Sean Noble
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | American Encore |
| Role: | President and executive director |
| Location: | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | B.A. Broadcast Communications, Arizona State University |
Sean Noble is a political consultant who runs American Encore, formerly known as the Center to Protect Patient Rights, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization funded by money from Charles and David Koch. Noble is also a blogger and formerly worked as chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.). He is the founding partner of the political consulting service DC London.[1][2]
Biography
Sean Noble was born in Safford, Arizona, in 1970.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast communications from Arizona State University in 1995. From 1995 to 2008, he was the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.). Noble served as Shadegg's chief of staff until 2009, when he left to start his own consulting business, Noble Associates. He also served as an advisor to Sen. TomCoburn's (R-Okla.) 2004 re-election campaign.[4]
Work and activities
Center to Protect Patient Rights
According to ProPublica, in 2009, Noble became the head of the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR), a nonprofit group that distributed over $137 million to political causes in 2012. Their original goal was to oppose the Affordable Care Act, but after the healthcare law went into effect and the Citizens United Supreme Court decision in 2010, the group ended its lobbying for healthcare and shifted its focus elsewhere.[5] They ran ads in support of presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) and in favor of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in his recall election.[4]
Noble and the CPPR made a $11 million donation to oppose two 2012 California ballot initiatives: California Proposition 30, Sales and Income Tax Increase (2012) and California Proposition 32, Ban on Political Contributions from Payroll Deductions Initiative (2012). Days before the November 2012 election, the California Supreme Court ordered one nonprofit, Americans for Responsible Leadership (ARL), to reveal its donors. According to the Washington Post: "[Americans for Responsible Leadership] named Noble’s group [The Center to Protect Patient Rights], which in turn pointed the finger at AJS [Americans for Job Security] in Virginia."[6] The California Fair Political Practices Commission initiated an investigation of the donation but did not specifically investigate the CPPR. The commission ruled that Americans for Responsible Leadership had failed to disclose that they were an intermediary for the donation, rather than the source of it. The commission found ARL to violate the state's campaign finance laws, but not Noble or the CPPR.[7]
In 2016, the Federal Election Commission fined three CPPR-affiliated groups for not disclosing their funding sources.[4]
American Commitment
Noble was the founder and was a board member for American Commitment.[4] According to their website, they are "dedicated to restoring and protecting the American Commitment to free markets, economic growth, Constitutionally-limited government, property rights, and individual freedom."[8]
American Encore
Noble founded American Encore, a group that, according to its website, was focused on "defend[ing] freedom, promot[ing] free markets, work[ing] to expand economic opportunity, and mak[ing] the case for the American ideals of liberty and democracy, both at home and abroad."[9]
DC-London
Noble was a co-founder of DC-London, a consulting firm that "combine[s] extensive messaging, grassroots, and coalition-building experience with the latest in data-driven strategies to deliver highly effective, customized campaign plans."[10]
Other consulting work
As of 2025, Noble worked as a consultant for Compass Strategies.[11]
Top influencers by state
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In 2015, Ballotpedia identified Sean Noble as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Daily Sun, "Ducey to reunite with Koch Brothers at California conference," July 31, 2015
- ↑ DC London, "Who Are We?" accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Legistorm, "Sean Noble," accessed October 30, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Desmog, "Sean Noble," accessed October 30, 2025
- ↑ ProPublica, "The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs’ Cash into Politics and Made Millions," February 14, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "California donor disclosure case exposes how nonprofit groups can play in politics," November 4, 2013
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Americans for Responsible Leadership Admits Campaign Money Laundering, Discloses $11 Million Donor," accessed June 15, 2015
- ↑ American Commitment, "About Us," accessed October 30, 2025
- ↑ American Encore, "About," accessed October 30, 2025
- ↑ DC-London, "Portfolio," accessed October 30, 2025
- ↑ Compass Strategies," accessed October 30, 2025
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