James Ferrence
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| James Ferrence | |
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| Organization: | Consili Inc. |
| Role: | President |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nev. |
James "Jim" Ferrence is a political consultant based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has worked for a number of candidates and elected officials in Nevada at the local, state and federal levels.
Career
Jim Ferrence has worked for several Democratic candidates and elected officials in Nevada. He served as campaign manager and political counsel to former Democratic Mayor of Las Vegas Oscar Goodman. Ferrence managed Mayor Goodman's successful 1999, 2003 and 2007 mayoral races. He also managed successful campaigns for former Democratic Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, former Democratic Attorney General of Nevada Catherine Cortez Mastro and a number of local Nevada candidates including Clark County commissioners, Las Vegas city council members and Henderson city council members. Ferrence also gained political experience as a congressional staffer in the office of Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada.[1][2][3] Ferrence also served as the primary political advisor to Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D).[4]
Ferrence previously held a variety of positions with Paladin Advertising Inc., a political media firm based in Las Vegas, Nev. As of December 2015, Ferrence works as president of Consili Inc., a Las Vegas-based Democratic government relations firm.[1][5][6][7][8]
In 2013, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Ferrence to the Influencers 500—a list of key Democratic and Republican political influencers in each state—for his work in Democratic Nevada politics.[1]
Top influencers by state
Influencers in American politics are power players who help get candidates elected, put through policy proposals, cause ideological changes, and affect popular perceptions. They can take on many forms: politicians, lobbyists, advisors, donors, corporations, industry groups, labor unions, single-issue organizations, nonprofits, to name a few.
In 2015, Ballotpedia identified James Ferrence 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
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TMCnet, "Influencers 500 (Campaigns & Elections)," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Battle of the stage managers," February 13, 2011
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Blow by blow with hired gun," June 3, 2009
- ↑ U.S. News, "Republican North Las Vegas Mayor Running for Nevada Governor," May 17, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Paladin Advertising Inc," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "NLV’s Buck to run for county seat," January 6, 2004
- ↑ LinkedIn, "James Ferrence," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Consili Inc.," accessed December 14, 2015
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