Edward Rollins
Political Advisor
Ed Rollins is a giant in the political world, having served as campaign consultant and advisor for numerous congressional, senatorial, gubernatorial and presidential campaigns and victories.
Mr. Rollins has served in the administrations and advised four United States Presidents. He was in charge of the White House Office of Political Affairs and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and was Deputy Chief of Staff during the Reagan administration.
In 1984, he managed President Ronald Reagan’s reelection campaign, winning 49 of 50 states. He was the first non-member of Congress to serve as the Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Chief Political Advisor to the House Republican Leadership. He also served as the Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Republican National Committee for four years. During the more than four decades Mr. Rollins has been in politics, he has counseled Cabinet officers, U.S. Senators, governors, members of Congress, state legislators and city officials. In addition to managing President Reagan’s campaign, Mr. Rollins has had major roles in 9 other Presidential campaigns. He has also had involvement in hundreds of campaigns at the state, congressional and local level. Prior to his Washington service, Mr. Rollins was the Republican Chief of Staff and Assistant to the Speaker of the California Assembly. He was inducted into the Political Consultants Hall of Fame in 2011, and was the 2010 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Rollins has appeared regularly on television for over 30 years on shows such as Meet the Press, This Week, Face the Nation, Nightline, The Today Show, The CBS Early Show, Hardball, Crossfire, Larry King Live, CNN News Makers, and many other talk shows. His memoir, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms, was the number-one selling political book in America in 1996 and made the top of The New York Times best-seller list.
Edward Rollins spoke at The Common Good in 2010: Election Insurrection: The Mid-Term Elections 2010, and in 2013: Assessing the Presidency with Lesley Stahl, Douglas Brinkley, Jonathan Alter and Ed Rollins – April 11th, 2013. Rollins was also part of the “Trump – Year One” Panel - January 17, 2018, along with Roger Cohen, David Frum, Dana Perino, and Douglas Brinkley.
Rollins joined TCG again on September 30 for The First Presidential Debate Panel alongside John Avlon and Doug Sosnick
Twitter: @EdRollins
