Tony Fabrizio

Tony Fabrizio
Born Anthony Fabrizio
1960 (age 57–58)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Residence Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Political party Republican
Website Official website

Anthony Fabrizio (born 1960) is an American Republican pollster and strategist. He is the principal in Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, and was the pollster for Donald Trump's fall 2016 Presidential campaign, former Senator Bob Dole's 1996 Presidential campaign, U.S. Senator Rand Paul's U.S. Senate and 2016 Presidential campaign, and former Governor Rick Perry's 2012 Presidential campaign, among others. He also served as a pollster for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the 2014 midterm elections.

Career

In 1996, Fabrizio served as chief pollster and strategist to Bob Dole's Presidential campaign, which was unsuccessful. He has also worked for several dozen U.S. Senators and Governors, including Tim Pawlenty, Rand Paul, Bill Cassidy, David Perdue, among others. He was also pollster for the Republican Governor Association's campaign to reelect Governor Scott Walker in 2014. He also served as the pollster for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's independent campaign effort that helped elect six new Republican Senators and re-elect three Republican incumbents in 2014.[1][2]

In 2015, he served as pollster for successful gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin in Kentucky, and that year also aided Rand Paul's Presidential campaign.[2] Following Paul's exit from the race, Fabrizio was hired by the campaign of Donald Trump as Chief Pollster, joining fellow pollsters Kellyanne Conway and John McLaughlin (Fabrizio's former business partner).[3][4] Fabrizio's hiring as Trump's pollster came as a surprise to political analysts, pointing to Trump's past opposition to pollsters, with Trump stating in an interview with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, "I don't have pollsters. I don't want to waste money on pollsters. I don't want to be unreal. I want to be me. I have to be me."[3] He and Conway were among those representing the Trump campaign at Harvard University's post-election roundtable.[5] Fabrizio is also longtime friends with former Trump advisers Paul Manafort and Roger Stone.[6]

In October 2016, it was reported in multiple media outlets that Trump was refusing to pay for Fabrizio's polling services, with the Federal Election Commission report showing that Trump's campaign was disputing nearly $767,000 that Fabrizio's firm said it was still owed for polling.[7][8]

Fabrizio has additionally worked with clients including Visa, Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, AOL/Time-Warner, FedEx, Pfizer, and Harrah's, among others.[1]

Personal life

Fabrizio is a Brooklyn native, and grew up on Long Island in New York.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arena Profile: Tony Fabrizio". Politico. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  2. 1 2 "Tony Fabrizio - Fabrizio, Lee & Associates". Fabrizio, Lee & Associates. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  3. 1 2 3 Caputo, Marc (2016-05-16). "After resisting for months, Trump hires top pollster". Politico. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  4. ↑ Acosta, Jim (2016-05-17). "Donald Trump hires pollster Tony Fabrizio". CNN. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Roundtable Discussion: The General Election," accessed thru http://iop.harvard.edu/get-inspired/campaign-managers-conference/campaign-president-managers-look-2016
  6. ↑ Jaffe, Alexandra (2016-05-16). "Donald Trump Hires Pollster After Previously Attacking Them". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  7. ↑ Gold, Matea (2016-10-31). "Trump refusing to pay campaign pollster". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ↑ Confessore, Nicholas (2016-11-01). "Latest Unpaid Trump Vendor Is His Own Pollster, Filing Shows". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
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