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Jason Powers
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| Organization: | Guidant Strategies |
| Role: | Managing Partner |
| Location: | Park City, Utah |
| Education: | University of Utah (B.A., political science M.B.A., business administration) |
Jason Powers is managing partner of Guidant Strategies, a public relations and campaign consulting firm specializing in the passage of conservative issues and the election of conservative candidates. He has been managing partner since 2006.[1] In a January 2014 profile, Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune called Powers "Utah's top political kingmaker."[2]
Career
Jason Powers was on the campaign staff for then-Utah state representative John Swallow (R) in Swallow's unsuccessful 2002 bid for Utah's 2nd Congressional District against Democrat Jim Matheson. In 2006, he worked on Republicans Wayne Niederhauser's and John Greiner's Utah State Senate campaigns. In 2008, he was campaign manager for Republican Mark Shurtleff's successful re-election campaign for Attorney General of Utah.[2] In 2010, Powers worked for Club for Growth in the Republican United States Senate primary in support of Mike Lee against incumbent Bob Bennett. Lee won the primary and general election. Powers also did direct mail work for Governor of Utah Gary Herbert (R) in 2010.
According to Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune,[2]
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Heading toward the 2012 cycle, Powers was clearly the pre-eminent Republican campaign operative on Utah's political scene. [3] |
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In 2012, he was hired to provide media content for U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch's successful re-election campaign. Also, in 2012, he was campaign manager for Republican John Swallow's successful bid for Attorney General of Utah.
In 2012, Powers was named to the list of Top 500 Influencers in American Politics by Campaigns & Elections Magazine.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Guidant Strategies, "About Guidant Strategies," accessed December 2, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Salt Lake Tribune, "A look at campaign aide who helped elect Swallow, Hatch, Lee," January 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign and Elections (Via Acquire Media NewsEdge), "The Influencers 500 (Campaigns and Elections)," January 22, 2013
