Pro-Rubio
Organizations:
Conservative
Solutions
PAC
...pro
Rubio
super
PAC
re-filed
with
the
FEC
on Feb. 24, 2015.
Director Warren Tompkins
(first reported by the New
York
Times
on March 19, 2015) Principal at First
Tuesday Strategies. Alantic region chair for the Bush-Cheney
’04
campaign. Advisor to U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint in his successful 2004
bid for U.S. Senate. General consultant to Lindsey Graham in his
successful 2002 bid for U.S. Senate. Chief strategist for George
W.
Bush’s 2000 South Carolina presidential primary campaign. Started
a
political consulting practice, in 1991; this became Tompkins,
Kinard
& Associates, Strategist for the 1988 Bush
presidential campaign. Tompkins helped elect U.S. Rep. Carroll
Campbell governor in 1986 and served as Campbell's chief of staff,
supervising a staff of more than 230 people and budgets totaling more
than $91 million. Executive director of the South Carolina
Republican Party starting in 1981. Executive director of both South
Carolina Reagan-Bush campaigns (1980 and 1984), the first at age
28. Statewide coordinator of special events and volunteer
on Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1978 campaign. First campaign was a 1974
magistrate’s race.
Finance Director Jon Graham
(reported April 9, 2015) Co-founder (Jan. 2009)
of Gula Graham. joined Mike
Gula
& Associates in 2006 as vice president. Also a co-founder of
Prime Advocacy, "a leading Washington, D.C. fly-in consulting
firm." Finance director for U.S. Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN) in the
2004 and 2006 election cycle.
Communications Director Jeff Sadosky
(reported April 9, 2015) Senior vice president
at Forbes-Tate.
Managing
director
of
communications
for
the
Biotechnology
Industry
Organization
from
Oct.
2013.
Communications
director
for
Sen.
Rob
Portman
(R-OH),
after
working
on Portman's 2010 U.S. Senate
campaign. Communications director on Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
(R-TX)'s campaign for governor from end of July 2009.
Regional communications director on McCain-Palin 2008; previously
spokesman on Fred Thompson's presidential campaign from Aug. 17,
2007. Ccommunications director for the Florida Republican
Party. Press secretary to Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH). A
regional press person for Bush-Cheney '04. Worked at
TNSMI/Campaign Media Analysis Group from 2001-04. Graduate of
James Madison University with a degree in international affairs.twitter
Media Jon Lerner
(reported April 9, 2015) Founder and principal of Red Sea, LLC and Basswood Research; has worked in politics and campaigns for over 20 years. Pollster and advisor on Pawlenty for President. "In 2010 alone, Lerner played leading roles in the successful campaigns of U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), and Mike Lee (R-UT), Governors Nikki Haley (R-SC) and Sean Parnell (R-AK), and Congressman Tim Scott (R-SC-1) (+). For many years, Lerner has also worked extensively with the Club for Growth, one of America's leading free market advocacy organizations. In 2009, Lerner was the chief strategist for the 7.4 million dollar independent expenditure the RGA ran on behalf of Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ)." Managed Sen. Al D'Amato's unsuccessful re-election bid against Chuck Schumer in 1998. Degrees from George Washington University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago Law School. Originally from Minneapolis.
Big Financial Backer Norman Braman
(Washington
Post's Ed O'Keefe
and Matea Gold reported on March 5, 2015 that Braman could "put as much
as $10 million into a pro-Rubio super PAC) Billionaire chairman
of Braman
Management, "an umbrella company for his automotive businesses
encompassing 23 franchises in Florida and Colorado;" started in the
auto business buying a
Cadillac dealership in Tampa, FL in 1972. Former owner of the
Philadelphia Eagles football team; became sole owner in 1986 and sold
the team in 1994. President and CEO of Philadelphia
Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics. Founded Keystone Stores, a chain
in central Pennsylvania. Worked in marketing and sales for
Seagram's Distributors. Degree in business administration from
Temple University.
Conservative
Solutions
Project
...nonprofit
focused
on
issue
education,
formed
Jan.
2014.
Warren Tompkins
(reported by National
Journal's
Scott Bland on April 10, 2015) Principal at First
Tuesday Strategies. Alantic region chair for the Bush-Cheney
’04
campaign. Advisor to U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint in his successful 2004
bid for U.S. Senate. General consultant to Lindsey Graham in his
successful 2002 bid for U.S. Senate. Chief strategist for George
W.
Bush’s 2000 South Carolina presidential primary campaign. Started
a
political consulting practice, in 1991; this became Tompkins,
Kinard
& Associates, Strategist for the 1988 Bush
presidential campaign. Tompkins helped elect U.S. Rep. Carroll
Campbell governor in 1986 and served as Campbell's chief of staff,
supervising a staff of more than 230 people and budgets totaling more
than $91 million. Executive director of the South Carolina
Republican Party starting in 1981. Executive director of both South
Carolina Reagan-Bush campaigns (1980 and 1984), the first at age
28. Statewide coordinator of special events and volunteer
on Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1978 campaign. First campaign was a 1974
magistrate’s race.
Joel McElhannon
(reported by National
Journal's
Scott
Bland on April 10, 2015) Managing partner at The Parlay
Family of Companies: Parlay Marketng Partners, LLC and Parlay Political, LLC
based in Georgia, from Sept. 2013. President of South Public
Affairs Consulting, LLC, Jan. 2000-Sept. 2013. "A veteran of
hundreds of statewide, federal, judicial, legislative, and local
campaigns in nearly every southeastern state." B.A. in political
science from The University of Georgia, 1994.
Pat Shortridge
President of PCS Consulting
since Jan. 2007. Interim program director of GWU's Graduate
School of Political Management. Chairman of the Republican Party
of Minnesota, elected Dec. 31, 2011 to April 2013. Campaign
manager on Dino Rossi for U.S. Senate, 2010. Midewest regional
political director at the NRCC, 2009-10. Senior
advisor/strategist/manager to Marco Rubio, 2009-10. Founder of
the New Majority Project, 2007-09. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep.
Mark Kennedy, 2002-06. Director of special projects to U.S. Rep.
Dick Armey, 1991-2002. B.A. in history, philosophy from
Macalester College, 1990. twitter
See:
Shane Goldmacher. "Marco Rubio's secret (money) legacy." Politico.
Mar.
28,
2016.
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21. "Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 Call for Justice Department Investigation of Group Supporting Rubio Campaign and Improperly Claiming 501(c)(4) Status." Nov. 5, 2015. press release | letter [PDF]
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington. "CREW Files Complaint Against Rubio, Tillis
Groups." Oct. 20, 2015.
press release | complaint
[PDF]
Scott Bland. "Secret-Money Group Tied to Marco
Rubio Super
PAC
Has Been Researching Presidential Primary Voters." National
Journal, April 10, 2015.