Jason Stanford (consultant)

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Jason Stanford
Born
Washington, D.C.[1]
Alma materLewis & Clark College
Occupations
  • Author
  • writer
Political partyDemocratic

Jason Stanford is an American author and writer. He was the communications director for Austin mayor Steve Adler. Previously, he was a Democratic strategist, commentator and author based in Washington, D.C.[2][3][4] He is a syndicated columnist with Cagle Cartoons and also a regular contributor to the Austin American-Statesman.[5][6]

Stanford co-authored Adios Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush in 2011 with James Moore.[7][8][9] He has also written for Texas Monthly and the Texas Tribune.[10][11]

Stanford is the founder of Stanford Caskey, a political research and crisis communications firm based in Austin, Texas and Chicago, Illinois.[12][13]

Career

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Stanford attended Lewis & Clark College, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in Russian in 1992.[14][15] He studied Russian because he wanted to become a spy.[3][15] During his final semester at Lewis & Clark, he studied at Moscow State Pedagogical University.[16] Stanford worked at the Moscow Guardian following his graduation and later at the Los Angeles Times Moscow bureau, where he worked as an investigative reporter under the byline J. Andrew Stanford.[15][17][18] While at the Times, Stanford helped uncover the diversion of American funds from privatization efforts to then-Russian president Boris Yeltsin's political party.[17] He also worked briefly as a model for Ziegenbock beer.[19]

Stanford became involved in politics following his introduction to members of Ann Richards' 1994 Texas gubernatorial campaign staff by his editor at the Moscow Guardian, Billy Rogers, who was formerly a Texas-based Democratic operative.[15] Stanford moved to Texas to work on Ann Richards' campaign, where he was a researcher and deputy press secretary.[3][20]

In 1997, following his work on the Richards campaign, Stanford founded Stanford & Ryan Research (now known as Stanford Caskey) with the late Tom Ryan.[3][21] Ryan left the company in 1999 and it became Stanford Research.[21]

Stanford is credited with helping then-Democratic Oklahoma state Senator Brad Henry defeat Steve Largent in the 2002 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.[22][23] Stanford later served as campaign manager for Chris Bell's 2006 Texas gubernatorial campaign.[23]

In 2013, Stanford Campaigns merged with William Caskey's 3rd Coast Research and became Stanford Caskey.[12] Stanford began writing a weekly column for The Quorum Report, a newsletter about Texas politics, in May 2014.[24]

Jason has three film credits. He is credited as appearing in "Bush's Brain," a documentary about Karl Rove.[citation needed] Though he was interviewed by the filmmakers after he was quoted in the book[25] that the documentary was based on, footage of his interview was not used in the film. He did appear in All About Ann, an HBO documentary about the life of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, as well as in Along Came Kinky, a film that documented Kinky Friedman's campaign during that gubernatorial election.[26]

Publications

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  • Adios Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush (2011)[7][8][9]
  • Rick Perry Emerges as GOP's Voice of Reason (2015)[27]
  • Odds are Congress won't nix Iran Deal (2015)[28]
  • Galaxy Quest (2015)[29]
  • Senate threatens historic deal with Iran (2015)[30]
  • Pearson contract loss marks end of an error (2015)[31]
  • The Governor in the Tin Foil Hat (2015)[32]
  • Islamic attacks and the First Amendment (2015)[33]
  • Why does US ignore domestic terrorists? (2015)[34]
  • Mute the Messenger: When Dr. Walter Stroup showed that Texas’ standardized testing regime is flawed, the testing company struck back (2014)[35]
  • The Torture Report Isn't Just On Bush—It's On All Of Us (2014)[36]
  • The Nuclear Arsenal We Don't Need (2014)[37]
  • Conservative Group Tries To Revive Barry Goldwater With 'Daisy 2' (2014)[38]
  • Nobody Died and Made Rick Perry King (2014)[39]
  • Rich Lowry's 'Callow' Attack Is, Well, Juvenile (2014)[40]
  • No, Obama Isn't Our New Chamberlain (2014)[41]
  • Thank God For Dick Cheney (Really) (2014)[42]
  • Honey, I Want to Move to Mars (2014)[43]
  • Blue Skies Smiling At Me (2014)[44]
  • Abortion a winning issue for Davis (2013)[45]
  • The One That Got Away (2013)[46]
  • Wendy Davis’ path to the governor's mansion (2013)[47]
  • Ted Cruz's secret past? Stimulus funds and teacher payouts (2013)[48]
  • Texas school conspiracy reaches state legislature (2013)[49]
  • Ted Cruz's craziness is the unfunny, dangerous kind (2013)[50]
  • How the Texas GOP fuels anti-government paranoia (2015)[51]
  • Accentuate the Negative (2006)[52]
  • "Balancing Discretion and Glasnost." in Campaigns & Elections (Strategy & Tactics) (2001)
  • Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (2021, with Bryan Burrough and Chris Tomlinson) ISBN 9781984880093

