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Staff Writer. Chaos may reign in President Donald Trump's White House, but, for a brief time, Trump had a deputy chief of staff who was determined to rein it in: Katie Walsh, one of the few people ...
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Walsh was born an only child in St. Louis, Missouri. She credits her early interest in politics to her mother, who she said worked on a county executive race in Missouri when she was seven or eight. Her early political involvement came in high school when she worked as an intern for then-Senator John Ashcroft's unsuccessful 2000 reelection campaign...
2008 presidential election
Walsh was hired in 2007 as an assistant to the finance director for Fred Thompson's brief presidential campaign. After Thompson dropped out of the race, she joined the presidential campaign of John McCainas Midwest regional finance director.
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Walsh then worked as deputy finance director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC),implementing fundraising and political strategies for Senate campaigns during the 2010 and 2012 election cycles.
Republican National Committee
Walsh was hired as deputy finance director for the Republican National Committee in January 2013 and rose to finance director that June. At the RNC, Walsh was known as a "rainmaker",breaking records by raising over $200 million during the 2014 election cycle. Walsh was named chief of staff of the Republican National Committee in early 2015, serving under chair Reince Priebus. She was critical of the RNC's practice of sharing voter information with the Koch Brothers, saying "I think it's very...
Appearances on C-SPANInterview with Walsh, Women in Power (series), The Washington Post.- Mike Shields
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Jul 20, 2017 · The national media spotlight shone hard on Katie Walsh when she left her powerful job as White House deputy chief of staff, two months into the Trump administration. Weary of the speculation, she insists that leaving was her idea: She wanted to work with America First Policies, an outside political group, to push for the president’s ...
Aug 4, 2017 · Priebus ally Katie Walsh takes key role in shaking up GOP data staff. WASHINGTON — Katie Walsh is ascendant at the Republican National Committee once again after leaving her job as deputy White House chief of staff under Reince Priebus at the end of March. Walsh, who was chief of staff at the RNC when Priebus was chairman, rejoined the ...
Jan 4, 2018 · St. Louis native Katie Walsh, a Visitation grad, GOP staffer with the RNC during the presidential campaign, and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Trump administration until she left last spring has ...
Oct 23, 2019 · Walsh has thrived despite a rocky relationship with Trump. In early 2017, she abruptly resigned from her job as White House deputy chief of staff. The president has complained about her as a ...
Mar 30, 2017 · White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh is leaving the Trump administration to work for outside groups meant to support the administration's agenda. | AP Photo
