Geoff Garin

Born 1953, Graduated Harvard class 1975. President of Hart Research and most one the most prominent Democratic pollsters in America. Recently was the chief strategist of the Hillary Clinton campaign for President, succeeding Mark Penn.

He has appeared on the news programs of every major network, and he has served as on-air analyst for CBS Radio's coverage of the national election returns for every election cycle since 1990.

Hart Research

"Geoffrey D. Garin is the president of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, one of the nation's leading survey research firms. He became president of Hart Research in 1984, after having worked in the firm since 1978 as a senior analyst and vice president. Mr. Garin has brought his skill, insight, and innovative approaches as a researcher and strategist to a wide variety of fields – including social and economic policy, consumer marketing, and politics.

Mr. Garin has conducted polling projects for a wide variety of foundations and non-profit organizations. The foundations for which he has undertaken landmark policy research on include the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Packard Foundation, the Gill Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Mr. Garin’s body of research on domestic social, legal, and economic policy issues includes projects for the University of California, the College Board, the Alliance for Justice, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Fannie Mae Foundation. He has conducted research on health care issues for the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of America. His work on international policy issues includes studies for CARE, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and the United Nations Foundation." http://www.hartresearch.com/about/bios/garin.html

2008 Election

Replaced Mark Penn as the chief strategist from Hillary Clinton's campaign. He was hired in March 2008 as a pollster. After Penn was caught with shady dealings involving trade with Columbia, Garin was appointed to try and salvage the campaign in April 2008. He has appeared many times on Meet the Press, in Time, the Washington Post, The New York Times, and many prominent publications.http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1728594,00.html

Clients

Political

Senators:

Robert Byrd (WV)

Bob Casey, Jr. (PA)

Kent Conrad (ND)

Byron Dorgan (ND)

Richard Durbin (IL)

Russ Feingold (WI)

Dianne Feinstein (CA)

Patrick Leahy (VT)

Bernie Sanders (VT)

Chuck Schumer (NY)

Governors:

Steve Beshear (KY)

Rod Blagojevich (IL)

Phil Bredesen (TN)

Mike Easley (NC)

Brad Henry (OK)

Martin O'Malley (MD)

Congresspeople:

Lois Capps (CA-23)

Jim Cooper (TN-5)

Bud Cramer (AL-5)

John Dingell (MI-16)

Brad Ellsworth (IN-8)

Baron Hill (IN-9)

Mazie Hirono (HI-2)

Rush Holt (NJ-12)

Mike Honda (CA-15)

Doris Matsui (CA-5)

David Obey (WI-7)

Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-8)

Earl Pomeroy (ND)

David Price (NC-4)

John Spratt (SC-5)

Chris Van Hollen (MD-8)

Non Profits:

ACLU

Amnesty International USA

Black Community Crusade for Children

Cease Fire

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Center to Prevent Handgun Violence

Chicago Community Trust

Chicago Foundation for Women

Children's Defense Fund

Committee for the Study of the American Electorate

Council for Excellence in Government

Cousteau Society

Death Penalty Information Center

Defenders of Wildlife

Drug Strategies

Earth Force

Environmental Strategies

Family Violence Prevention Fund

Gates Foundation

Gill Foundation

Greenpeace

Habitat for Humanity

Handgun Control, Inc.

Horatio Alger Association

Human Rights Campaign

Humane Society of the United States

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

KIDSPAC

League of Conservation Voters

Library of Congress

Mississippi Action for Community Education

Metropolitan Museum of Art

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

National SAFE KIDS Campaign

National Science Foundation

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Wildlife Federation

Natural Resources Defense Council

Newseum

Nutrition Screening Initiative

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

People For the American Way

Pre-K Now

Public Allies

Rock the Vote

Rural Voice

Sierra Club

Smithsonian Institution

Survivors' Fund

UNICEF

Union of Concerned Scientists

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Wilderness Society

Women's Legal Defense Fund

World Wildlife Fund

Zero To Three

Media:

American Baby Magazine

Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association

Child Magazine

Comedy Central

Entertainment Software Association

Entertainment Software Ratings Board

Maxim Magazine

Men's Journal

MTV

National Cable Television Association

National Public Radio

NBC News

PBS

Recording Industry Association of America

Rolling Stone

TV Guide

US Magazine

The Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post

Corporations:

American Airlines

AT&T

BlueCrossBlueShield

Boeing

BP Exploration

Coca-Cola

Commonwealth Edison

DaimlerChrysler

Fannie Mae

FedEx

General Motors

GlaxoSmithKline

Harrah’s

IBM

Merck

Microsoft

Motorola

PaineWebber

Procter & Gamble

Shell Oil

Family Life

He is married to Deborah Berkowitz, an expert in occupational safety and health, and is the father of two sons, Andy and Danny.