1. James David Margolis was born on April 30,1955 and is an American political consultant and communications executive based in Washington, DC.
13 Facts About Jim Margolis
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Jim Margolis served as an advisor to Barack Obama in both his 2008 and 2012 campaigns for the White House.
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Jim Margolis is the fifth child of Frederick Jim Margolis, a pediatrician, film producer, and inventor, and Elizabeth Rieger, a social worker.
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Jim Margolis was born in Albuquerque, NM when his father served in the US Public Health Service directing health care on a Navajo Indian reservation.
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Jim Margolis grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, attended Kalamazoo public schools and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School.
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Jim Margolis received his BA from Oberlin College in 1978 with a double major in Government and Communications Studies.
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Wolpe defeated Republican incumbent Garry Brown in November 1978 and Jim Margolis came to Washington as Wolpe's chief of staff.
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In 1984, Jim Margolis became the state director for Mondale's presidential primary campaign in Illinois.
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In January 1987, Jim Margolis took a leave of absence from his firm and became Conrad's first chief of staff.
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In US presidential politics, Jim Margolis worked as deputy director of communications for Walter Mondale in 1986.
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Jim Margolis served as a strategist and media consultant for Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential primary campaign.
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Jim Margolis left the Kerry race after the nomination was effectively won, after a dispute with Robert Shrum, another media consultant.
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Jim Margolis co-produced Obama's two national conventions in 2008 and 2012.