Craig varoga biography

Princeton University, A.B..
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Contact: Craig Varoga; SPA | Government; Kerwin Hall ST06

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Princeton University, A.B.

Bio

Craig Varoga is a campaign and public affairs consultant who has worked on four American presidential campaigns and hundreds of Senate, Congressional, gubernatorial, mayoral and legislative campaigns; dozens of statewide referenda; and for numerous super PACs and independent expenditures throughout the United States in local, state and federal elections. Varoga has trained campaign managers and staff for the Democratic National Committee, and also trained candidates and political professionals for the U.S. Department of State & the National Democratic Institute. Program director for the 2020 global conference of the International Association of Political Consultants, and a long-time columnist for Campaigns & Elections (“Ask the Campaign Doctor”), Varoga has written and produced hundreds of campaign ads, and thousands of other forms of political communications. An on-the-record and on-camera political analyst for dozens of news organizations, Varoga is a graduate of

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Dark money

Undisclosed American political contributions

For other uses, see Dark Money (disambiguation).

In politics, particularly the politics of the United States, dark money refers to spending to influence elections, public policy, and political discourse, where the source of the money is not disclosed to the public.

In the United States, some types of nonprofit organizations may spend money on campaigns without disclosing who their donors are. The most common type of dark money group is the 501(c)(4) (often called social welfare organizations).^[3]^[4] Such organizations can receive unlimited donations from corporations, individuals and unions. Proponents of dark money maintain it is protected under the First Amendment, while critics complain recipients of dark money (as with any contribution) are beholden to their funders, while voters are kept in the dark about connections between donor and politician when favors are paid back.^[5]

Dark money entered the politics of the United States with Buckley v. Valeo (1976), when the United State

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'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Friday, Oct. 1st, 2010

Guests: Craig Varoga, Jill Lepore

KEITH OLBERMANN, “COUNTDOWN” HOST: And now to discuss why the Democrats need to work on offense—ladies and gentlemen, here is Rachel Maddow.

Good evening, coach.

RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: Have you been reading my phonetic pronunciations on the teleprompter, offense and defense?

OLBERMANN: Oh, no, you just sounded very hockey-esque right there.

MADDOW: Thanks, man-ey (ph). Have a good weekend, Keith.

OLBERMANN: Ey.

MADDOW: Thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour.

Like most Americans, I am extremely skeptical of sequels with the obvious exceptions of “Godfather Part II” and Astrodome sequence in the bad news bears in breaking training. However, thanks to pair of Republican congressmen who shall remained nameless until a few minutes from now.

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW is tonight proud to present “Bacon Police II.” If you missed the original “Bacon Police,” we will catch you up in about 45 seconds and then present the sequel, which we believe will be fattening