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Mike Slanker
Mike Slanker is a partner in November Inc., a political and public affairs firm based in Nevada. He is a former Political Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and has run successful campaigns for Governor, U.S. Senate and Congress in Nevada, and across the United States. Additionally, Mike has played an integral role in successful campaigns for almost every other statewide and legislative office.
Mike's political clients have included Congressman Dean Heller, Governor Kenny Guinn, Governor Felix Camacho, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, US Senator John Ensign, Congressman Jon Porter, Bush-Cheney '04, Sandoval for Governor, Linda McMahon for Senate and the Republican Governor's Association.
His corporate and association clients have included Keep our Doctors in Nevada, Citizens for Fair Taxation, Station Casinos, MGM, Alabama Credit Union League, Nevada Cancer Institute and Harrah's Entertainment.
His tenure at the National Republican Senatorial Committee included oversight and design of the Political, Communications and Research Departments. He oversaw and worked day-to-day with more than twenty targeted races for the NRSC.
He has provided strategic consulting, creative media, and management to candidates, political organizations, charities and corporations for almost twenty years.
Roll Call said Slanker was "... one of the few Republican operatives who was able to deliver good news to the GOP on Election Day." They went on to say "He is clearly the most feared consultant on the Republican side..." The Las Vegas Review-Journal called Slanker "defiantly optimistic."
His aggressive approach, energy, and creative take on politics have resulted in wins up and down the ticket.
Mike was born and raised in Ohio and after two separate stints in Washington, DC, now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife Lindsey and their daughter Claire.