Introduction
Elizabeth Mair (born June 9, 1978) is an American political and communications consultant.
Life and career
Mair was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up and lived in England until moving to Washington, D.C. in 2006.
Mair writes for various publications, including The Daily Beast, the Washington Examiner, The Hill, and Reason magazine, and previously wrote for U.S. News & World Report.
Mair frequently appears as a commentator on television, including Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and Real Time with Bill Maher. She is also a UK broadcaster and ITN's regular GOP contributor during its presidential election night coverage.
Political work
Mair served as Online Communications Director at the 2008 Republican National Committee. There, she also served as a spokesperson, undertaking on-camera interviews and debates on behalf of the RNC and the John McCain campaign against representatives of the Barack Obama campaign and the DNC.
Since the RNC, Mair has worked for U.S. politicians including Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Carly Fiorina, and Roy Blunt.
In 2013, Mair was named one of Campaigns & Elections' INFLUENCERS 50 in the field of communications in 2013.
In December 2015, Mair helped create the Make America Awesome Super PAC, "as a vehicle to attack Donald Trump".
In 2015, 48 hours after being announced Walker's aide for his presidential campaign preparation, Mair resigned after it was reported that she had posted Twitter messages critical of agricultural subsidies, ethanol mandates, and "Iowa's front-running status" in the US election cycle.
In March 2019, Mair was accused in a defamation lawsuit brought by US Congressman Devin Nunes as being behind the @DevinCow parody Twitter account.