Stuart Stevens
Stuart Stevens | |
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MIT in 2018 | |
Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 69–70) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
Education | Colorado College (BA) Middlebury College (MA) University of California, Los Angeles |
Political party | Republican (Before 2020) Independent (2020–present) |
Stuart Stevens is an American author and
Early life and education
Stevens, who is from
Career
Beginning his political career in his native Mississippi, Stevens worked on
Overseas, Stevens worked successfully for two candidates in 2005 and 2006. In
He has served as strategist and media consultant to dozens of Congressmen, Governors and Senators. Notable clients include President Bush, Governor Romney, Governor Haley Barbour, Governor Tom Ridge, Senator Thad Cochran, Senator Dick Lugar, Senator Mel Martínez, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Roger Wicker, Senator Jon Kyl, Governor Bill Weld, Governor Paul Cellucci, Governor Bob Riley and others.[1]
In 2010, Stevens served as strategist and media consultant to 3 winning senate campaigns: Rob Portman in Ohio, Roy Blunt in Missouri and Dan Coats in Indiana.[1]
In 2011–2012, Stevens was the lead strategist in Governor Romney's presidential campaign. He is credited with developing the strategy that won the primary.[12]
In 2014, Stevens helped Senator Thad Cochran win the Mississippi Senate race which included overcoming primary challenger Chris McDaniel. During the 2014 election cycle, Stevens and his business partner Russ Schriefer saw all of their clients win their general election campaigns including Governor Larry Hogan in Maryland and Elise Stefanik – the youngest woman ever elected to congress.[13][14]
Romney campaign
Stevens emerged from an internal power struggle during Romney's
Controversy
Stevens was publicly criticized by numerous Romney campaign officials, according to a widely cited
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Stevens was one of the most prominent Republicans to oppose Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.[18] On May 28, 2020, Stevens announced that he had joined the Lincoln Project.[19] In October 2020, Stevens said that he planned to vote for Joe Biden and the straight Democratic ticket.[20]
Television and film
Stevens has worked on television shows including Northern Exposure[4] (writing the scripts for two episodes, "Brains, Know-How and Native Intelligence" and "Jules et Joel") and I'll Fly Away.[4] He consulted on the 2011 Hollywood film The Ides of March and was a Fellow of the American Film Institute.[9]
Works
- Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Road, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988, ISBN 9780871131904[21]
- Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure, ISBN 9780871133618[22]
- Feeding Frenzy: Across Europe in Search of the Perfect Meal, ISBN 9780345425546[23]
- The Big Enchilada: Campaign Adventures With the Cockeyed Optimists from Texas Who Won the Biggest Prize in Politics, ISBN 9780743222907[24]
- The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear, ISBN 9780743222907[24]
- The Last Season: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime of College Football, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.[25]
- It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2020.[26]
- The Conspiracy to End America: Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Democracy to Autocracy, 2023 ISBN 9781538765401
References
- ^ a b c "Screen Agnostic Storytellers". Strategic Partners & Media. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "OnPolitics". The Washington Post. April 30, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ Scheiber, Noam (August 2, 2012). "The Square and the Flair". The New Republic. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Parker, Ashley (September 19, 2011). "An Unconventional Strategist Reshaping Romney". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ "Stuart Stevens joins Lincoln Project". Wash Post.
- ^ Weddell, Leslie (Winter 2016). "On the Bookshelf" (PDF). Colorado College Bulletin. Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado College: 36. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
Reviewing Stuart Stevens' The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear
- ^ "Stuart Stevens".
- ^ "Trump-Bashing, Romney-Advising Political Operative Stuart Stevens Finds Himself in Vermont".
- ^ a b c Allen, Mike; VandeHei, Jim (September 16, 2012). "Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbled". Politico. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.
- ^ Scheiber, Noam (August 2, 2012). "The Square and The Flair". The New Republic.
- ^ a b Stuart Stevens' Stuart Stevens’ Shady Past Clients, Revealed| Penn Bullock| October 29, 2012| tnr.com| accessed October 29, 2012
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim; Zeleny, Jeff (January 28, 2012). "Facing Second Loss to Gingrich, Romney Went on Warpath". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Cherlin, Reid (November 7, 2014). "The Maryland Governor's Race Was a Rematch of Romney and Obama Consultants – With a Very Different Outcome". New York. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Stevens, Stuart (June 30, 2014). "How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Allen, Mike (September 16, 2012). "Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbled". Politico. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim (September 16, 2012). "Amid Discord, Romney Seeks to Sharpen Message". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ Henderson, Nia-Malika (September 17, 2012). "Top Romney strategist Stuart Stevens likely to stay despite criticism". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ Rainey, James (July 19, 2016). "TV Writer Stuart Stevens Gets Tough in Political Novel and on Donald Trump". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Costa, Robert; Lee, Michelle Ye Hee (May 28, 2020). "Former Romney strategist Stuart Stevens joins Lincoln Project". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Two Angry Strategists".
- ^ Firke, Lisa (May 22, 1988). "Area man narrates gruelling China trip". Record-Journal. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko (August 11, 1989). "Books of The Times; Africa as Backdrop for a Comic Adventure". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ Hirst, Christopher (January 15, 1998). "thursday's book". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Public Broadcasting Service. August 20, 2001. Archived from the originalon January 22, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "stuartpstevens". stuartpstevens. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ISBN 9780525658450. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi (November 9, 1994), "Midterm Elections Analysis Panel 1" (video), Laszlo and Associates, C-SPAN