Mary Matalin | |
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 Matalin in 2011 | |
| Born | Mary Joe Matalin August 19, 1953 Burnham, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Political consultant |
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| Children | 2 |
Mary Joe Matalin (born August 19, 1953) is an American political consultant well known for her work with the Republican Party. She served under President Ronald Reagan, was campaign director for George H. W. Bush, was an assistant to President George W. Bush, and was counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney until 2003. Matalin has been chief editor of Threshold Editions, a conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster, since March 2005. She is married to Democratic political consultant James Carville. She appears in the award-winning documentary film Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story and played herself, opposite her husband James Carville, John Slattery, and Mary McCormack in the short-lived HBO series K Street.
On May 5, 2016, Matalin announced she changed her party registration to Libertarian.[1]