A great conservative, Karl Rove will be the guest speaker for the ninth annual “Reagan Day Dinner” to be held at the Navarro College Cook Center, 3100 West Collin Avenue at North 41st Street in Corsicana on Saturday, March 2, sponsored by the Republican Party of Navarro County.  Doors open at 6:00 pm.  Dinner, auction, and speakers will begin at 6:30 pm.  (Contributor Reception will occur at 5:30-6:00 pm).  Business casual dress.

Karl Rove is:

–Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to President George W. Bush

–Author, “The Triumph of William McKinley”

–Author, “Courage and Consequence”

–Fox News Contributor

–Wall Street Journal Columnist

Karl Rove served as Senior Adviser 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.  He was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process.

Karl has been described by respected author and columnist Michael Barone in U.S. News & World Report as “unique . . . no Presidential appointee has ever had such a strong influence on politics and policy, and none is likely to do so again anytime soon.”  Washington Post columnist David Broder has called Karl a master political strategist whose “game has always been long term … and he plays it with an intensity and attention to detail that few can match.”  Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, has called Karl “the greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any generation.  He knows history, understands the moods of the public, and is a visionary on matters of public policy.”

Before Karl became known as “The Architect” of President Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, he was president of Karl Rove & Company, an Austin-based public affairs firm that worked for Republican candidates, non-partisan causes, and non-profit 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.

As a Fox News contributor, Karl provides a “genuine feel of inside knowledge,” says David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun television critic.  Megan Garber, of the Columbia Journalism Review, says Karl has “focused his punditry on what he knows best:  strategy.”  Even the New York Times acclaims that “Rove’s substantive contributions may now inspire a little work ethic among the celebrity talking heads who may be forced to bring to the news a little more data and a little less opinion, a re-calibration that would be welcome to its devoted viewers.”

Karl writes a weekly op-ed for the Wall Street Journal and is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.”  He has written for various publications, including The Daily Beast, Financial Times, Forbes, FoxNews.com, HumanEvents.com, Newsweek, The Times, Washington Post, and The Weekly Standard.

A Colorado native, he attended the University of Utah, the University of Maryland – College Park, George Mason University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Karl has taught graduate students at UT Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and undergraduates in a joint appointment from the Journalism and Government departments at the university.  He was also a faculty member at the Salzburg Seminar.

He was previously a member of the Board of International Broadcasting, which oversaw the operations of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and served on the White House Fellows regional selection panel.  He was also a member of Boards of Regents at Texas Women’s University and East Texas State University.

Karl now serves on the University of Texas Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee, and on the Board of Trustees for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and the Texas History Museum Foundation.  He is a member of the McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors and the Texas Philosophical Society.  He was inducted into the Scandinavian American Hall of Fame in 2009 and the American Association of Political Consultants Hall of Fame in 2012.

Dallas conservative radio host, Mark Davis, will be the emcee of this wonderful event.

We will be saluting our Veterans and First Responders with a special ticket price.

Tickets are $50.00 each for the general public, and $35.00 each for Veterans & Active Duty Public Safety Officers.  Please go to the www.navgop.com website (preferred method) to purchase tickets in advance, so we know how many dinners to prepare.  To make payment by credit card, click on the “Donate” red shopping cart tab or the red “Reagan Day Dinner 2019” link on the righthand column of the www.navgop.com website.  Seating is limited, so make your reservations now.

Alternate method of payment is to make checks payable to RPNC (Republican Party of Navarro County).  Notate on the check the number of dinner guests and/or contributor level. then mail to:  RPNC, P.O. Box 1272, Corsicana, Texas 75151

All proceeds will benefit the Republican Party Of Navarro County operations and will stay in Navarro County.  For more information, reference the website www.navgop.com.