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Mark McKinnon Biography
Mark McKinnon is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on May 5, 1955 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Mark McKinnon (born May 5 1955) is an American political advisor Reform advocate, TV producer and media columnist. He was the principal media advisor for five successful primary and general election campaigns. He is also founding member of No Labels, an organization that is committed to bipartisanship and solution-oriented. He was vice-chairman for Public Strategies, Inc. It was purchased by the international communication firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, and served as the president of Maverick Media. McKinnon is the co-creatorand the co-executive producer, as well as presenter of Showtime’s The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth and was a consultant for his involvement in the HBO show The Newsroom as well as the Netflix series House of Cards. He was a frequent contributor to The Daily Beast and The Daily Telegraph (London).
After his return in Texas, McKinnon joined the firm Public Strategies, Inc. in 1990. He became the vice chairman of the firm from 1991. The next few years working on a variety of Texas Democratic successful campaigns, including the Late governor Ann Richards (1990), the former Houston mayor Bob Lanier (2001), and Late congressman Charlie Wilson. The year 1994 was the time that McKinnon took part in Bob Bullock’s campaign for the post of Lieutenant Governor in Texas. In 1996, he declared that he would be changing to a different direction and was leaving politics that were partisan. According to his Texas Monthly article entitled “The Spin Doctor Is Out”, McKinnon wrote that he “won’t miss desperate candidates, manic campaign managers and last-minute attack and response ads”.
He was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2007, 2011) and the Harvard Institute of Politics (2012). In addition to Harvard, McKinnon has lectured at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves on the board of the Austin Film Society.
Although it was also reported by Vanity Fair that McKinnon had returned to the McCain campaign to prepare Sarah Palin for the United States vice-presidential debate, 2008, in their book Game Change (2010), journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin suggest that McKinnon was extremely reluctant to help coach Palin for the debate. According to the duo, “(Rick) Davis had pleaded with Mark McKinnon, who had decided to sit out the general election because he wanted no part of flaying Obama, to ride to their rescue; he agreed, but just for that one night.” In Game Change, it is reported that McKinnon was not impressed with Palin’s performance during the run-through before the debate. When one of McCain’s campaign advisors asked him what he thought about Palin’s practice runs, McKinnon replied “Oh.My.God.”
McKinnon’s earliest political experience was as a volunteer with Texas State Senator Lloyd Doggett’s 1984 U.S. Senate campaign, which he co-ordinated with James Carville and Paul Begala who elevated McKinnon to the post as press secretary. McKinnon then was employed by the then Texas Governor Mark White during his 1985-1986 election campaign. He then worked for the former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer’s presidential campaign in 1987. In the latter part of the 1980s McKinnon began working with the New York-based, international political media consulting firm Sawyer Miller Group.
| Name | Mark McKinnon |
| First Name | Mark |
| Last Name | McKinnon |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
| Birthday | May 5 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place of Birth | Boulder |
| Home Town | Colorado |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Annie McKinnon |
| Children(s) | Kendall McKinnon, Brita McKinnon |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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McKinnon began serving as the principal media advisor for Senator McCain’s presidential bid for the Republican primaries in January, 2007, but decided to leave the campaign on May 21, 2008. Regarding his decision, McKinnon stated that he preferred not to campaign against Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president because Obama’s election “would send a great message to the country and the world.” In leaving his advisory role, McKinnon said he preferred to be a “fan, friend, and cheerleader” for McCain’s campaign, but preferred not to be the “tip of the spear in attacking him [Obama].”
Mark McKinnon Net Worth
Mark McKinnon is one of the richest Businessperson from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark McKinnon's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mark McKinnon was born in Boulder, Colorado, and was raised in Denver. He sang in a band named Daybreak and, after his senior year, dropped from high school and travelled across the country to Nashville, Tennessee. He began the career of a songwriter , and was a part of Kris Kristofferson. McKinnon went back to Denver to complete his high school. He then returned to Nashville to pursue his passion for music. He was awarded as the “New Folk” winner at the 1975 Kerrville Folk Festival.
The year 1976 was the time that McKinnon relocated in 1976 to Austin, Texas, where he made a living as an musician. McKinnon attended Austin’s University of Texas at Austin and served as the editor at the school’s newspaper The Daily Texan during 1980-1981. While at the newspaper McKinnon was briefly detained over an First Amendment issue after refusing to release to the police photographs that were not published. Iranian students’ protest. He left the school before finishing his undergraduate studies.
After being recommended to Bush by Bullock, McKinnon led the advertising and media team for Bush’s gubernatorial campaign in 1998. That same year, he became president of Maverick Media, which was created for the purpose of electing Bush as president. He worked on Bush’s first presidential campaign as the chief media advisor, directing the advertising effort in 2000, a role he would reprise in the 2004 elections. President Bush appointed McKinnon to serve as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the independent, autonomous entity responsible for all U.S. government sponsored, non-military, international broadcasting.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Businessperson |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
McKinnon has worked for many causes, companies and candidates, including former President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Late Texas Governor Ann Richards, Congressman Charlie Wilson, and musician and philanthropist Bono. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations dedicated to reforming the influence of money in politics. McKinnon was on the advisory board of Americans Elect, a defunct political organization known primarily for its efforts to stage a national online primary for the 2012 United States presidential election. In 2014, McKinnon launched Mayday PAC to force ethics reform in the United States Congress, along with Harvard Professor Larry Lessig — who would later run for President on a related push for ethics and campaign finance reform — and tech moguls Steve Wozniak, Fred Wilson, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. McKinnon and Julian Castro served as co-chairs of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, before Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples. He currently serves on the boards of Take Back Our Republic and the Austin Film Society, and is a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors as well as the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.
McKinnon helped lead the effort to overturn the United States’ same-sex marriage ban by serving as co-chair of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, alongside Julian Castro. In 2013, he was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
On August 27, 2008, the Dallas Morning News reported that McKinnon helped Cindy McCain in her preparation for her GOP convention speech. At this time McKinnon clarified that he was not returning to his role as media advisor to the McCain campaign, but that he was instead helping the McCains out of his “friendship” to them. According to Rory O’Connor from The Huffington Post, McKinnon felt that he was keeping true to his pledge in not attacking Obama by only “acting as a facilitator to help with Cindy’s speech. That means helping to identify speechwriters, Mari Will and Lionel Chetwynd, and working with them and Cindy on the speech.” O’Connor also noted that McKinnon said that he was not helping the McCain campaign with advertising.
Who is Mark McKinnon Dating?
According to our records, Mark McKinnon married to Annie McKinnon. As of December 1, 2023, Mark McKinnon’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Mark McKinnon. You may help us to build the dating records for Mark McKinnon!McKinnon returned to politics after meeting then Governor George W. Bush at a dinner at the governor’s mansion. Following this encounter, McKinnon and Bush developed a personal relationship. According to Karl Rove, “Bush and McKinnon clicked from moment one. In a bow to McKinnon’s cool image, Bush dubbed him ‘M-Kat.’ ” Of his relationship with Bush, McKinnon said, “We had a personal relationship before we had a professional relationship. And when Texas’ Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock endorsed Bush over the Democratic gubernatorial nominee — his own god-son — well that’s when I crossed the bridge. But it was not an easy decision.”
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