Liz Mair

Elizabeth Mair (born June 9, 1978) is an American political and communications consultant.[1]

Liz Mair
Born (1978-06-09) June 9, 1978
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom and United States
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews (M.A. in International Studies)
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Certificate in Political and Social Sciences)
College of Law London (Law degree)
OccupationOnline communications specialist, political strategist
Political partyRepublican
Websitemairstrategies.com

Life and career

Mair was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up and lived in England until moving to Washington, D.C. in 2006.

Mair writes for various publications, including The Daily Beast,[2] the Washington Examiner,[3] The Hill,[4] and Reason magazine,[5] and previously wrote for U.S. News & World Report.[6]

Mair frequently appears as a commentator on television, including Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and Real Time with Bill Maher.[7] She is also a UK broadcaster and ITN's regular GOP contributor during its presidential election night coverage.

Political work

Mair served as Online Communications Director at the 2008 Republican National Committee.[8] There, she also served as a spokesperson, undertaking on-camera interviews and debates on behalf of the RNC and the John McCain campaign against representatives of the Barack Obama campaign and the DNC.

Since the RNC, Mair has worked for U.S. politicians including Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Carly Fiorina, and Roy Blunt.[9]

In 2013, Mair was named one of Campaigns & Elections' INFLUENCERS 50 in the field of communications in 2013.[10]

In December 2015, Mair helped create the Make America Awesome Super PAC, "as a vehicle to attack Donald Trump".[11]

In 2015, 48 hours after being announced Walker's aide for his presidential campaign preparation, Mair resigned after it was reported that she had posted Twitter messages critical of agricultural subsidies, ethanol mandates, and "Iowa's front-running status" in the US election cycle.[8]

In March 2019, Mair was accused in a defamation lawsuit brought by US Congressman Devin Nunes as being behind the @DevinCow parody Twitter account.[12]

References
  1. "Liz Mair".
  2. "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  3. "Liz Mair". Washington Examiner. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. "Liz Mair". TheHill. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  5. "Liz Mair : Contributors". Reason.com. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  6. "Liz Mair - Opinion Contributor". US News & World Report.
  7. Real Time with Bill Maher (June 21, 2019), Watch Overtime: June 21, 2019 (HBO), retrieved June 22, 2019
  8. Stanage, Niall (March 18, 2015). "Under fire, Walker aide Liz Mair resigns". TheHill. Retrieved June 22, 2019. In 2008, she worked as online communications director for the Republican National Committee.
  9. "About Liz Mair".
  10. "THE INFLUENCERS 50". www.campaignsandelections.com. November 17, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. 5 Should go to: https://www.mairstrategies.com/liz-mair.php
  12. Holson, Laura M. (March 20, 2019). "After Devin Nunes Sues @DevinCow, the Twitter Parody Gains a Half-Million Followers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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