Craig Varoga

Craig Varoga^[1][2] is a campaign strategist and longtime Democratic Party political operative.

According to his company's website, Craig Varoga ...

• is a partner at Independent Strategies,
• is a partner at Varoga & Associates,
• is founder of The Patriot Majority,^[3]
• writes a monthly column for Campaigns & Elections magazine called "Ask the Campaign Doctor",
• managed the presidential campaign for former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack,
• served as national field director for General Wesley Clark's presidential campaign,
• managed the Democratic National Committee's "Texas Truth Squad" campaign^[4] during the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential campaign, attacking the record of Texas Governor, George W. Bush.
• was campaign aide to former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs
• served as press secretary to New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy
• was communications director to Senator Harry Reid (currently Senate Majority Leader) during the 1990s
• managed the campaign of Texas Congressman Ken Bentsen (1994)
• managed the campaign of Houston Mayor Bob Lanier (1991)
• managed the campaign of Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown (1997, 1999 and 2001)

The list of organizations directly attributed to Craig Varoga include ...

• TheTeaPartyisOver.org^[5]
• The Patriot Majority^[3][6][7]

Although Patriot Majority now uses a post office box as their address, previous filings used a "300 M Street, Suite 1102, Washington DC" address.^[6]

Public records show at least seven political organizations at the same address, involving either Craig Varoga or partner George Rakis,^[2] including ...

• The American Public Policy Committee^[8] (APPC) ( 2010 donations | 2008 donations )
• Patriot Majority^[6] ( 2010 donations | 2008 donations )
• Citizens for Progress (now Patriot Majority West)^[9] ( 2010 donations | 2008 donations )
• Oklahoma Freedom Fund [ 2008 donations ]^[10] ( 2008 donations )
• Mid Atlantic Leadership Fund^[11] ( 2010 donations)
• Public Security Now^[12] (formerly Midwest Alliance for Better Government) ( 2008 donations)
• Pioneer Majority^[13] ( 2008 donations )
• Bluegrass Freedom Fund^[14] ( 2008 donations)

The American Public Policy Committee, which developed anti-tea party ads, received all of its money in 2010 from Patriot Majority and from Citizens for Progress, which is also called Patriot Majority West.

References

1. ^ The Center for Public Interity, "Craig Varoga"
2. ^ ^{a b} Independent Strategies, "About Us"
3. ^ ^{a b} NPR, "Profile: Patriot Majority"
4. ^ New York Times, "The 2000 Campaign: the Campaign Trail"
5. ^ American Thinker, "Information War: TheTeaPartyIsOver.org"
6. ^ ^{a b c} Federal Election Commission, "Patriot Majority PAC"
7. ^ CampaignMoney.com, "Patriot Majority"
8. ^ CampaignMoney.com, "American Public Policy Committee: 527 Political Organization Filing Information", George Rakis listed as contact person, matching address
9. ^ Internal Revenue Service, "Citizens for Progress", Craig Varoga listed as contact person, matching address
10. ^ CampaignMoney.com, "Oklahoma Freedom Fund: 527 Political Organization Filing Information", Craig Varoga listed as contact person, matching address
11. ^ CampaignMoney.com, "Mid Atlantic Leadership Fund: 527 Political Organization Filing Information", matching address
12. ^ Internal Revenue Service, "Public Security Now", Craig Varoga listed as contact person, matching address
13. ^ Internal Revenue Service, "The Pioneer Majority ", Craig Varoga listed as contact person, matching address
14. ^ CampaignMoney.com, "Bluegrass Freedom Fund: 527 Political Organization Filing Information", Craig Varoga listed as contact person, matching address

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