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Jim Ross
Principal

Jim Ross is a nationally recognized expert in communications, political strategy and public affairs with more than twenty years of campaign management, communications and public affairs experience. He has managed mayoral, gubernatorial and legislative races, consulted on U.S. Senate campaigns and worked on presidential races. Before starting his own firm, Jim was Director of Public Affairs at Solem & Associates, one of California’s oldest public relations and public affairs agencies.

Jim served as a special assistant to former San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan overseeing a diverse range of policy areas including Recreation and Parks, the Fine Arts Museums, the Department of Parking and Traffic, and the Municipal Railway.

Jim is a graduate of St. Mary’s College of California holding a degree in Government with minors in Economics and History.

“[Kulongoski] may have concluded that turnout will be the key to winning the November election, and he wants on board one of his party’s top experts in making it happen – and Ross is, and has.”- Ridenbaugh Press