Ruth Sherlock
| Ruth Sherlock | |||
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| Organization: | Sherlock and Associates | ||
| Role: | Principal | ||
| Location: | Greenville, South Carolina | ||
| Expertise: | Campaign marketing | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | Texas A&M University | ||
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Ruth Sherlock is a Republican political consultant in South Carolina. As of August 2017, she was managing partner at Global Business Strategies and principal at Sherlock and Associates, both consulting firms in Greenville, S.C.[1] In 2016, she was the South Carolina state director for Ben Carson's presidential campaign.[2] Sherlock previously worked as a state operative and then national deputy political director for Newt Gingrich's (R) presidential campaign in 2012. She was also the campaign manager and then chief of staff for Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.).
Career
Joseph Cao advisor
In November 2008, Sherlock joined the campaign of Joseph Cao, a Vietnamese-American who successfully ran for the U.S. House seat for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. Sherlock was brought in as an advisor to the campaign initially.[3] After Cao's election, Sherlock assumed the role of chief of staff.[4]
Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012
In 2012, Sherlock helped lead the primary victory of Newt Gingrich in South Carolina. For the Gingrich campaign, Sherlock was involved in connecting with South Carolina voters: "Anytime there was a meeting of a 9/12 group, a Tea Party group, a Republican group -- any time three or more Republicans were getting together in South Carolina, we would have someone there to talk about Newt."[5] After the South Carolina primary, Sherlock joined the national campaign as deputy political director.[1]
Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016
- See also: Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016
In February 2015, Sherlock joined Carson's presidential campaign as the South Carolina state director.[2] Carson received slightly over 7 percent of the vote in South Carolina.[6] On March 2, 2016, after receiving the lowest total votes during the elections on Super Tuesday, Carson announced he saw no "political path forward" for his presidential campaign.[7] On March 4, Carson announced that he had joined the nonprofit organization My Faith Votes as national chairman.[8] He officially suspended his campaign the same day.[9]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Ruth Sherlock," accessed May 20, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Time, "Ben Carson Picks South Carolina State Director," February 12, 2015
- ↑ New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Congressman Bill Jefferson benefited from loyal base," November 5, 2008
- ↑ New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Anh "Joseph" Cao's star is already rising in Washington D.C.," January 5, 2009
- ↑ The Atlantic, "Newt's Secret Campaign: How Gingrich Really Won S.C.," January 22, 2012
- ↑ The Washington Post, "South Carolina primary election results," accessed March 4, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Ben Carson to end presidential campaign," March 2, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Ben Carson to lead Christian voter group," March 4, 2016
- ↑ NBC News, "Ben Carson Suspends 2016 Campaign at CPAC," March 4, 2016
