Jeff Larson is an American political consultant and entrepreneur who served as 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 Reince Priebus and the Chief of Staff position went to Mike Shields.

Career

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

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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. Larson told the ''

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'', 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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