Andrea Saul (born 1982) has worked on a number of political campaigns, and was the campaign
press secretary for the
2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign
The 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney officially began on June 2, 2011, when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney formally announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States, at an even ...
.
Early life and education
Saul's father, Julian Saul, is a former president of
Shaw Industries, a carpet manufacturer.
[. '' The Washington Post''. Retrieved August 8, 2012.][Jenning, Linda Kramer (August 2012). . '']Glamour
Glamour may refer to:
Arts
Film
* ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film
* ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film
* ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film
Writing
* ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women
* ''The Glamour ...
''.[Oliver, Charles (May 23, 2012). . '' The Daily Citizen'' (Dalton, GA).] Saul was raised in
Dalton, Georgia, graduated from
Girls Preparatory School
Girls Preparatory School, or GPS, is an all-female college preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1906 by Grace Eliza McCallie, Tommie Payne Duffy, and Eula Lea Jarnagin. GPS enrolls students in grades 6� ...
in
Chattanooga
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
in 2000, and graduated from
Vanderbilt University in 2004, majoring in communication studies and Spanish.
Career
After graduation, she worked for
NBC in
Athens during the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, and then moved to
Washington, D.C., where she took a job with
DCI Group, a public relations firm.
She joined the
2008 John McCain presidential campaign in February 2007 for a few months until it ran low on funding, then moved to the
Republican National Committee, and later rejoined the McCain campaign as its media affairs' director by April 2008.
[. '' The Daily Citizen'' (Dalton, GA). April 12, 2008.] She subsequently worked for Senator
Orrin Hatch, Florida Governor
Charlie Crist
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. (; born July 24, 1956) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic ...
, and
Carly Fiorina. She first met Mitt Romney during the McCain campaign. In 2015, Saul signed an
amicus brief to the
United States Supreme Court in favor of legalizing
same-sex marriage.
In 2020, she endorsed McCain and Romney's vice presidential opponent Joe Biden for president.
References
1982 births
Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans
John McCain 2008 presidential campaign
Living people
Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign
People associated with the 2008 United States presidential election
People associated with the 2012 United States presidential election
People from Dalton, Georgia
Vanderbilt University alumni
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