J. Scott Jennings
| Scott Jennings | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 26, 1977 Dawson Springs, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Louisville (BA) |
Jeffery Scott Jennings (born October 26, 1977), a United States political appointee in the administration of George W. Bush. The president appointed Jennings to the position of Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs on October 17, 2005. The White House announced the move in February 2006. Jennings had previously served as Executive Director of the Bush-Cheney campaign in New Mexico in 2004, and as a staff member of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Kentucky in 2000. Today, Jennings is a founding partner of RunSwitch Public Relations, Kentucky's largest public relations and public affairs since 2013.
Jennings is a native of Dawson Springs, Kentucky and graduated from high school there in 1996. Jennings was a Coca-Cola National Scholar and featured in the Foundation's magazine in 2006. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville in 2000 where he was a McConnell Scholar. While a student at the University of Louisville, he was a news anchor and reporter for WHAS Radio. While at WHAS, Jennings won a local award from the Associated Press for a several-part series on the plight of the homeless living in downtown Louisville.
Jennings is married to Autumn Stiff Jennings, of Whitesville, KY. They have three children. Jennings and his family live in Prospect, KY.
Jennings was a member of the 2014 class of Leadership Kentucky, and the 2015 Bingham Fellow's class in Louisville, Kentucky.
Jennings served as political director for President Bush's 2000 Kentucky campaign, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in his 2002 re-election campaign, Gov. Ernie Fletcher in his 2003 campaign, and managed President Bush's campaign in New Mexico in 2004, before joining the White House. New Mexico was one of only two states to flip from blue to red in between 2000 and 2004; the other was Iowa. He served as Associate Director in the Office of Political Affairs at the White House before being named Special Assistant to the President in October 2005.
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