David Mason

LAS VEGAS - Democrat Jill Derby's campaign for the 2nd Congressional District is expanding, preparing to open its second office, this one in Reno, and add new staff in her battle to unseat U.S. Rep. Dean Heller (R-Reno).

Derby's campaign has been operating out of an office in Minden, at the bottom of the 2nd district's populous U.S. 395 corridor. A new office in Reno will allow Derby's campaign to operate an effective field operation in the vote-rich Democratic center of Washoe County. In 2006, her first race against Heller, Derby won Washoe County by fewer than 5,000 votes.

David Mason, campaign manager of Jill Derby for CongressLAS VEGAS-Every Monday, PolitickerNV.com profiles one of the staffers and consultants who work so hard to get these guys and gals elected and us something to write about. Today's subject: David Mason, campaign manager for Jill Derby for Congress.

Representing a new generation of political operatives is David Mason, 26, newly hired campaign manager for Jill Derby's second attempt at winning the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Republican Dean Heller. A suburban Bostonian by birth, Mason comes to CD2 having already helped to engineer one second-time win and hopes to make it a second here.

"I got the bug in 2000 when I was volunteering for the Gore campaign," said Mason. "I come from the school of campaigning that has seen Democrats get the short end of the stick for years and it's exciting for me to get out there and do the hard work."