Tom McMahon is an American political operative.
McMahon served as Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 until 2009. During his tenure, McMahon was involved in several high-profile decisions and controversies including: conflicts over 2008 Democratic presidential primary debate scheduling[1] and over prominent Democratic complaints about the content of ABC's Path to 9/11 television program.[2]
McMahon was a key player in, and defender of, the DNC's creation of its initially controversial "50 state strategy".[3] The plan was eventually credited with helping to secure Democratic elections victories in 2006 at both the state and local level.[4]
In 2016 he returned to working with the DNC as a consultant to the presidential transition team and in 2018 he worked with Milwaukee on their bid to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ Nedra Pickler, 2008 Hopefuls Play Game of Keep-Away, Associated Press, February 2, 2007
- ^ William Triplett, Pols pound 'Path' , Variety.com, September 7, 2006
- ^ Tom McMahon, DNC—Sounds Like a Plan!, Letters to the Editor, The Nation, July 31, 2006
- ^ Donald Lambro, State Chiefs Credit Dean for Victory, Washington Times, November 26, 2006
- ^ Kirchen, Rich (11 May 2020). "Milwaukee DNC bid committee needed much less than $1M to succeed: Tax filing". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Seitz-Wald, Alex (2 August 2016). "DNC Shakes up Leadership as It Looks to Turn Page on Email Hack". NBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Dovere, Edward-Isaac; Debenedetti, Gabriel (2 August 2016). "Heads Roll at the DNC". Politico. Retrieved 18 December 2020.