Joe Slade White
Political strategist and media consultant
Joe Slade White is a Democratic political strategist and media consultant. His past clients have included Presidential candidates, U.S. Senators, Governors, Members of Congress, and Mayors, as well as statewide and local initiatives throughout the country.
At the age of 21, White was hired by the 1972 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator George McGovern, joining the campaign’s traveling staff and finding a place on President Richard Nixon’s “White House Enemies List.” White worked briefly as a press secretary to McGovern.
When he was 23, White launched his own political consulting firm. White worked to elect the first Native American to the United States Senate, the first woman Attorney General and Governor of Michigan, and worked on the first campaign in the nation to defeat a ban on bilingual education for Hispanic children. He has also served as an advisor and created television advertisements for Vice President Joe Biden, T. Boone Pickens, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, General Wesley Clark, U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, AT&T and others. A number of his television campaigns have won national recognition. The American Association of Political Consultants has recognized White’s television work with more “Pollie Awards” than they have bestowed on any of his Democratic peers.
In 2010, White served as media strategist for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s campaign, that was named by RealClearPolitics.com as the #5 upset in the country.
Twitter: @joesladewhite
