Matt Borges
Matt Borges is an American politician, and the former Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party.
Matt Borges | |
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Chair of the Ohio Republican Party | |
In office May 31, 2013 – January 6, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Kevin DeWine |
Succeeded by | Jane Timken |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Ohio State University (BA) |
He has been listed as a potential candidate for chairman of the RNC.[1] He was also honored with the "Distinguished Alumni Award" by The Ohio State University Department of Political Science in 2019. [2] He also serves on OSU's Advisory Board for the Political Science Department.
Early life and education
Borges grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island,[3] and earned a B.A. in political science from The Ohio State University in 1994. He is a partner in 17 Consulting, a Columbus, Ohio based public affairs firm. He and his wife, Kate, live in Bexley, Ohio.
Politics
Borges spent most of his early career working on state and local political campaigns in Ohio. He ran local campaigns before running Joe Deters successful campaigns for Ohio Treasurer of State in 1998 and 2002. Borges has worked on several presidential campaigns, and traveled the world as an Advance Representative for the White House from 2001-2008. He worked on John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008. In 2010, Borges ran the successful statewide campaign of Dave Yost, who now serves as Ohio Attorney General. Borges served as Executive Director for the Kasich-Taylor Inaugural Committee in 2011. He is still active in several other campaigns in Ohio. He is a lifetime member of the McCain Alumni Association, and in 2019 was appointed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to the Board of Trustees at Columbus State University. [4] In February 2020, he was reportedly backing Joe Biden's presidential campaign to undermine the campaign of Bernie Sanders.[5] In June 2020, Borges joined with Anthony Scaramucci and other former Trump and Bush administration officials to launch Right Side PAC, a super PAC encouraging Republicans to vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.[6]
Controversy and Exoneration
A case against Borges was dismissed by a Cuyahoga County judge in 2009. Five years earlier, Borges pleaded to one count of a "revolving door" violation, after he refused to testify against former Republican state Treasurer Joe Deters, whom he believed had done nothing wrong. He paid a $1,000 fine. [7] Later, the prosecutor who initially tried to bring the case against Deters resigned after failing to act on one of the largest corruption investigations in American history. [8] [9]
References
- "Short list emerges for RNC chair". Politico. November 14, 2016.
- https://polisci.osu.edu/alumni/award
- http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/05/the_next_republican_national_c.html
- https://www.cscc.edu/employee/communications/update/2019/NewTrusteesNov2019.shtml
- https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200216/capitol-insider--former-ohio-gop-chief-irsquom-backing-biden-to-sink-bernie-not-trump
- Gstalter, Morgan (2020-06-17). "Republican operatives pushing GOP turnout for Biden with new super PAC". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- "New lobbyists in Ohio have strong Republican ties | cleveland.com". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2012/09/bill_mason_resigns_as_cuyahoga.html
- https://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/2012/03/jimmy_dimora_convicted_of_rack.html
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Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Kevin DeWine |
Chair of the Ohio Republican Party 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Jane Timken |