Gary Maloney, D. Phil. (Oxon.), 51, is President of the Jackson-Alvarez Group, a national research and political consulting firm based near Washington.  His quarter-century in politics has included nine presidential campaigns and dozens of races for Senate, Governor, Congress, Legislature and downticket offices. He has worked for clients in 42 of the 50 states, including Rudolph Giuliani, Haley Barbour, George Pataki, Steve Forbes, George Allen, Connie Mack, Mike Huckabee and Mel Martinez.

Maloney is a native of Los Angeles.  His first involvement with politics was as a youth volunteer for Ronald Reagan in 1975-76. After graduating from USC’s Journalism school in 1979, he worked on Capitol Hill and in presidential campaigns. His career as a researcher began under Lee Atwater at the Reagan ’84 campaign, where he was Director of Political Research, and at the Bush ’88 campaign, where he was Research Consultant. In 1989-90, he was Director of Strategy & Research for the National Republican Congressional Committee, as well as Deputy to Co-Chair Ed Rollins. At the same time, he was a Consultant to RNC Chairman Atwater.

In 1986, Maloney began his first consulting firm, Bernstein & Associates.  As a consultant, he has done extensive work for all three national Republican campaign committees, the Republican Governors' Association, and several state parties, aiding in the election of 15 GOP Governors in the 1990s as well as many Congressmen and Senators.  He also edited and compiled The Almanac of 1988 Presidential Politics for the Campaign Hotline in 1989.

From 1991 to 1993, Maloney studied at Oxford University in England, pursuing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Politics, while spending his spare time aiding clients back home.  He received his D. Phil. in 1999 for his 407-page thesis, “Changing Patterns in US Presidential Voting, 1960-92.”

In recent years:
 
-- 2000: Besides aiding Forbes & Giuliani, worked for three victorious U.S. Senate campaigns, including the only two GOP gains (Virginia and Nevada).
-- 2002: Aided GOP candidates in 16 states, including 11 campaigns for Governor, 5 campaigns for U.S. Senate, 5 for U.S. House and 6 for other state offices. Winners included Govs. Pataki (New York), Huckabee (Arkansas) and Riley (Alabama).
-- 2003: Helped elect two new Republican Governors, Haley Barbour in Mississippi and Ernie Fletcher in Kentucky, and re-elect Mississippi Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck.
-- 2004: Worked in 13 states to elect Republicans, including Sen. Mel Martinez (Florida) and Congressmen Frank Wolf, Jim Nussle and Katherine Harris.  
-- 2006: Involved in 12 Governor’s races, 3 US Senate, 6 US House and 6 downticket contests, over 19 states. Winners included Gov. Jim Gibbons of Nevada, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Rep.Vern Buchanan of Florida.
-- 2007: Worked in all 3 Governors’ races, with victories for Barbour in Mississippi and (for the RGA) Bobby Jindal in Louisiana. Also helped in winning two downticket offices in Mississippi, plus State Senate victories in Virginia and New Jersey.
-- 2008: Prepped Giuliani for presidential debates, directed GOP research in Illinois against Obama, and helped elect 3 GOP Senators, 7 Congressmen, other officials and judges, working in 15 states.

Maloney lives with his wife and three children in Northern Virginia.