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The Associated Press has announced its 2016 political team, which is led by political editor David Scott. Below are the other members of his team.

• Lisa Lerer joins the AP as a political reporter with a focus on Hillary Clinton. Lerer comes to the AP from Bloomberg, where she most recently served as a report for Bloomberg Politics.
• The AP’s White House correspondent Julie Pace will add campaign coverage to her role.
• Tom Beaumont will cover Jeb Bush.
• Phil Elliott will focus on Republicans in the Senate seeking a 2016 nomination.
• Andrew Harnik, an AP photographer in Washington, will join the campaign coverage.
• Ken Thomas will focus on national Democrats.
• Steve Peoples will cover the national Republican Party.
• Jill Colvin will focus on Chris Christie and general 2016 news in New York.
• Nick Riccardi covers politics in the West and Bill Barrow in the South.
• Jesse Holland leads race and ethnicity and voters reporting.
• Emily Swanson is focused on polling.
• Donna Cassata will focus on Capitol Hill.