Chris Lehane
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Chris Lehane is a California-based political consultant who currently is a principal in LFM Campaigns.[1],[2].
He once worked in the Bill Clinton White House and served as press secretary of former Vice President Al Gore.[3] In 2003, he aroused the ire of a prominent national left-leaning blogger.[4] Lehane graduated from Harvard Law School and works with Fabiani & Lehane.[5]
Lehane was a leader in the charge against the Presidential Electoral Reform Act, or PERA, ballot initiative in California. According to one news report, Lehane said of his efforts to kill the GOP plan[6]:
"We need to fight back and not be reluctant - that if they come after you with a knife, to pull out a gun."
Questions about campaign finance
Early on in the battle to keep PERA off the ballot, Lehane raised questions about whether contributions from Republicans to pay for PERA's petition drive might have been inappropriate[7]:
Chris Lehane, a Democratic political consultant who is leading the fight against the initiative - and who works for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton - said he wants to know whether Dunsmore discussed the electoral college initiative with Singer or others, prompting his donation.
The Sacramento Bee reported that Lehane helped file a complaint with the FEC asking it to investigate the allegations.[8]
AMPTP affiliation
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (also referred to as the AMPTP) announced on December 6, 2007 that they had hired Lehane and fellow Gore and Clinton operative Mark Fabiani to handle AMPTP publicity during their ongoing scuffle with the Writers Guild of America. Together, the two run a publicity firm and are recognized as "Masters of Disaster".
On December 10, 2007 dailykos.com announced that many of Lehane and Fabiani's WGA clients (including a group representing the Teamsters) fired the duo in response to their association with the AMPTP.
External links
References
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Schmidt, Lehane join forces for ballot business", January 14, 2009
- ↑ Ties to Giuliani alleged
- ↑ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20071105-9999-1n5firegov.html
- ↑ Chris Lehane is history
- ↑ Lehane bio on California Majority Report.
- ↑ State Dem group played hardball to kill GOP election system plan
- ↑ Ties to Giuliani alleged
- ↑ Analysis: Electoral Plan's Backlash
