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Doug McAuliffe is a Republican political strategist and commercial maker. He is also a commercial director and editor proficient in Final Cut Pro, and AVID editing software.

In 2009 Doug served as the media strategist for Governor Bob McDonnell’s campaign victory that helped start the GOP's 2010 avalanche of victories.

Political Work

Doug began his political career as Field Director for Vermont U.S. Senator Bob Stafford’s successful 1982 re-election campaign. He served as an Executive Assistant to former Vermont Governor Richard Snelling and as a Regional Field Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee where he directed the NRCC's first issue advocacy media campaign against a Democrat congressman. Doug was Chief of Staff to Congressman Bill Schuette and worked and as an advisor on the 1988 primary campaign of Vice President George H.W. Bush. Doug formed McAuliffe Message Media which became Doug McAuliffe Strategy + Creative an he is President of Chatham Light Media, a production and post production company that works on television commercials, corporate films and music videos. In 1996 Doug was named "One of the raising stars in American politics" by Campaigns and Elections Magazine and as "one of the top political consultants who matter" by the Washington Post in 2004.

Campaign Record

Doug has helped win twenty-seven U.S. Senate campaigns, nine governor races and fifteen congressional campaigns. His clients have included Senators Jon Kyl, Richard Burr, Mitch McConnell, Jim Bunning, Jeff Sessions, Chuck Hagel, Mike Johanns, John Thune, Trent Lott, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Kit Bond, John Ashcroft and Lincoln Chafee, Governors Bob McDonnell, Stephen Merrill, Bill Janklow, Bill Owens and Jim Gibbons.

In 1996 Doug was a media strategist Bob Dole's presidential primary campaign and for the Republican National Committee's national independent expenditure campaign on behalf of President George W. Bush in 2004. His work for the National Republican Senatorial Committee has resulted in nine Senate campaign victories including Senators Elizabeth Dole, George Allen, Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, John Ensign, John Cornyn and Conrad Burns.

Creative Commercial Work

Doug’s commercial campaigns have included WMUR-TV, Airline Owners and Pilots Association, Ash Grove Cement, Venetian Hotel Las Vegas and he has directed such actors as Morgan Freeman and Harrison Ford. Doug's commercial work and short films has won seventeen Telly and Pollie Award for creative advertising.

Personal

Doug is married to Ingrid Byrne McAuliffe. They have four children and reside in Great Falls, Virginia and Chatham, Massachusetts.

An accomplished skier Doug has skied throughout North America, the Alps in Europe and the Andes in South America. As a rock climber Doug has climbed across the United States, in Canada, Europe and South America and has recorded first assent climbs in Colorado, Vermont and New Hampshire.