Director of Volunteer Organizing and David York, who worked as Director of Legislative Policy for the Governor, as the campaign's Director of Policy.