Bob Shrum Biography

Robert M. Shrum was senior advisor to the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004. The Atlantic Monthly described him as the most sought-after consultant in the Democratic Party. He served as a senior adviser to the Gore 2000 Presidential Campaign to the campaign of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel and to the British Labour Party in the 2001 Parliamentary campaign.
Shrum was the principal speechwriter to Senator George McGovern in the 1972 Democratic campaign for President. Subsequently he was the staff director and chief counsel of the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. Shrum served as press secretary to Senator Edward M. Kennedy from 1980 to 1984 and he was the Senators principal speechwriter during and after the 1980 presidential campaign.
As a journalist Shrum's work has appeared in New York magazine The Los Angeles Times The New York Times and The New Republic among other publications. He has been a columnist for Slate and The Huffington Post and writes a regular column for TheWeek.com. Since 1985 Shrum was a strategist and advertising consultant for thirty winning U.S. Senate campaigns; eight winning campaigns for Governor; the Mayors of New York Los Angeles Chicago Philadelphia Denver Dade County and San Francisco and the Democratic Leader of the United States House of Representatives.

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