Matthew John Dowd was born on May 29,1961 and is an American political pundit and consultant.
15 Facts About Matthew Dowd
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On December 7,2021, Dowd announced the end of his campaign.
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Matthew Dowd was born in Detroit, Michigan, to an Irish Catholic family.
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Matthew Dowd grew up the third of 11 children; his father was an auto executive and his mother was an elementary school teacher before becoming a homemaker.
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Matthew Dowd began his political career as a Democrat, as a member of Senator Lloyd Bentsen's, D-Tex.
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Matthew Dowd was the strategist for Arnold Schwarzenegger during his 2006 reelection campaign.
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Matthew Dowd cited these incidents, as well as Bush's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, as reasons for this change.
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Matthew Dowd appears on the same network's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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Matthew Dowd is a founding partner of Vianovo, a strategy consultancy.
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Matthew Dowd has taught at the University of Texas Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs.
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Matthew Dowd is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Applebee's America: How Successful Political, Business and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community.
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Matthew Dowd has criticized former President Trump's Twitter use as being dangerous, impulsive and counterproductive.
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Matthew Dowd was especially upset with tweets aimed at the leader of North Korea.
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In September 2021, Matthew Dowd announced his campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas as a Democrat.
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Matthew Dowd's eldest son, Daniel, is an Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was deployed to Baghdad from 2007 to 2009 as a signals intelligence specialist.