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Garry South is a Democratic political strategist based in California and principal of The Garry South Group and California Strategies, LLC, a public affairs firm headquartered in Sacramento. He is best known for managing Democrat Gray Davis’ gubernatorial campaigns in both 1998 and 2002. In 1998, the California Democratic Party had not been successful in electing a Governor for 20 years and only 3 Democrats has won previously in the 20th century.〔http://www2.umt.edu/montanan/f03/politics.html http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=roles&func=display&uid=89 http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/06/news/mn-31341 〕 In 2011, the journal Capitol Weekly designated South among the top 50 most influential political players in California. == Early life == A native of Eastern Montana, South saw his father, Vernon, a carpenter, served on the Miles City, Montana City Council for years, a seat his older brother Carroll filled when Vernon retired.〔http://www2.umt.edu/montanan/f03/politics.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2002/03/17/southern-strategy.html〕 South ran his first successful campaign at age 23 in 1974, helping elect Carroll to the Montana House of Representatives. Carroll was the first Democratic legislator from the Souths' county in 20 years. South attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with honors in 1976 with a BA in history and political science after serving as student body president.〔 In 2008, South was named recipient of the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. During his time at University of Montana, South supported long-shot former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential primary. South worked to place Carter’s name on Montana’s primary ballot and, after Carter clinched the party nomination, South became state coordinator in Montana for the general election. At age 25, South served as the youngest state coordinator in the 50 states. Following his graduation and Carter’s successful presidential campaign, South worked as Midwest regional finance director of the Democratic National Committee and as special assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. In 1978, the White House political office asked South to run the Democratic campaign in Illinois against Republican Sen. Charles H. Percy.〔 His other political positions have included communications director for Democratic Gov. Richard Celeste of Ohio, vice president of political communications for the National Association of Realtors and public information director of the Montana Legislature. After Celeste was term-limited out of office in 1991, South moved to Southern California.〔http://www2.umt.edu/montanan/f03/politics.html http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=roles&func=display&uid=89〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garry South」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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