Mercury
Mercury’s lobbying and public affairs firm, which is headed by Michael McKeon, boasts more than 30 media relations professionals in its New York office. The growing media relations team is led by former Bloomberg spokesperson John Gallagher, managing director and former National Action Network communications lead Rachel Noerdlinger, former Fox News producer Dan Bank and former Associated Press chief White House correspondent Ben Feller. Mercury, which represents a wide variety of clients, has a national presence that is bolstered by former New York Post reporter Stefan Friedman, who leads the media relations practice on the West Coast.
Other key employees: Beth DeFalco, Karen Mustiga, Kim Winston, John Tomlin, Djenny Passé, Shannan Siemens, Eric Bloom
TALLAHASSEE A last-minute push to block former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz from clinching the chairmanship of the Florida Democratic Party is taking shape just a day before he is expected to secure the post amid a flurry of high-profile endorsements.
Diaz, a prominent Miami Cuban, made a splashy entrance into the race in late November, bringing in a handful of well-known staffers, and endorsements ranging from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire who spent $100 million in Florida during the 2020 election cycle, and South Florida billionaire Jorge Pérez. He has since been endorsed by dozens of Florida Democratic politicians.
TALLAHASSEE Florida Democrats pinned their hopes to Manny Diaz on Saturday, entrusting the former Miami mayor to revive the party s fortunes after a disastrous election cycle where President Donald Trump won the state and Democrats lost congressional and legislative seats.
Diaz defeated two other candidates for the chairmanship during the annual meeting of the Florida Democratic Party, which was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Our Florida Democratic Party is at a crossroads,” Diaz said just before the vote. “While Democrats all over the nation make gains, we continue to lose ground. We continue to lose elections.
Diaz, a prominent Miami Cuban, made a splashy entrance into the race in late November, bringing in a handful of well-known staffers, and endorsements ranging from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire who spent $100 million in Florida during the 2020 election cycle, and South Florida billionaire Jorge Pérez. He has since b
September 2014: General Treasurer Gina Raimondo takes 42% of the vote to beat Angel Taveras, Clay Pell and Todd Giroux in the Democratic primary for governor. Raimondo s pension cuts are a major issue, but unions opposed to her split between Taveras and Pell.
November 2014: With 41% of the vote, Raimondo defeats Republican Allan Fung and Moderate Robert Healey and is elected the first female governor in Rhode Island history.
January 2015: Raimondo is inaugurated. The state has been climbing out of the Great Recession, but unemployment still lags neighbors.
February 2015: Raimondo suggests new tolls are needed to fund bridge repair.
March 2015: Retired public workers approve a settlement in their challenge to Raimondo s pension overhaul.
Raimondo tapped to join Biden administration as commerce secretary
âAs Secretary of Commerce, I will harness that same American ingenuity to create good-paying union jobs and build our economy back better than ever before,â the R.I. governor said in a statement
By Dan McGowan and Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated January 7, 2021, 9:54 p.m.
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Gina M. Raimondo was elected governor of Rhode Island in 2014.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â Governor Gina M. Raimondo, a former venture capitalist who spent much of her six years as governor attempting to spur economic development and lower the unemployment rate in Rhode Island, had been named as President-elect Joe Bidenâs pick to lead the Commerce Department.