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slash disclosures. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. I'm Sonal and today I have with us the

brothers cranny and that includes our in-house operating head Mark Cranny and who I actually am

going to call Cranny because that's what everyone here calls him and his brother Todd Cranny

who I'll call Todd on this podcast, because that's your name.

And Todd, you're a political operator for a very long time.

Like, what's your background?

There's only one cranny in A16.

That's exactly right.

I know that.

And it's Mark Cranny.

I got that.

So I've worked on three presidential campaigns.

I worked on President Bush's reelection campaign.

I worked on both of Governor Romney's presidential campaigns. I worked on President Bush's reelection campaign. I worked on both of Governor Romney's presidential campaigns. I worked for Governor Schwarzenegger's reelection campaign,

and I also worked for Meg Whitman, which I ran for governor of California. So when you say you

worked on campaigns, like what, there's so many different functions on a campaign? Like, what was your

overall role? Particularly in the political operation. I served as the deputy political director nationally for

Mitch campaign. I ran the Western States for Mitt the first time he ran. And then I also was

political director for Meg when she ran for governor. So a lot of the focus for me has been on the,

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