Jason Cabel Roe

For more than three decades, Jason Roe has worked as a political and communications strategist. He’s nationally recognized for his work in campaigns and government advising candidates for President, Senate, Congress, Governor, state and local office, and free market interests.

A Washington veteran and former Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party, Jason has worked on several presidential campaigns including Deputy Campaign Manager for Mitt Romney in 2007 and National Media Spokesman for Marco Rubio in 2016.

In government, Jason served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Tom Feeney (FL), Chief of Staff to Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James Rogan, and Communications Director for Congressman Nick Smith (MI). He’s also worked on the advance teams for Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush for President, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Rick Perry for President.

Jason has long been interested in global development and international democracy-building, serving as an International Election Observer for presidential elections in Nigeria and Liberia, training parliamentary candidates in Bulgaria, and developing the first on-the-ground comprehensive analysis of Iraq’s emerging political parties after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. He was a Manfred Woerner Fellow at the U.S. German Marshall Fund and worked as an advisor to the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition for more than a decade. He also served on the communications staff of the 2004 G8 Summit.

Over his career, Jason has won several Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political Consultants, in addition to being named Top Political Consultant in San Diego by Our City Magazine, a Rising Star by Campaigns & Elections, Most Effective Staffers on Capitol Hill by The Hill, and received a Goldie All-Star Peer Choice Award. His proudest accomplishment, however, is being named Worst Person in the World by Keith Olbermann.

A graduate of Western Michigan University with a degree in Public Administration and Economics, Jason lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with his wife and son.

Highlights

  • 2024: Strategist for Tom Barrett’s victory in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, the most expensive and competitive seat in the nation and key to holding a Republican majority. MI-07 was one of just eight seats that flipped from Democrat to Republican nationally.

  • 2024: Advisor to Michigan House Republicans, helping Michigan become there only legislative chamber in the country to switch to Republican and making Matt Hall Speaker of the House.

  • 2022: Strategist for Michigan’s Proposal 1, which outperformed every statewide candidate and ballot proposal with 66% of the vote.

  • 2018: Strategist for San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan’s campaign against a George Soros-funded candidate, winning in a Democrat-majority county while being outspent 3-1.

  • 2016, 2014: Strategist for San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer , winning 57% and 53% of the vote in a city with only 25% Republican registration, and making Faulconer the only Republican mayor among the nation’s 25 largest cities.

  • 2010: Strategist for Florida Congresswoman Sandy Adams victory over incumbent Democrat Suzanne Kosmas, winning by 16%, the largest margin of victory over an incumbent in the nation.

  • 2010: Advisor to Illinois Senator Mark Kirk’s unlikely victory to win Barack Obama’s Senate seat after becoming President of the United States in a heavily Democratic state.

  • 2006: Campaign Manager for Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam’s victory over Tammy Duckworth in the Chicago suburbs, defeating then-DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanual’s hand-picked candidate in the top GOP victory of the cycle.

  • 2004: Advisor for Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s last campaign in the Houston, Texas suburbs.

  • 2002: Advisor for Congressman Steve Pearce’s suprise victory in southern New Mexico, picking up a Democrat-majority seat.

  • 2000: Campaign Manager for California Congressman and Clinton House Impeachment Manager James E. Rogan’s historic campaign against Adam Schiff in Los Angeles County, which was the most expensive congressional race in American history.