Scott Farmer
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| Location: | Columbia, South Carolina | ||
| Expertise: | Campaign finance | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | Vanderbilt University | ||
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Scott Farmer is a Republican political strategist from South Carolina. He was a senior advisor to Lindsey Graham's 2016 presidential campaign.[1] Farmer has previously worked with Graham in all of his U.S. Senate campaigns: as finance director in 2002 and as campaign manager in 2008 and 2014.[2] The owner of Farmer Strategies, Farmer is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.
Career
Scott Farmer began his political career as part of the polling division of the 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole and then as a campaign coordinator for the 1997 South Carolina Senate campaign of Mike Fair.[3] From 1998 to 2000, Farmer worked as the finance director for the South Carolina Republican Party, and in 2001, he took the same position for Lindsey Graham's first U.S. Senate campaign.[2] For Graham's re-election in 2008, Farmer became campaign manager.[4]
As manager of Graham's 2014 U.S. Senate campaign, Farmer oversaw Graham's most expensive campaign. In a pre-primary election report from Politico, Farmer stated: "Momentum and resources continue to build. We’re assembling a top-notch campaign team, and we look forward to running a very aggressive campaign."[5]
Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016
On January 29, 2015, Lindsey Graham formed Security Through Strength, a "testing the waters" committee that could underwrite his activities while gauging interest in a presidential run. Scott Farmer was involved with the committee from its formation.[6] Graham announced his presidential campaign on June 1, 2015, and Farmer transitioned from Security Through Strength to a senior advisor role within the campaign.[1][7] Graham withdrew from the race on December 21, 2015, after finding it difficult to win a significant level of support. On the day he dropped out, Real Clear Politics listed Graham with a national polling average of 0.5 percent.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Post, "Meet the people who will try to get Lindsey Graham elected president," June 1, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Scott Farmer," accessed June 9, 2015
- ↑ P2016, "Lindsey Graham 2016," accessed June 9, 2015
- ↑ The State, "Lindsey Graham raising money to test 2016 White House run," January 29, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Sen. Lindsey Graham has best fundraising quarter," July 10, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "Lindsey Graham takes step toward presidential campaign," January 29, 2015
- ↑ Time, "Watch Lindsey Graham Announce His Presidential Bid," June 1, 2015
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Polls: 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination," accessed December 21, 2015
