Joe gaylord newt gingrich biography

American political consultant

Joseph Gaylord is a political consultant formerly closely linked to former U.S.

Representative and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. He was executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee in the mids and worked for GOPAC, a political action committee which was "Gingrich's main vehicle for the long campaign that in resulted in the Republican takeover of the House after years of Democratic domination."^[1] Gaylord was one of the people behind the Contract With America that won the Republican Party control of the United States Congress in the midterm elections.

In the mids, Gingrich became the focus of ethics charges for his close association with GOPAC and other organizations; his use of Gaylord as a "top political lieutenant" despite the fact that Gaylord was, at the time, employed by GOPAC, was one of the things that got Gingrich in trouble, since House members and senators are prohibited from us