Zupnick joins Obama campaign

As previously reported by Matt, LG staffer Eli Zupnick, who worked on Obama's primary campaign, is the latest Roberts's staffer, following Larkin Barker, to join the Democratic candidate's push for November. From the LG's office:

PROVIDENCE— Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts announced today that Eli Zupnick will be leaving her staff to join Senator Barack Obama’s press team in the state of Washington. Zupnick, a senior policy analyst, has worked in the office since Roberts’ inauguration in January 2007.

“Eli has played an important role in my office, especially in my work on health care reform, and he will be greatly missed,” said Roberts. “However, I am proud that he will be working to elect a candidate who will bring real change to our country, and who will make health care reform a national priority once again.”

Zupnick came to work for Roberts’ campaign for Lt. Governor in December of 2005, serving as her deputy campaign manager. In February 2008, he took a leave of absence from the Lt. Governor’s office to serve as deputy press secretary for Obama’s primary campaign in Rhode Island.

“Lt. Governor Roberts has done great work for the people of Rhode Island over the past year and a half, and I am proud to have been a part of that,” said Zupnick. “Although it is with sadness that I leave Lt. Governor Roberts' office and Rhode Island, I am honored to have been offered this opportunity to be a part of Senator Obama's team in Washington state, and I am excited to spend the final months of the campaign working hard for real change in our country.”