18 Facts About Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens served as a top strategist for Mitt Romney's failed 2012 presidential campaign in addition to several other significant presidential campaigns over the course of his career.

Stuart Stevens later joined The Lincoln Project, a Republican Never Trump group for the 2020 United States presidential election.

Stuart Stevens felt that the Democratic Party members he knew consisted predominantly of "good ol' boy" segregationists; he chose instead to join the Republican Party.

Stuart Stevens attended Colorado College, Pembroke College, Oxford, Middlebury College, and UCLA Film School.

Stuart Stevens is an extreme sports enthusiast who participates in triathlons.

Stuart Stevens's book The Big Enchilada is a chronicle of Bush's 2000 campaign.

Overseas, Stuart Stevens worked successfully for two candidates in 2005 and 2006.

Stuart Stevens worked for 2006 election campaign of Joseph Kabila in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Stuart Stevens has served as strategist and media consultant to dozens of congressmen, governors and senators.

In 2010, Stuart Stevens served as strategist and media consultant to three winning senate campaigns: Rob Portman in Ohio, Roy Blunt in Missouri, and Dan Coats in Indiana.

Stuart Stevens is credited with developing the strategy that won the primary.

In 2014, Stuart Stevens helped Senator Thad Cochran win the Mississippi Senate race which included overcoming primary challenger Chris McDaniel.

Stuart Stevens emerged from an internal power struggle during Romney's 2008 presidential campaign, in which he and Schriefer clashed with the campaign's existing media team, to become Romney's senior strategist in 2012.

Stuart Stevens was one of the most prominent Republicans to oppose Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

On May 28,2020, Stuart Stevens announced that he had joined the Lincoln Project.

In October 2020, Stuart Stevens said that he planned to vote for Joe Biden and the straight Democratic ticket.

Stuart Stevens has worked on television shows including Northern Exposure and I'll Fly Away.

Stuart Stevens consulted on the 2011 Hollywood film The Ides of March and was a Fellow of the American Film Institute.