Personal life

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Stanford is married to Sonia Van Meter.[53]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jason Stanford '92 – Alumni and Parent Programs – College of Arts and Sciences – Lewis & Clark". Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Dylan Baddour (November 25, 2014). "Democratic consultant says Texas had nation's 'worst voter participation' in November 2014". Politifact. Retrieved December 7, 2014. Telephone interview, Jason Stanford, political research consultant, Stanford Caskey, Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2014
  3. ^ a b c d Erika Lovely (18 January 2008). "You can run, but you can't hide". Politico. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ Robert T. Garrett (13 May 2008). "Jason Stanford to the rescue!". Dallas News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Jason Stanford". The Cagle Post. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Looking ahead to 2014 by looking back to 2013". Austin American-Statesman. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b Kate Taylor (17 August 2011). "Publishers Announce Two Rick Perry Books". New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Get ready for the Rick Perry book blitz". The Times-Picayune. 21 August 2011.
  9. ^ a b "As Rick Perry goes national, so do tales from Texas". Politico. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Jason Stanford". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  11. ^ Jason Stanford (10 May 2010). "How Bill White Can Beat Rick Perry". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  12. ^ a b Dave Nyczepir (6 February 2013). "Democratic research firms merge to form Stanford Caskey". Campaigns & Elections. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  13. ^ Boyce Upholt (12 June 2009). "Quality Opposition Research". Campaigns & Elections. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush". The Chronicle Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  15. ^ a b c d Dave MeNeely (3 March 2010). "A political hired gun for Democrats". Port Arthur The News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  16. ^ Jason Stanford (12 February 2014). "Hotel not perfect? No one's rushing to help". Post-Tribune. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  17. ^ a b J. Andrew Stanford; Michael A. Hiltzik (24 November 1993). "Russia May Have Used U.S. Aid for Political Purposes : Funding: Ads that were supposed to promote privatization are pulled after partisan overtones were added to them". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  18. ^ Alexander Kushnir (April 1993). "This is a normal life. This is a normal job". Moscow Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  19. ^ Mark Babineck (27 September 2006). "Jason Stanford, spokesmodel". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  20. ^ "The Rising Stars of politics 2002". Campaigns & Elections. Apr 2002. p. 22.
  21. ^ a b Doug Addison (7 June 1999). "Five Months of Appetizers". Texas Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  22. ^ Jessica Meyers (27 January 2010). "Friedman camp pulls in former foe Jason Stanford". Dallas News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  23. ^ a b R.G. Ratcliffe (24 October 2006). "Bell chief helped beat former hero". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  24. ^ "Texas, Florida headed in opposite directions on Hispanics". Quorum Report. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  25. ^ James Moore and Wayne Slater (10 February 2011). Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential. Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118039823. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  26. ^ Wayne Slater (27 January 2010). "In Texas politics, you're with 'em one day, against 'em the next". Dallas News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  27. ^ Jason Stanford (26 August 2015). "Rick Perry Emerges as GOP's Voice of Reason". Texas Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  28. ^ Jason Stanford (11 August 2015). "Odds are Congress won't nix Iran Deal". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  29. ^ Jason Stanford (31 July 2015). "Galaxy Quest". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  30. ^ Jason Stanford (15 July 2015). "Senate threatens historic deal with Iran". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  31. ^ Jason Stanford (26 May 2015). "Pearson contract loss marks end of an error". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  32. ^ Jason Stanford (19 May 2015). "The Governor in the Tin Foil Hat". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  33. ^ Jason Stanford (15 May 2015). "Islamic attacks and the First Amendment". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  34. ^ Jason Stanford (12 January 2015). "Why does US ignore domestic terrorists?". USA Today. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  35. ^ Jason Stanford (3 September 2014). "Mute the Messenger: When Dr. Walter Stroup showed that Texas' standardized testing regime is flawed, the testing company struck back". Texas Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  36. ^ Jason Stanford (12 December 2014). "The Torture Report Isn't Just On Bush—It's On All Of Us". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  37. ^ Jason Stanford (21 August 2014). "The Nuclear Arsenal We Don't Need". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  38. ^ Jason Stanford (21 August 2014). "Conservative Group Tries To Revive Barry Goldwater With 'Daisy 2'". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  39. ^ Jason Stanford (18 August 2014). "Nobody Died and Made Rick Perry King". Politico Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  40. ^ Jason Stanford (15 August 2014). "Rich Lowry's 'Callow' Attack Is, Well, Juvenile". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  41. ^ Jason Stanford (23 July 2014). "No, Obama Isn't Our New Chamberlain". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  42. ^ Jason Stanford (20 June 2014). "Thank God For Dick Cheney (Really)". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  43. ^ Jason Stanford (2 April 2014). "Honey, I Want to Move to Mars". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  44. ^ Jason Stanford (3 February 2014). "Blue Skies Smiling At Me". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  45. ^ Jason Stanford (26 September 2013). "Abortion a winning issue for Davis". Politico. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  46. ^ Jason Stanford (7 August 2013). "The One That Got Away". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  47. ^ Jason Stanford (28 June 2013). "Wendy Davis' path to the governor's mansion". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  48. ^ Jason Stanford (8 March 2013). "Ted Cruz's secret past? Stimulus funds and teacher payouts". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  49. ^ Jason Stanford (28 March 2013). "Texas school conspiracy reaches state legislature". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  50. ^ Jason Stanford (30 January 2013). "Ted Cruz's craziness is the unfunny, dangerous kind". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  51. ^ Jason Stanford (20 January 2013). "How the Texas GOP fuels anti-government paranoia". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  52. ^ Jason Stanford (26 February 2006). "Accentuate the Negative". Texas Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  53. ^ Andrea Bell (1 February 2014). "Local woman sets her sights on a trip to Mars, and yes, she's serious". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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