Karl Rove bio

Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000-2007, and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004-2007.  At the White House, he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and Intergovernmental Affairs, and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process. 

Before Rove became known as “The Architect” of President Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, he was President of Karl Rove and Company, an Austin-based public affairs firm that worked for Republican candidates, nonpartisan causes, and nonprofit groups. His clients included over 75 Republican U.S. Senate, congressional, and gubernatorial candidates in 24 states, as well as the Moderate Party of Sweden.

Since leaving the White House in 2007, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor to Fox News, writes a weekly op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, is a Newsweek columnist, and is the author of The New York Times best-seller, Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.

• Board of Trustees Member, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
• Board of Trustees Member, Texas State History Museum Foundation
• Board Member, McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors
• Board Member, Texas Philosophical Society
• Wall Street Journal Columnist, 2007-present
• Newsweek Columnist, 2007-present
• Fox News Channel Contributor, 2007-present
• Adjunct Instructor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas
• Deputy Chief of Staff, White House, 2004-2007
• Senior Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, 2000-2007
• Chief Strategist, George W. Bush’s Presidential Campaigns, 2000 and 2004
• President, Karl Rove & Company, 1981-1999
• Consultant and Strategist, George H.W. Bush’s Presidential Campaign, 1980
• Executive Director, Fund for Limited Government, 1977
• Legislative Aide for Texas State Representative Fred Agnich, 1977

• Attended George Mason University, 1993-1995
• Attended the University of Texas at Austin, 1977
• Attended the University of Maryland-College Park, 1971
• Attended the University of Utah, 1969

• Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight, 2010
• “The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up,” The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2010
• “Reasoning Arizona,” Newsweek, June 10, 2010
• “Obama and the Trouble With Voting ‘Present,’” The Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2010
• “ObamaCare’s Ever-Rising Price Tag,” The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2010
• “Yes, the Gulf Spill is Obama’s Katrina,” The Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2010
• A full list of Rove’s published columns is available at www.rove.com