Mike Lynch: Chief of staff, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Mike Lynch joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s campaign team as a field director way back in 1998, when the New York Democrat first ran for the Senate against heavyweight Republican incumbent Al D’Amato. He served as Schumer’s state director in his personal office for a few years before rising to become his chief of staff in 2002. Schumer has described his chief of staff as his opposite, “personality-wise,” but has also declared that there’s no one whose judgement he trusts more. Schumer’s allies describe Lynch’s calm approach to daily...