- Morton Brilliant
Morton Brilliant is a political
campaign manager in theUnited States . He attendedBrandeis University andThe George Washington University Law School .Career
Brilliant was the initial
campaign manager for DemocratCathy Cox 's 2006 gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. He was campaign spokesman for DemocratChristine Gregoire in the Washington state gubernatorial race, a very close race in which Gregoire defeated RepublicanDino Rossi after two recounts. He was also deputy campaign manager forJim Hodges ' successfulSouth Carolina governor's race in 1998, and worked as Hodges' Deputy Chief of Staff. Before that, he was a political director for theSouth Carolina Democratic Party. [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Morton_brilliant SourceWatch] article "Morton Brilliant" licenced under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2.]Georgia controversy
On
April 26 ,2006 , Brilliant resigned as campaign manager forSecretary of State Cathy Cox amid allegations that he alteredWikipedia 's online biography of her Democratic opponent to add a mention of his son's arrest in a fatal drunk driving accident. Those edits occurred on November 16, 2005 and further on November 22, 2005. [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=69.15.227.237 Contributions from Cbeyond Communications IP address 69.15.227.237] ] Cox said an internal investigation confirmed that the posting about her opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, on Wikipedia came from within her gubernatorial campaign. The Taylor campaign had further provided documents showing that the online server that revised Taylor's profile had also added negative information to Wikipedia biographies of Republican opponents of other Brilliant clients in Washington state and South Carolina governor campaigns (Dino Rossi andMark Sanford ). [ [http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/14434825.htm Cox campaign manager resigns] by Shannon McCaffrey for Associated Press] ] [ [http://www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2006/05/02/News/Alum-Resigns.Campaign.Manager.Post.In.Wikipedia.Debacle-1898984.shtml?norewrite200605021756&sourcedomain=www.thejusticeonline.com Alum resigns campaign manager post in Wikipedia debacle] May 2, 2006] [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002958137_campaign28m.html Online postings changed; ex-Gregoire aide resigns] by Ralph Thomas, April 28, 2006.]ources and notes
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