Patrick Ruffini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Political party | Republican |
Patrick Ruffini[1] is a Republican Party pollster and political strategist in the United States.[2] He founded Engage, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based political media firm, and now runs the political research and intelligence firm, Echelon Insights[3]
Biography[edit]
Background[edit]
Ruffini grew up in France, Italy, and Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated high school in 1996 from Greenwich High School.[4][5] He is a 2000 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and currently resides in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.[1][6]
Career[edit]
Ruffini began blogging in 2001, and has been a front-page contributor for RedState and Townhall.com. In the 2004 election, Ruffini served as webmaster for the Bush-Cheney campaign. Following the 2008 election, Ruffini co-authored the Rebuild the Party platform for Republican renewal.[7]
From 2005 to 2007, Ruffini served as eCampaign Director at the Republican National Committee (RNC).[8]
In 2007, Ruffini founded Engage, LLC, a political media firm.[9]
In 2008, he co-founded The Next Right, a forum for the youth conservative movement.[8] Reihan Salam wrote in Atlantic in 2008 that Ruffini "looks poised to become one of the most influential Republican political strategists of his generation."[10] He has authored a monthly "Digital Democracy" column for Townhall magazine, written for National Review, and appeared as a political analyst on Fox News Channel and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Ruffini's analysis of emerging political trends has also appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, PBS MediaShift, and Newsweek.[11][self-published source?]
In 2009, Ruffini and Engage helped develop the online political strategy for the Bob McDonnell campaign, who won the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election.[12] In 2010, Ruffini assisted on the Senate campaign of Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election.[13][14]
In 2013, he was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage in the United States during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[15]
Works[edit]
Articles[edit]
- Ruffini, Patrick (January 20, 2012). "Beyond SOPA: A New Birth of Internet Freedom". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- Ruffini, Patrick (March 13, 2012). "Unleash America's Grassroots Investors With Crowdfunding". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Patrick Ruffini". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ Harnden, Toby (January 11, 2010). "The most influential US conservatives: 100-81". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ "New Firm Aims To Fix The Chronic Republican Problem Of Bad Polling". BuzzFeed News. June 18, 2014.
- ^ Lightman, David (March 24, 1993). Constituents Cool To Clinton's Budget, Hartford Courant (report on 14-year-old Ruffini speaking at town hall in Greenwich for Congressman Chris Shays, criticizing the British health care system)
- ^ "Campaign '96 - Web site of the week". The Spokesman-Review. August 4, 1996.
- ^ Edsall, Thomas B. (September 23, 2008). "Rising Conservative Star Patrick Ruffini Riles The Right". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ Salam, Reihan (October 2008). Planting the Rightroots. The Atlantic. Retrieved on October 31, 2010.
- ^ a b Campaigns & Elections | Connecting all players in the world of politics. Politicsmagazine.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2010. Archived April 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Engage". Engage LLC (Official website). Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Planting the Rightroots". The Atlantic. October 2008.
- ^ "Patrick Ruffini". Engage DC. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ Judd, Nick (January 7, 2010). Springtime for Republican Political Technology?. TechPresident.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2010.
- ^ Ruffini, Patrick. (January 21, 2010). Lessons of the Mass. revolt: Feel the anger. NYPOST.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2010.
- ^ Salam, Reihan (January 20, 2010). Patrick Ruffini Matters, National Review
- ^ Avlon, John (February 28, 2013). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
Further reading[edit]
- Preston, Mark (March 19, 2009). "GOP follows Obama lead, embraces new media". CNN. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- Dailey, Kate (January 16, 2012). "Can online gaming influence a US presidential election?". BBC News. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Engage LLC website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Patrick Ruffini at IMDb
- Blog posts at The Next Right
- Greenwald, Glenn (October 15, 2008). "Patrick Ruffini, the demise of the right and the Democratic alternative". Salon Media Group, Inc. Retrieved April 4, 2012.