Jonathan Felts

Jonathan Felts was named on June 1, 2007, by President George W. Bush to be White House political director. Felts, who will work for Karl Rove, replaces Sara Taylor, who resigned in May 2007.

Felts, then associate director Office of Political Affairs who became assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for political affairs, was named on the list of "White House officials who used political e-mail accounts provided by the Republican National Committee. The RNC provided the list [on April 25, 2007] to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."

Background
At the time of his appointment, Felts was Vice President Dick Cheney's assistant for political affairs and had previously served as associate director of the White House Office of Political Affairs.

Felts "has worked for several other GOP politicians, including former Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina and former Vice President Dan Quayle. He served as communications director for Rep. Robin Hayes from 2001 to 2004, and got his start as Hayes' spokesman for the congressman's unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 1996. He graduated from N.C. State in 1994."

In 2004, Felts "drew closest" to the Bush administration when he served as "executive director of North Carolina Bush-Cheney '04, [and] later served on the inaugural committee and then coordinated political events in a 10-state region for administration officials."

Related SourceWatch articles

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External articles

 * Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "The Other 13," The Next Hurrah Blogspot, April 25, 2007.