Kent Gates

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

Kent Gates is a 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. Archived from the original on 2004-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14.
  3. 1 2 "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Republican Dream Team". PoliticsPA . The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-06-07.


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