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Adams knew the Deeds race “was going to be a very uphill battle.” Republican Bob McDonnell ultimately crushed the Democrat by more than 17 percentage points. “I’m a competitive person, so I never enjoy losing,” Adams says.

Even so, she had found her calling.

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She says, “I felt at the end of that campaign that if I felt as fulfilled as I had and if I enjoyed it as much as I did — and we were losing by double digits — maybe this was something I wanted to keep doing. It was a job where if I worked harder, I did better.”

Knowing Adams was hooked on campaigns, Elleithee connected her to her next job, telling Ohio Gov.

Ted Strickland’s communications director, “If you’re looking for help, this is somebody you can’t pass up.” Unlike her first race, this one was both close and high-profile. But 2010 was “a very, very challenging year for Democrats,” Adams says, and Strickland lost to former U.S.

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