37 Facts About Tad Devine

Thomas A "Tad" Devine was born on June 11,1955 and is an American political consultant.

Tad Devine was the chief strategist for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.

Tad Devine has worked on campaigns for president and Prime Minister in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as several US Senate races.

Tad Devine was born June 11,1955, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Tad Devine grew up in South Providence and was raised as a Catholic.

Tad Devine is a member of the bar in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

Tad Devine is considered one of the leading experts on the Democratic Party's presidential nominating process and general election strategy.

Tad Devine went on to serve as deputy director of Delegate Selection in the nomination campaign of former Vice President Walter Mondale and executive assistant to the campaign manager in the 1984 general election.

In 1992, Tad Devine served as a member of the Democratic Party Rules Committee and was a consultant to CBS News throughout the Democratic National Convention in New York.

In 1992, Tad Devine served as campaign manager in Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey's bid for the presidency.

Tad Devine was recruited by Carter Eskew to join the campaign part-time in August 1999.

Tad Devine was seen as a fierce campaigner and a mediator between some of the factions in the Gore campaign.

Tad Devine used his extensive knowledge of the Democratic party rules to help ensure Gore's victory in the primary by lobbying members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee to disallow any primaries in the five weeks between New Hampshire and Super Tuesday.

Tad Devine's aim was to minimize Bradley's political momentum should he win the New Hampshire primary and maximize the effect a New Hampshire loss would have.

Tad Devine was willing to put himself in the role of the contrarian, occasionally questioning Gore's recommendations and telling him when his opinion differed.

In 2003 and 2004, Tad Devine served as a senior adviser and strategist to Senator John Kerry's campaign for president in both the primary and the general election.

Tad Devine frequently represented the campaign on national television programs such as Meet the Press, C-SPAN, Face the Nation and other broadcasts.

Tad Devine worked as chief campaign strategist for the Democratic primary campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders from 2015 until its suspension in 2016.

In 2019, Tad Devine began working for the Democratic primary campaign of entrepreneur Andrew Yang until its suspension in 2020.

Since early 1993, Tad Devine has worked as a media consultant, writing, directing and producing television and radio advertising for Democratic candidates in the US and providing strategic advice for national campaigns in Europe, the Middle East and South America.

Tad Devine has worked on the campaigns of New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in 2005, and several campaigns of Senators, including Sheldon Whitehouse, Bill Nelson, Bernie Sanders, John Kerry and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee independent expenditure for the Senate races of Claire McCaskill and Bob Menendez, as well as numerous statewide elections.

Tad Devine has produced television advertising for Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator John Edwards, and Governor Parris Glendening.

Internationally, Tad Devine has worked as a strategist and media consultant for the campaigns of Colombian President Andres Pastrana Arango in 1998, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1999, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in 2001, Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in 2002, Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1997,2002 and 2007, Honduran President Mel Zelaya in 2005, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of Regions in 2006.

Tad Devine served as a strategist and media consultant for Ashraf Ghani's 2009 presidential campaign in Afghanistan.

In 2007, Tad Devine joined with Julian Mulvey to form Tad Devine Mulvey, a US and international political consulting firm.

Tad Devine Mulvey has received Reed Awards from Campaigns and Elections magazine and Pollie awards from the American Association of Political Consultants.

At trial, Tad Devine was questioned by prosecutors about his work with Manafort as a media consultant for the 2010 presidential campaign of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Tad Devine reportedly stopped working for Yanukovych after his government's arrest of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011.

From 1991 to 1993, Tad Devine served as assistant to the president of Boston University.

Tad Devine has taught campaign management and strategy courses at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University.

In 2011, Tad Devine was a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Tad Devine led a study group at the Institute of Politics on American political consultants who work in foreign campaigns.

In 2013, Tad Devine taught a course at New York University in Washington, DC, on media and strategy in domestic and international campaigns.

Tad Devine has appeared on television programs including Andrea Mitchell Reports, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, as well as the BBC and other foreign media outlets.

Tad Devine was a guest on the Colbert Report twice, first on February 6,2008, and later on May 29,2008, to discuss superdelegates.

Tad Devine appeared in the 2005 Rachel Boynton documentary Our Brand Is Crisis, which follows American political consultants including James Carville, Stan Greenberg, Jeremy Rosner, and Tad Devine during the 2002 Bolivian presidential campaign.

Tad Devine was a guest in a segment of The Daily Show on April 17,2012 and in November 2012.