Kent Gates

Kent Gates
Education Penn State University
Occupation political consultant, campaign manager

Kent Gates is a prominent Pennsylvania Republican political consultant, working with BrabenderCox.

He earned a Master's degree from Penn State University.[1]

He worked as campaign manager for Mike Fisher's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.[2] He "really appeared on the political radar screen" when he managed Jim Roddey's upset victory for Allegheny County Chief Executive.[2][3] He also managed Arlen Specter's 1998 victory[2] He served as executive director of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania.[2]

After several high profile political victories at a young age, he was called a "wonder boy"[2] and described as having "the political mind and experience of someone twice his age"[1]

He was named to the "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of politically powerful personalities in 2002.[3] He was listed as one of "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives" by PoliticsPA.[2] He was called one of "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives" by PoliticsPA.[1] He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Republican Dream Team" campaign operatives.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. Archived from the original on 2004-04-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405121357/politicspa.com/FEATURES/smarteststaff.htm. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20011214175715/politicspa.com/FEATURES/operatives.htm. 
  3. ^ a b "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20020421165540/www.politicspa.com/features/power50.htm. 
  4. ^ "Republican Dream Team". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20020607174440/www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/dreamteamgop.htm.