After decades of electoral losses and corruption scandals, the organization has roared back to life in the New York City suburbs, reviving a political tradition that has largely become an anachronism elsewhere in the country.
Joseph G. Cairo Jr., the group's silver-haired chairman and de facto boss, handpicked Ms. Pilip, 44, a part-time county legislator, and is now serving as her chief strategist, fund-raiser and surrogate. He has dispatched loyal lieutenants to be her spokesmen and campaign handlers. And in previously unreported conversations, he browbeat party leaders in Washington to spend more on advertising.
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