Garry South

Garry South
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Montana, Missoula (B.A.)
Political partyDemocratic
WebsiteGarrySouthConsulting.com
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Garry South is a Democratic political strategist based in California and principal of Garry South Consulting.[1] He is best known for managing Democrat Gray Davis’ successful 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 three Democrats had won previously in the entire 20th century.[2][3][4][5] In 2011, the journal Capitol Weekly designated South among the top 50 most influential political players in California.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Garry South Consulting". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.
  2. ^ "Montanan". www2.umt.edu.
  3. ^ http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=roles&func=display&uid=89
  4. ^ Robin Fields (March 6, 2002). "Davis' Brash Tactician Grabs National Notice". The Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Garry South has been called the "Carville of California" by The New York Times and "one of the top political strategists in the Democratic Party" by DailyKos. Newsweek described him as "a one-man brain trust on the battlements of Fort California". The National Journal described him as "shrewd and widely feared".
  6. ^ 04/28/11 12:00 AM PST. "Top 100: The final cut". Capitol Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2012-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Capital Weekly Top 100 (California - 2011) - LittleSis". littlesis.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

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