1. Craigan Paul Shirley was born on September 24,1956 and is an American political consultant and author of several books on Ronald Reagan.
16 Facts About Craig Shirley
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Craig Shirley's father was a founding member of the New York State Conservative Party.
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In 1978, Craig Shirley graduated from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he majored in history and political science.
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Craig Shirley first met Ronald Reagan when Reagan campaigned for Humphrey in New Hampshire.
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In 1980, the Fund for a Conservative Majority independent-expenditure political action committee spent $750,000 in support of Reagan's presidential bid, for which Craig Shirley produced and placed radio and newspaper ads in six of the early primary states.
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Craig Shirley joined the staff of the Republican National Committee in 1982.
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Craig Shirley worked on the White House Conference on Small Business in 1985.
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Craig Shirley supported Reagan's Tax Reform Act of 1986, which reduced the top marginal tax rate from 50 percent to 28 percent, and participated in the 1985 White House Conference on Small Business.
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In 1991, Craig Shirley ran an advertising campaign that recruited Kuwaitis to make false charges against Iraq during its occupation of Kuwait which helped lay the groundwork for the Gulf War, later doing public relations for the Embassy of Kuwait and for an international democracy conference hosted by Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel.
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Craig Shirley briefly partnered with David Keene, but that association ended in 1992.
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Craig Shirley is acting chair of the right-wing political action committee Citizens for the Republic.
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Craig Shirley is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Reagan Ranch and has lectured at the Reagan Library.
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Craig Shirley taught a week-long seminar on Reagan at Eureka College, a private Christian institution of which he is a trustee, in 2012.
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Craig Shirley's book December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World was a New York Times bestseller.
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Craig Shirley is the founder of the Fort Hunt Youth Lacrosse Program and coached there for 14 years.
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Craig Shirley's wife, Zorine Shirley, is a vice-president of the Essex Country Historical Society.