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David Axelrod

Biography

David Axelrod

David Axelrod spent eight years as a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune. As a political consultant, Axelrod has managed strategy for more than 150 local, state and national campaigns. Axelrod served as a senior strategist to President Obama’s 2008 election campaign and his 2012 reelection, in addition to serving in the White House as a senior adviser to the president.

David Axelrod

Books by David Axelrod

by David Axelrod - Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, David Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama’s historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his 40-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy.