Lee Atwater

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American political consultant and strategist (1951-1991)

United States ActorsLived 1951 to 1991 · aged 40

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Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, especially the Southern strategy.

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Atwater talking with Lyn Nofziger in Nofziger's office in the White House on January 21, 1982

President Ronald Reagan during a trip via Air Force One to Alabama with Lee Atwater and Stu Spencer on October 15, 1984

Atwater (at left) with the Bush family on Election Night 1988

Lee Atwater "jams" with President George H. W. Bush at Inaugural festivity on January 21, 1989

Atwater performing at the inauguration of George H. W. Bush in 1989

Atwater and his wife, Sally, with President Ronald Reagan and his wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1984

Filmography 2

Bush's Brain2004

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story2008

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SpouseSally Dunbar

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Jennifer Ketcham52.5

Ja'Net DuBois52.5 Rebecca Broussard52.5

Virginia Williams52.5

Barry Miller52.5

G. D. Spradlin52.5

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Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to Republican U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, especially the Southern strategy.

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