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Bobby Kahn
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| Organization: | Canal Partners Media (Formerly LUC Media Group) |
| Role: | Founder |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Affiliation: | Democratic |
| Education: | University of Georgia |
Bobby Kahn is a political media consultant of Canal Partners Media, a company Kahn founded with the original name of LUC Media Group in 1993 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the former chief of staff to former Gov. Roy E. Barnes (D) and the former chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia.[1]
Career
Bobby Kahn is a Democratic political strategist from Georgia who ran the gubernatorial campaigns for former Gov. Roy E. Barnes (D) in both 1998 and 2002.[2] As Barnes' chief of staff, Kahn was one of the leaders of the effort to have the Confederate battle emblem removed from the state's flag in 2001.[3] After Barnes lost his 2002 reelection campaign to Sonny Perude (R), Kahn became the chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia in 2004. Campaigns and Elections magazine said that Kahn was "known for an attacking style" as the state party chair.[4]
During the 2010 election cycle, when Barnes ran for governor a third time, Kahn's LUC Media group was paid $1.2 million by the Democratic Party of Georgia for ads supporting Barnes' candidacy.[2] In 2013, Kahn's business "handled at least $1.5 million in political ad contracts for Independence USA, a super PAC that supported Democrat Robin Kelly's bid for Congress in an Illinois special election."[5]
See also
- Democratic Party of Georgia
- Georgia
- Roy E. Barnes
- Chris Carpenter
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email exchange with Canal Partners Media employee," April 8, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Georgia Report, "RGA spends $3.2 million on governor’s race," October 11, 2010
- ↑ Georgia Public Broadcasting, "6.27.15 Why Former Governor Barnes Risked It All To Change The Georgia Flag," June 27, 2015
- ↑ Peach Pundit, "Bobby Kahn in C&E Magazine," April 12, 2006
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Political advertisers and TV stations ignore disclosure rules," December 18, 2013
