Nathan Sproul
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Lincoln Strategy Group |
| Role: | Managing partner |
| Location: | Tempe, Ariz. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | Pillsbury Baptist Bible College |
Nathan Sproul is a political operative working in the state of Arizona. He founded and is the managing partner of Lincoln Strategy Group in Tempe. Sproul is the former executive director of the Arizona Christian Coalition and the Republican Party of Arizona. He operates a number of companies that focus on voter registration.[1]
Career
Nathan Sproul is a political strategist with the firm Lincoln Strategy Group, formerly known as Sproul and Associates. Sproul is mostly known for operating a number of voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns and has worked for the Republican National Committee, many state Republican parties and U.S. Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.[2] Lincoln Strategy Group has also worked with the 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization Americans for Prosperity.[3]
Sproul grew up in Tempe, Ariz., the son of an evangelical Baptist minister and a school librarian. Although he attended college to be a minister like his father, Sproul moved to Washington, D.C., after graduation and worked as an unpaid intern for former U.S. Rep. John Kyl (R-Ariz.). Sproul became involved with the Arizona Christian Coalition in 1995 and then became executive director of the Republican Party of Arizona from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, according the Arizona Republic, Sproul received a call from automotive dealer and Republican donor Jim Click, who encouraged him to get into political consulting.[4] In 2004, the firm was investigated when "a former employee claimed hundreds, if not thousands, of Democratic registration forms were destroyed by a Sproul & Associates group called Voters Outreach of America."[5] The Arizona Republic reported that the investigations found no wrongdoing in 2004.[4]
In 2012, Sproul and his company Strategic Allied Consulting worked to register and turn out voters for the Republican Party of Florida. The firm was investigated for voter fraud in 10 Florida counties and in the states of Nevada and Colorado.[6] According to The New York Times, Sproul was investigated on "allegations that registrations had similar signatures or false addresses, or were filed under the names of dead people. In other cases, party affiliations appeared to have been changed."[1] The Republican National Committee officially cut ties with Sproul in September 2012.[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New York Times, "G.O.P. Operative Long Trailed by Allegations of Voter Fraud," October 4, 2012
- ↑ Huffington Post, "McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud," November 20, 2008
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Vendor: Lincoln Strategy Group," accessed November 2, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arizona Republic, "Arizona political operative Sproul in spotlight," October 18, 2012
- ↑ CBS News, "Voter Fraud Charges Out West," October 14, 2004
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Businessman who GOP cut ties with at center of voter fraud probe in Florida," October 2, 2012
- ↑ The Washington Post, "RNC fires firm under investigation on voter fraud," September 27, 2015
