Ken Smukler
Ken Smukler | |
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Kenneth "Ken" Smukler is a prominent political operative in Pennsylvania and president of Voterlink Data Systems. And a former campaign strategist for retiring Representative Robert Brady (Democrat Pennsylvania).[1]
He graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1982.[2]
He is best known for his work on the campaigns for Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano.[3]
In 2005, he co-developed a reality television program called Red/Blue where contestants would compete for $1 million to found their own 527 group during the 2006 election cycle.[3] The program was developed by Smukler and True Entertainment.[4][5]
His company, Voterlink Data Systems was used to generate content for NBC during the 2004 elections.[6]
Voterlink Data Systems was used to create the national vote hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE.[7] The same technology was used to support the national voter hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE.[6] In 2005, he testified before the Commission on Federal Election Reform about the MYVOTE1 programs.[8]
He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives."[9] He was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" of political operatives.[10]
In 2016, he co-founded the company Votecastr, to track the 2016 Presidential Election in real-time, publishing the results of turnout tracking at Poll Locations online throughout the day.[11]
On October 24, 2017 he was indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions on behalf of Congressman Bob Brady.[12]
On December 3, 2018 Smukler was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States and federal campaign finance crimes in 2 congressional campaigns[13][14][15][16][17]
References
- ^ Birnbaum, Emily (2018-12-03). "Former congressional aide convicted over unlawful campaign contributions". The Hill (newspaper). Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ Vasserman, Kate (December 1, 2005). "Alumnus speaks of political leadership". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
- ^ a b Issenberg, Sasha (September 2005). "Power: Is Ken Smukler for Real?". Philadelphia. Philadelphia.
- ^ Reid, Robit T. (September 1, 2005). "Political reality TV. Red/Blue, a reality show about politics, searching a political consultant". Campaigns & Elections.
- ^ Maynard, John (July 21, 2005). "Reality TV Gets Political Spin In 'Red/Blue' Series Proposal". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Kenneth Smukler (C '82)". Fox Leadership. University of Pennsylvania.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Commission of Federal Election Reform: Ken Smukler". American University. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Testimony of Ken Smukler, President, InfoVoter Technologies" (PDF). Commission on Federal Election Reform. June 30, 2005.
- ^ "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Democratic Dream Team". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Corasaniti, Nick (2016-09-10). "Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "2 top Brady aides charged in probe of payoff to 2012 primary rival". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Political consultant convicted in opponent payoff scheme - Philly". Philadelphia Media Network. 2018-12-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Seidman, Andrew; Roebuck, Jeremy (2018-12-03). "Bob Brady aide Smukler found guilty on 9 of 11 counts in campaign finance case". Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ Bogorowski, Hanna (2018-12-04). "Political Operative For Dem Candidates Convicted Of Federal Campaign Finance Crimes". Daily Caller. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ Montellaro, Zach (2018-12-04). "How Democrats lagged with Florida Hispanic voters". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "Political Operative Convicted of Federal Campaign Finance Crimes in Two Congressional Campaigns and of Obstructing Investigation by Federal Election Commission". U.S. Department of Justice. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
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