Jeff Larson is an American political consultant and entrepreneur who was CEO of the Minneapolis St. Paul 2008 Host Committee, which organized the

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. He worked on

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's successful campaign to become RNC Chairman and in 2011 became RNC Chief of Staff. In March 2013, he became Senior Advisor to Priebus and the Chief of Staff position went to Mike Shields.

Career

In 1999, Larson co-founded and became a partner, with fellow Republicans

Tony Feather Tony Feather is a Missouri-based American political consultant for the Republican National Committee and Republican candidates and campaign who specializes in direct voter contact. Feather is a co-founder, with fellow Republican Jeff Larson of FLS ...

and Tom Synhorst, in a consortium of media consultancy companies, Feather Larson & Synhorst - DCI. The company was actively involved in supporting

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in the 2000 presidential primaries and received $21.3 million from the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004. Larson specializes in tele-fundraising and voter contact programs. According to the ''

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'', Larson's firm has been tied to the onslaught of negative

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s about Senator

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on behalf of Senator

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...

. Larson told the ''

Minneapolis Star Tribune ''The Minnesota Star Tribune'', formerly the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the seventh-largest in the United States by circula ...

'', however, that FLS Connect is not involved in nationwide robo-calls attacking Obama, although his firm has been hired to make live calls in Minnesota on behalf of McCain. Minneapolis Star Tribune (October 23, 2008) "Meet the 'Clark Kent' behind Palin's wardrobe"
/ref> During the 2020

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, FLS Connect received between $1 million and $2 million in federally backed small business loans from The Central Trust Bank as part of the Paycheck Protection Program.

References

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