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Kenny Alston
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| Location: | Providence, R.I. | ||
| Expertise: | Governmental legal affairs | ||
| Affiliation: | Democrat | ||
| Education: | •Brown University •University of Chicago Law School | ||
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| •Jonathan Stevens •Debbie Rich | |||
Kenny Alston is a Democratic political advisor who specializes in governmental legal affairs. He was an advisor for Lincoln Chafee's 2016 presidential campaign. Alston previously worked as counsel for Weight Watchers International and as an advisor and chief of staff to Lincoln Chafee while he served as governor of Rhode Island.[1]
Career
Before joining Lincoln Chafee's political team, Kenny Alston worked as a corporate lawyer in New York City, providing counsel for Weight Watchers International and MortageIT.[1] In 2010, Alston began work with the Chafee administration when Chafee was a candidate for governor of Rhode Island.[2] With Chafee, Alston was deputy executive counsel, a policy and legislative advisor, director of operations and chief of staff. Of his role with Chafee, Alston told the Providence Journal:[2]
| “ | I view my position as really a jack-of-all-trades. I'm really here to support everyone on the staff to make sure that everything is running smoothly and that the governor has all of the best information to make the best choices for the state.[3] | ” |
Lincoln Chafee presidential campaign, 2016
In the exploratory phase, Lincoln Chafee did not have any paid staffers, telling Politico, "It’s a volunteer effort at this stage."[4] Chafee announced his presidential run on June 3, 2015.[5] As of June 2015, the campaign itself had not officially announced any staff hirings, but Alston remained an advisor to Chafee. Chafee dropped out of the race on October 23, 2015.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Kenny Alston," accessed June 22, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Providence Journal, "Chafee taps lawyer as his new chief of staff," February 4, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Politico, "Lincoln Chafee: Hillary 'should not be president,'" April 9, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Lincoln Chafee announces long-shot presidential bid," June 3, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race," October 23, 2015
