1. Mary Isenhour is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and government official.
23 Facts About Mary Isenhour
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Mary Isenhour was the Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.
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Mary Isenhour now serves with the firm Rooney Novak Isenhour, LLC and is a member of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
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Mary Isenhour worked as the national political director for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee before starting her Pennsylvania political career in 1999.
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Mary Isenhour began her political career as a staffer in the Kansas House of Representatives.
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From 1991 to 1995, Mary Isenhour served as Chief of Staff to House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, where she worked with Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike to advance legislation, served as a liaison between Sawyer and other officials, and worked with members of leadership and committees to develop legislative strategies and build coalitions.
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In 1992, Mary Isenhour was the director of the Democratic Party's Kansas Coordinated Campaign for legislative races, both in the state House and Senate.
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From 1995 to 1999, Mary Isenhour served as the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's national political director, based in Washington DC In that capacity, she worked with legislative leaders and caucus campaign staff in more 15 states to help win or preserve Democratic majorities in state legislatures.
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Mary Isenhour described it as an attempt to avoid a repeat of 1994 elections, in which Democrats suffered major losses in both federal and state offices during the Republican Revolution.
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Mary Isenhour managed Sawyer's campaign for the bid for Kansas governor in 1998.
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Mary Isenhour began her Pennsylvania political career in 1999, when she became executive director of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, helping to get Democratic candidates elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
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Mary Isenhour served as director of PA Victory, a statewide coordinated campaign effort.
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Mary Isenhour was chosen as the Pennsylvania state director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, after Rendell recommended her for the position.
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Mary Isenhour taught about electoral politics at other educational institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Central Penn College and The Washington Center.
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Also in 2010, Mary Isenhour was the only woman named to the PoliticsPA's Pennsylvania Top 10 Influencers List by Campaigns and Elections, PoliticsPA called her "one of the top consultants in the state", and said "few can move between the strategy of campaigning and its mechanics with the ease that she does".
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Mary Isenhour was an early supporter of Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf, and became Wolf's senior campaign adviser during his 2014 campaign, at a time when state Representative Allyson Schwartz and state Treasurer Rob McCord were considered to have better chances of winning.
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Mary Isenhour developed a reputation for communicating and building relationships with legislative leaders and staff members from both parties.
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In July 2015, Mary Isenhour replaced Katie McGinty as Wolf's Chief of Staff, after McGinty resigned six months into her tenure to pursue a campaign for US Senate.
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Mary Isenhour came into the Chief of Staff position more than three weeks into a budget impasse between Wolf and the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
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In October 2015, four months into the state budget impasse, Mary Isenhour issued a memo notifying Wolf's administration of a hiring freeze and travel ban.
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On February 3,2016, Mary Isenhour notified the state Public Employee Retirement Commission that, under Wolf's orders, all employment of its staff would be discontinued.
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Mary Isenhour was confirmed by the state Senate on June 19,2019 and became the first female to serve on the board.
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Mary Isenhour has a cat named Hank and enjoys cooking.