Joseph Gaylord

Joseph Gaylord is a political consultant formerly closely linked to former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. He was executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee in the mid-1980s [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/leadership/stories/010797.htm] and worked for GOPAC, a political action committee which was "Gingrich's main vehicle for the long campaign that in 1994 resulted in the Republican takeover of the House after years of Democratic domination." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/leadership/stories/010797.htm]

In the mid-1990s, Gingrich became the focus of ethics charges [http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/coinop_congress/eye_on_newt/ethics.html] ; [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/leadership/stories/012297.htm] for his close association with GOPAC and other organizations; his use of Gaylord as a "top political lieutenant" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/leadership/stories/010797.htm] despite the fact that Gaylord was, at the time, employed by GOPAC, was one of the things that got Gingrich in trouble, since House members and senators are prohibited from using funds received from a political committee to defray the costs of their congressional activities.

On Dec. 7, 1995, the House Ethics Committee admonished Speaker Gingrich in a letter which read, in part:

In reference to the complaint filed by Representative George Miller on February 13, 1995, the Committee has found that your use of Mr. Joseph Gaylord was in violation of House Rule 45, which prohibits the use of unofficial resources for official purposes. Specifically the Committee found that Mr. Gaylord's activities during the transition of interviewing prospective staff violate our rules and that his regular, routine presence in congressional offices, while in and of itself not a violation of House rules, creates the appearance of the improper commingling of political and official resources. Such activities, if they are continuing, should cease immediately. The Committee will take no further action.

(Washington Post, Dec. 7, 1995, page A-13, "Ethics Committee's Letter to Gingrich")

Gaylord is presently president of [http://www.joegaylord.com/aboutca.html Chesapeake Associates] , described on its website as "a full service professional campaign consulting firm based in Washington, DC." offering "Leadership Training, Campaign Consulting, Message and Media Consulting," and other services. He continues [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=VA&last=GAYLORD&first=JOSEPH contributing to conservative political campaigns] .

Gaylord is currently working in association with the [http://www.nfrw.org/ National Federation of Republican Women] , teaching as a political consulatant at the NFRW's Campaign Management Schools held all across the country. [http://www.nfrw.org/programs/political_education.htm]

External links

: * [http://www.aei.org/events/filter.,eventID.910/summary.asp Gaylord's comments on the Contract with America ] : * [http://www.nfrw.org/programs/political_education.htm National Federation of Republican Women Campaign Management School]