The National Republican Senatorial Committee continued to beef up its staff this week in preparation for what is expected to be yet another difficult cycle for Senate Republicans.

The committee has tapped Paula Monte Dukes as its new political action committee director. Dukes most recently served as development director for TechNet, a bipartisan network of technology company executives, which followed a stint in the finance department of President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign in 2004.

NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh confirmed that Dukes will begin Jan. 15.