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Mark McKinnon is an American political consultant, columnist, and television producer. He is best known for his work on the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush, John McCain, and Barack Obama. He is also the co-founder of No Labels, a bipartisan organization dedicated to promoting political problem solving. McKinnon was born on May 5, 1955 in Boulder, Colorado. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a degree in journalism. After college, he worked as a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman and then as a political consultant for the Texas Democratic Party. McKinnon's career in politics began in earnest when he joined the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999. He served as a media advisor and strategist, helping to craft the campaign's message and strategy. He went on to serve as a senior advisor to the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign. In 2008, McKinnon joined the John McCain presidential campaign as a senior advisor. He was credited with helping to craft the campaign's message and strategy, and was a key figure in the campaign's efforts to reach out to independent and swing voters. In 2012, McKinnon joined the Barack Obama re-election campaign as a senior advisor. He was credited with helping to craft the campaign's message and strategy, and was a key figure in the campaign's efforts to reach out to independent and swing voters. McKinnon is also the co-founder of No Labels, a bipartisan organization dedicated to promoting political problem solving. He is also a columnist for The Daily Beast and a regular contributor to MSNBC. McKinnon has been married to his wife, Mary, since 1985. They have two children.

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Occupation Political consultant,columnist,television producer
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 5 May 1955
Birthday 5 May
Birthplace Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2014

McKinnon returned to politics after meeting then Governor George W. Bush at a dinner at the governor's mansion. Following this encounter, McKinnon and Bush developed a personal relationship. According to Karl Rove, "Bush and McKinnon clicked from moment one. In a bow to McKinnon's cool image, Bush dubbed him 'M-Kat.' " Of his relationship with Bush, McKinnon said, "We had a personal relationship before we had a professional relationship. And when Texas' Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock endorsed Bush over the Democratic gubernatorial nominee — his own god-son — well that's when I crossed the bridge. But it was not an easy decision."

2013

McKinnon helped lead the effort to overturn the United States' same-sex marriage ban by serving as co-chair of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, alongside Julian Castro. In 2013, he was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.

2012

McKinnon has worked for many causes, companies and candidates, including former President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Late Texas Governor Ann Richards, Congressman Charlie Wilson, and musician and philanthropist Bono. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations dedicated to reforming the influence of money in politics. McKinnon was on the advisory board of Americans Elect, a defunct political organization known primarily for its efforts to stage a national online primary for the 2012 United States presidential election. In 2014, McKinnon launched Mayday PAC to force ethics reform in the United States Congress, along with Harvard Professor Larry Lessig -- who would later run for President on a related push for ethics and campaign finance reform -- and tech moguls Steve Wozniak, Fred Wilson, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. McKinnon and Julian Castro served as co-chairs of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, before Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples. He currently serves on the boards of Take Back Our Republic and the Austin Film Society, and is a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors as well as the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.

2008

McKinnon began serving as the principal media advisor for Senator McCain's presidential bid for the Republican primaries in January, 2007, but decided to leave the campaign on May 21, 2008. Regarding his decision, McKinnon stated that he preferred not to campaign against Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president because Obama's election "would send a great message to the country and the world." In leaving his advisory role, McKinnon said he preferred to be a "fan, friend, and cheerleader" for McCain's campaign, but preferred not to be the "tip of the spear in attacking him [Obama]."

On August 27, 2008, the Dallas Morning News reported that McKinnon helped Cindy McCain in her preparation for her GOP convention speech. At this time McKinnon clarified that he was not returning to his role as media advisor to the McCain campaign, but that he was instead helping the McCains out of his "friendship" to them. According to Rory O'Connor from The Huffington Post, McKinnon felt that he was keeping true to his pledge in not attacking Obama by only "acting as a facilitator to help with Cindy's speech. That means helping to identify speechwriters, Mari Will and Lionel Chetwynd, and working with them and Cindy on the speech." O'Connor also noted that McKinnon said that he was not helping the McCain campaign with advertising.

Although it was also reported by Vanity Fair that McKinnon had returned to the McCain campaign to prepare Sarah Palin for the United States vice-presidential debate, 2008, in their book Game Change (2010), journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin suggest that McKinnon was extremely reluctant to help coach Palin for the debate. According to the duo, "(Rick) Davis had pleaded with Mark McKinnon, who had decided to sit out the general election because he wanted no part of flaying Obama, to ride to their rescue; he agreed, but just for that one night." In Game Change, it is reported that McKinnon was not impressed with Palin's performance during the run-through before the debate. When one of McCain's campaign advisors asked him what he thought about Palin's practice runs, McKinnon replied "Oh.My.God."

2007

He was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2007, 2011) and the Harvard Institute of Politics (2012). In addition to Harvard, McKinnon has lectured at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves on the board of the Austin Film Society.

1998

After being recommended to Bush by Bullock, McKinnon led the advertising and media team for Bush's gubernatorial campaign in 1998. That same year, he became president of Maverick Media, which was created for the purpose of electing Bush as president. He worked on Bush's first presidential campaign as the chief media advisor, directing the advertising effort in 2000, a role he would reprise in the 2004 elections. President Bush appointed McKinnon to serve as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the independent, autonomous entity responsible for all U.S. government sponsored, non-military, international broadcasting.

1990

After returning to Texas, McKinnon joined the firm Public Strategies, Inc. in 1990, serving as its vice chairman beginning in 1991. He spent the next several years working on many Texas Democratic winning campaigns, including those of late Governor Ann Richards (1990), former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier (2001), and the late Congressman Charlie Wilson. In 1994, McKinnon worked on Bob Bullock's re-election campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. In 1996, he announced that he was shifting gears and leaving partisan politics. In his Texas Monthly article entitled "The Spin Doctor Is Out", McKinnon wrote that he "won't miss desperate candidates, manic campaign managers and last-minute attack and response ads".

1984

McKinnon's first political campaign experience was volunteering for then Texas State Senator Lloyd Doggett's 1984 U.S. Senate campaign, where he worked with James Carville and Paul Begala, who promoted McKinnon to the role of press secretary. McKinnon then worked for former Texas Governor Mark White during his 1985–1986 re-election campaign, followed by former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer's campaign in 1987. In the late-1980s, he went to work for the New York-based international political media consulting company Sawyer Miller Group.

1976

In 1976, McKinnon moved to Austin, Texas, where he earned a living as a musician. McKinnon enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin and served as editor of the student newspaper The Daily Texan during 1980–1981. While working for the newspaper, he was jailed briefly on a First Amendment issue after refusing to provide to police unpublished photographs of an Iranian student protest. He left the university before completing his undergraduate work.

1975

Mark McKinnon was born in Boulder, Colorado, and was raised in Denver. He performed in a band called Daybreak and, following his junior year, dropped out of high school and hitchhiked to Nashville, Tennessee. There he began his career as a songwriter and worked alongside Kris Kristofferson. McKinnon returned to Denver to complete high school, then made his way back to Nashville to continue pursuing music. He was named the "New Folk" winner at the 1975 Kerrville Folk Festival.

1955

Mark McKinnon (born May 5, 1955) is an American political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer. He was the chief media advisor to five successful presidential primary and general election campaigns, and is a co-founder of No Labels, an organization dedicated to bipartisanship and political problem solving. He served as vice chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., which was acquired by the international communications consultancy Hill & Knowlton Strategies, and was president of Maverick Media. McKinnon is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and co-host of Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth and consulted on the HBO series The Newsroom and Netflix's House of Cards. He was a regular columnist for The Daily Beast and The Daily Telegraph (London).