Ray Sullivan

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Personal Information

Sullivan, 46, has 22 years of government and public relations experience. Since leaving state government in late 2002, he has operated Sullivan Public Affairs, an Austin-based public and government relations firm.

Between 1998 and 2002, Sullivan worked in various roles the Perry operation, including as the governor’s deputy chief of staff, lieutenant governor’s communications director, and communications director for the 1998 and 2002 campaigns. During the 2000 presidential campaign, Sullivan served as a national spokesman for George W. Bush for President in Austin, which included stints in Tallahassee and Broward County during the Florida recount. He also worked in the communications office of Bush-Quayle’92.

From 1995 to 1998, Sullivan served as deputy communications director for then Gov. George W. Bush as a member of Bush’s senior staff. He also worked as a political consultant at Karl Rove + Company, and served on the Washington, D.C. staffs of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Congressman Sam Johnson (R-Plano).