Tom McMahon (Democratic operative)

Tom McMahon is an American political operative.

McMahon served as executive director of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 until 2009. During his tenure, McMahon was involved in several high-profile decisions and controversies including: conflicts over 2008 Democratic presidential primary debate scheduling[1] and over prominent Democratic complaints about the content of ABC's Path to 9/11 television program.[2]

McMahon was a key player in, and defender of, the DNC's creation of its initially controversial "50 state strategy".[3] The plan was eventually credited with helping to secure Democratic elections victories in 2006 at both the state and local level.[4]

In 2016 he returned to working with the DNC as a consultant to the presidential transition team and in 2018 he worked with Milwaukee on their bid to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Nedra Pickler, 2008 Hopefuls Play Game of Keep-Away, Associated Press, February 2, 2007
  2. ^ William Triplett, Pols pound 'Path' , Variety.com, September 7, 2006
  3. ^ Tom McMahon, DNC—Sounds Like a Plan!, Letters to the Editor, The Nation, July 31, 2006
  4. ^ Donald Lambro, State Chiefs Credit Dean for Victory, Washington Times, November 26, 2006
  5. ^ Kirchen, Rich (11 May 2020). "Milwaukee DNC bid committee needed much less than $1M to succeed: Tax filing". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ Seitz-Wald, Alex (2 August 2016). "DNC Shakes up Leadership as It Looks to Turn Page on Email Hack". NBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. ^ Dovere, Edward-Isaac; Debenedetti, Gabriel (2 August 2016). "Heads Roll at the DNC". Politico. Retrieved 18 December 2020.