POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

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POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

• MANAGERS/ADVISORS

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Introduction

• A campaign is the effort of political leaders,
  along with their staff, to win the backing of
  donors, political activists, and voters in their
  quest for a political office.

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Campaign Managers

• In particular, Campaign managers prefer to work
  for candidates who seem to have a reasonable
  chance at winning.
• Not so popular candidates often find it difficult
  to hire someone with lots of experience.

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JAMES CARVILLE

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• James Carville is America's best-known political
  consultant.
• His long list of electoral successes evidence a
  knack for steering overlooked campaigns to
  unexpected landslide victories and for remaking
  political underdogs into upset winners.
• Carville's winning streak began in 1986, when he
  managed the gubernatorial victory of Robert Casey
  in Pennsylvania.

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• 1987 N.J. Frank Lautenbergs U.S. Senate
  Victory.
• 1990 Ga. Lt. Governor, Zell Miller. (This was
  a tough win over Imcumbent, Andrew Young.)
• 1991 Senator Harris Wofford, Pennsylvania
  Governor.
• 1992 - President Clinton was elected President
  of the United States.

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Honors/Reconition

• 1993 Campaign Manager of the Year by the
  American Association of Political Consultants
• Academy Award nomination for The War Room.

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Foreign Relationships

• 1999 Ehud Barak, Prime Minister, Israel
• Political Clients
• Greek Prime Minister, Constatine Mitsotakis
• Brazilian President, Fernando Enrique Cardoso
• British Prime Minister, Tony Blair

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• Author, speaker, restaurant owner, talk show host
• Married to Mary Matalin, Republican Strategist
  and former Aide and Deputy Campaign Manager to
  President George H.W. Bush (Sr.).