Stuart Spencer (political consultant)
| Stuart Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 20, 1927 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
East Los Angeles College California State University, Los Angeles |
Stuart K. Spencer (born 20 February 1927) is a prominent Republican political consultant. As co-founder of Spencer-Roberts, he and his firm have managed over 400 political campaigns.
Stuart Spencer served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946, and then graduated from the East Los Angeles Junior College with an AA, and from California State University at Los Angeles, with a BA degree in Sociology in 1951.
Spencer-Roberts & Associates, Inc., was established in California in 1961 with Bill Roberts. They were among the first professional campaign managers.
In 1962 he managed Tom Kuchel's campaign for United States Senate in California. After that, he managed Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign of 1964, and Don Riegle's run for Congress, Michigan, in 1966.
He ran Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial campaign in California in 1966. That year, it was to Spencer that Reagan said "Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close." He also ran Reagan's gubernatorial campaign in 1970, and his presidential campaigns in 1980 and 1984.
Stuart Spencer became the sole owner of Spencer-Roberts in 1974. In 1976 he served as Deputy Chairman for Political Organization in Gerald Ford's presidential re-election campaign. When he served as Reagan's campaign manager in 1980, he suggested that he choose George H. W. Bush as his running mate, but later recounted that Reagan wasn't keen to the idea, apparently because Reagan didn't like Bush. "There was no way he was going to pick Bush," said Spencer. "It was chemistry."
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