Meeting with Ford O'Connell

FORD O’CONNELL is a television and radio personality, lawyer, and

Republican strategist from Southwest Florida.

He is a media analyst and frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business

and other broadcast media. Ford’s political analysis and commentary

have appeared in a variety of publications including The Wall Street

Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York

Post, The Hill, POLITICO, The Washington Times, and ESPN.com. He

also teaches at The George Washington University Graduate School of

Political Management.

A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law (Juris Doctor),

Mr. O’Connell graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in

Political Science and Religion. Ford also obtained a MPP from Duke

University, and a M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University.

Ford O’Connell, a former Heritage Foundation intern, has been actively

supporting conservative candidates and campaigns since 2007, when he

first worked with the Haley Barbour 2007 gubernatorial campaign. In

2008, he served as a key Republican strategist for the McCain-Palin

ticket. In 2010, he was a recipient of Campaign & Elections magazine’s

“Rising Star” award. Most recently, Ford served as a Trump White

House surrogate and as a surrogate for the 2020 Donald Trump re-

election campaign.

Ford O’Connell’s devotion to the conservative causes of limited

government, free enterprise, and personal responsibility were instilled in

him by his grandfather, Henry Salvatori, an advisor to three U.S.

Presidents: Nixon, Reagan and Bush 41.

Every Thursday evening, Ford can be heard on Southwest Florida 92.5

FM Fox News.The Drive with Trey Radel discussing the latest

political news.