Political career Stuart Stevens

1 political career

1.1 romney campaign
1.2 controversy
1.3 2016 election

political career

beginning political career in native mississippi, stevens worked on thad cochran’s campaigns , has gone on elect more governors , senators other current republican media consultant. stevens worked bob dole s 1996 presidential campaign , part of george w. bush s media team in 2000 , 2004. book big enchilada chronicle of bush s 2000 campaign. , russell schriefer had worked john mccain s campaign in 2008 election, had changed allegiance mitt romney july 2007.

overseas, stevens worked 2 candidates in 2005 , 2006. in albania worked prime minister sali berisha during 2005 election campaign, based campaign on pledge reduce corruption . worked 2006 election campaign of joseph kabila in democratic republic of congo.

he has served strategist , media consultant dozens of congressman, governors , senators. notable clients include president bush, governor romney, governor haley barbour, governor tom ridge, senator thad cochran, senator dick lugar, senator mel martinez, senator chuck grassley, senator roger wicker, senator jon kyl, governor bill weld, governor paul cellucci, governor bob riley , others.

in 2010, stevens served strategist , media consultant 3 winning senate campaigns: rob portman in ohio, roy blunt in missouri , dan coats in indiana.

in 2011-2012, stevens lead strategist in governor romney s presidential campaign. credited developing strategy won primary.

in 2014, stevens helped senator thad cochran win mississippi senate race included overcoming primary challenger chris mcdaniel. during 2014 election cycle, stevens , partner russ schriefer saw of clients win general election campaigns including governor larry hogan in maryland , elise stefanik - youngest woman ever elected congress.

romney campaign

stevens emerged internal power struggle during romney s 2008 presidential campaign, in , schriefer clashed campaign s existing media team, become romney s senior strategist in 2012. in role responsible campaign s focus on employment, efforts romney connect voters, , aggressive primary campaign against rick perry. stevens , schriefer handled advertising campaign.

controversy

stevens publicly criticized numerous romney campaign officials, according cited politico article published on evening of september 16, 2012 largely overshadowed 47% comment in 2012 romney video leak following day.

2016 election

stevens 1 of prominent republicans oppose donald trump in 2016 presidential election predicting trump lose big in election.