Jim Manley is an American political strategist known for working for various
Democratic Party politicians. He worked at
Quinn Gillespie & Associates from 2011 - 2017 as a senior director in their Communications and Government Affairs groups. After the firm dissolved, he has been on his own, advising clients quietly on a wide variety of issues.
Career in Washington
Manley has worked on
Capitol Hill
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for over two decades, including as a top leadership aide and communications director for former
Nevada
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Senator
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
when Reid was the
Senate Majority Leader
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.
Previously, he worked as an aide to
Massachusetts
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Senator
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
for eleven years, starting in 1993. Before that, he worked for
Maine
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Senator
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...
.
References
External links
Profileat
Quinn Gillespie & Associates website
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Living people
American political consultants
Political staffers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)