PERSON: Jim Devine
Position
Strategist
Biography
James J. Devine is a masterful Democratic Party campaign strategist, a crusading journalist and an accomplished leader with extensive experience managing large organizations.
Over the past 35 years, Devine accumulated experience in every facet of politics (running campaigns for local school board, city council and mayor to state legislature, governor, congress and the presidency) and government (as a top level legislative staff member and manager of a federal agency with 1,150 employees under his command).
At the center of political activity in New Jersey since 1980, Devine served as a principal counselor, expert tactician or campaign manager to federal candidates, state legislators, county executives and mayors, among others. As the Democratic State Committee Political Director in 1992-93, Devine authored the coordinated campaign plan that helped Bill Clinton become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win New Jersey since 1964. Devine’s leadership in that position is credited with reversing the party’s unprecedented losses suffered in 1990 and 1991, making Democrats at all levels competitive once again in New Jersey.
Carteret Mayor Dan Reiman and former Rahway Mayor Jim Kennedy relied on Devine as their chief political consultant for many years. Devine managed the upset victory of Wilda Diaz, a political neophyte who toppled an 18-year incumbent Perth Amboy Mayor in 2008. In 2009, Devine helped Joe Menza overcome the entrenched machine of the county political boss in her own hometown to become Hillside Mayor.
In 2010, Devine marshaled the Democrats for Change campaign that elected Linden Council President Jimmy Moore, after successfully upsetting the regular organization candidate in a hotly contested Democratic primary. Devine’s strategy gave South Amboy Mayor Fred Henry the edge in his razor thin victory in 2011. In 2012, Devine managed the campaign for every successful Rahway City Council Democratic candidate in both the primary and general elections.
— jamesdevine.org
Over the past 35 years, Devine accumulated experience in every facet of politics (running campaigns for local school board, city council and mayor to state legislature, governor, congress and the presidency) and government (as a top level legislative staff member and manager of a federal agency with 1,150 employees under his command).
At the center of political activity in New Jersey since 1980, Devine served as a principal counselor, expert tactician or campaign manager to federal candidates, state legislators, county executives and mayors, among others. As the Democratic State Committee Political Director in 1992-93, Devine authored the coordinated campaign plan that helped Bill Clinton become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win New Jersey since 1964. Devine’s leadership in that position is credited with reversing the party’s unprecedented losses suffered in 1990 and 1991, making Democrats at all levels competitive once again in New Jersey.
Carteret Mayor Dan Reiman and former Rahway Mayor Jim Kennedy relied on Devine as their chief political consultant for many years. Devine managed the upset victory of Wilda Diaz, a political neophyte who toppled an 18-year incumbent Perth Amboy Mayor in 2008. In 2009, Devine helped Joe Menza overcome the entrenched machine of the county political boss in her own hometown to become Hillside Mayor.
In 2010, Devine marshaled the Democrats for Change campaign that elected Linden Council President Jimmy Moore, after successfully upsetting the regular organization candidate in a hotly contested Democratic primary. Devine’s strategy gave South Amboy Mayor Fred Henry the edge in his razor thin victory in 2011. In 2012, Devine managed the campaign for every successful Rahway City Council Democratic candidate in both the primary and general elections.
— jamesdevine.org
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