The Working Families Party is losing its spokesman, Dan Levitan, who is poised to join the political PR/consulting firm BerlinRosen.

Levitan, who will turn 28 next week, confirmed his last day working for the labor-backed party is tomorrow. He has been flacking for the WFP for about three-and-a-half years, and during that time, (at least in my opinion), has acquired an uncanny capability of channeling both the inflections and vocabulary of WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor.

“BerlinRosen is the leading progressive public affairs firm and I’m very excited to be joining the team,” Levitan said.

“They are great strategists, great flacks, great at elections, great with policy, and they are great people. They take on tough fights, win more than most, and they do it for some incredible clients.”

“I am also proud to be leaving the WFP on a high note. There hasn’t been a boring day in these three and a half years, and way more victories than defeats. The Working Families Party has become one of the most successful progressive projects anywhere in the country, and the best is yet to come.”

The “high note” to which Levitan is referring is actually the result of a combination of things, including the fact that the WFP was cleared of wrongdoing in connection with its for-profit arm, Data & Field Services, during the 2009 election cycle by the US attorney’s office.

That cleared the way for Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo to accept the WFP nomination and net sufficient votes on its line to improve its ballot placement for the four years (more on this in a minute).

Of course, there was a catch to Cuomo’s agreement to run on Row E this year: WFP leaders had to agree to support his New New York Agenda, which includes some proposals unfriendly to unions, like a property tax cap and a salary freeze for state workers.

Cuomo has also made it clear organized labor – particularly the public employee unions, but also the health care sector – will be in the crosshairs during the budget battle, so WFP isn’t going to have the easiest time of it next year.

BerlinRosen, in case you’ve forgotten, was established by former DSCC staffers Valerie Berlin and Jonathan Rosen following the 2004 election cycle, in which the Democrats picked up four seats.

The firm’s client roster includes Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Sen. Liz Krueger, Senators-elect Adriano Espaillat and Gustavo Rivera, AG-elect Eric Schneiderman, and…the WFP. So, technically speaking, Levitan isn’t going far.

Also, Levitan won’t be the only former WFP spokesman at BerlinRosen. Alex Navarro-McKay is already there.

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