Niels Ras (CIR'22) launches the University of Chicago Institute of Politics Career Corner podcast with an interview of Mark Campbell, PhD, a former IOP Pritzker Fellow. In 2021, Campbell managed the successful Glenn Youngkin for Governor campaign in Virginia. The race received international attention as a bellwether race to foreshadow voting patterns in a post-Trump election era.

Niels and Mark talk about Campbell's career in politics and what it's like to work as a top-flight political consultant and campaign manager.

Campbell has a winning career in politics spanning more than four decades. Mark’s client list is extensive and includes presidential candidates along with hundreds of federal, state, and local candidates and campaigns. Campbell has won numerous tough “down ballot” races in swing areas even when the top of the GOP ticket got crushed. Campbell has also won races in Democrat strongholds including Jersey City, Philadelphia and northern Virginia. He served as National Political Director for Ted Cruz for President.

Mark has served as a national GOP spokesperson and has appeared often in the media. Dr. Campbell has taught hundreds of political party leaders in emerging democracies around the world the art and science of connecting with voters, on behalf of the International Republican Institute and the Leadership Institute.

Campbell received his B.A. from the University of Tennessee with honors (1981), his Master’s Degree in Public Administration from SMU (1982) and his Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (2004).

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