Providence native-turned-DC bigfoot Tad Devine gets the nod from Lincoln Chafee. Chafee, btw, is slated to appear this evening (with yours truly) on RI-PBS' A Lively Experiment and this weekend on WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers.
Devine is also representing Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill, who's running for governor as an independent.
October 1, 2009 (Pawtucket, RI) - Former Senator Lincoln D. Chafee, who is considering a run for governor in 2010, announced today that he has contracted with Devine Mulvey, a highly regarded media and communications firm with extensive experience in helping clients win campaigns in the United States, including Rhode Island.
The firm’s partners, Tad Devine and Julian Mulvey, have produced media for 17 winning U.S. Senate races and in dozens of winning races, for Democratic and independent candidates, for the U.S. House and state and local elected officials. Their firm helps campaigns shape a clear message, and then communicates it to voters through TV, print and the web.
Chafee said, “Devine Mulvey has a successful record of winning elections. I look forward to working with Tad and Julian to help communicate my vision of a prosperous Rhode Island economy, a sound and honest budget process and a healthy partnership between state government and our cities and towns. My campaign will benefit from Tad Devine’s first class reputation and his creative communication skills. He will bring to our campaign a wealth of political experience, and a local touch, as he too, is a native Rhode Islander.”
Devine added “I am proud to work for Sen. Chafee in a campaign for Governor of Rhode Island. Linc Chafee has the integrity and experience that Rhode Island needs at this critical juncture its history. He understands how to lead Rhode Island forward, and his experience as Mayor in Warwick, and in the United States Senate has uniquely prepared him to assume the responsibilities of Governor.”
Lincoln Chafee announced the formation of his Exploratory Campaign for Governor, last April. The signing of Devine Mulvey further solidifies his intent, and ability to attract “Best in Class” talent of all political backgrounds that will be the hallmall of an independent Chafee administration.
Devine is known mostly as a Democratic consultant, but he has worked for Vermont independent Bernard Sanders, now a U.S. senator, since Sanders days in the U.S. House. A native of Providence and a graduate of LaSalle Academy and Brown University, Devine served as chief of staff to former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr., and worked on Paolino's ill-fated 1990 campaign for governor.
Devine has also held top campaign positions in the Demcratic presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale (1984), Michael Dukakis (1988), Bob Kerry (1992), Al Gore (2000) and John Kerry (2004). Devine also is a frequent television commentator on politics and is one of the nation's experts in the selection of Democratic national convention delegates. Devine was formerly a partner with Robert Shrum, a top Democratic speechwriter and Mike Donilon, another Providence native, who is now Vice-President Biden's political director.
