Press coverage · 30 items
In the News
Press coverage quoting Chuck Warren, excerpted with links to the original articles.
Deseret News ·
Utah’s Senate race gets dirty
A 2024 Deseret News report by Brigham Tomco on escalating spending and pre-convention attack ads in the race to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, quoting Chuck Warren on the unusual targeting of Utah delegates and the fading power of negative super-PAC advertising.
Deseret News ·
Could a Trump endorsement decide the Utah Senate race?
A 2024 Deseret News report by Brigham Tomco weighing how a Donald Trump endorsement could shape the Republican primary for Utah’s open Senate seat, quoting Chuck Warren’s estimate that Trump’s backing is worth 28–35% in a Utah primary and roughly 50% at convention.
The Daily Beast ·
Here’s Why There Won’t Be Any More Mitt Romneys
A 2023 Daily Beast column by Matt Lewis on Mitt Romney’s retirement, arguing Romney built no political machine to carry on his brand of conservatism and quoting Chuck Warren — a GOP consultant on several Utah campaigns including Orrin Hatch’s last — that Romney had nobody in his circle pushing him to invest in one.
The Hill ·
GOP fears Kari Lake bid could cost them Arizona Senate race
A 2023 report in The Hill by Caroline Vakil on Republican anxieties about Kari Lake entering Arizona’s Senate race, quoting Chuck Warren that Lake would command a significant primary base and that only a self-funder spending 5–20 million could plausibly challenge her.
CBS News ·
Pence calls for accelerated U.S. support to Ukraine as potential 2024 GOP contenders divide on America’s role in war
A 2023 CBS News report by Musadiq Bidar on the 2024 Republican field’s split over Ukraine aid, quoting Chuck Warren that foreign policy would matter in the primaries ‘more than people think’ and that the winning message pairs supporting Ukraine with securing the border.
The Hill ·
What Arizona’s primaries will tell us about the GOP
A 2022 report in The Hill by Julia Manchester previewing Arizona’s primaries as a test of the GOP divide, quoting Chuck Warren that the Republican contenders ‘would all be what you call America First candidates’ and that the party now brands people RINOs over five-percent disagreements.
The Hill ·
Arizona puts Trump’s political influence to the test
A 2022 report in The Hill by Julia Manchester on Arizona’s primaries as a test of Donald Trump’s endorsement power, quoting Chuck Warren that Arizona is ‘a right-of-center state that really looks at the candidate.’
The Daily Beast ·
GOP Candidates Can't Stop Trump, but They Can Beat Trumpism
A 2022 Daily Beast column by Matt Lewis on whether Doug Ducey’s late anti-Kari Lake push could replicate the Kemp and Tillis playbook against Trump-backed candidates, quoting Chuck Warren — who consults on Arizona campaigns and donated the maximum to both Lake and Robson — that Ducey ‘got on this much later’ than they did.
Reuters ·
A polarized U.S. celebrates Independence Day
A 2022 Reuters report by Daniel Trotta on Americans marking Independence Day amid deep polarization, quoting Chuck Warren dismissing claims that extremists threaten democracy — ‘stop blaming it on these boogie men’ — alongside Laurence Tribe and Charles Fried on Supreme Court reform.
Reuters ·
Analysis-Beyond Trump, Trumpism is the winner in midterm primaries
A 2022 Reuters analysis by Alexandra Ulmer, syndicated on Yahoo News, on Trump-style populism winning Republican primaries beyond Trump’s own endorsements, quoting Chuck Warren that the biggest change is that Republicans ‘don’t even try playing nice anymore.’
Newsmax ·
Poll: Sen. Mike Lee Takes Commanding Lead Over GOP Primary Opponents
A 2021 Newsmax item by Jeffrey Rodack on a Utah poll showing Sen. Mike Lee far ahead of his GOP primary challengers, quoting Chuck Warren — via The Hill — that Lee’s opponents ‘may have more of a hike up King’s Peak than a walk in Zion Park.’
Deseret News ·
Healing America’s political divide starts with civics
A 2021 Deseret News op-ed by Jonathan Johnson III on rebuilding civics education to heal political division, crediting Chuck Warren among those who helped pass Utah’s 2015 American Civics Education Initiative.
Washington Monthly ·
Making It Easier to Vote Is Good for Republicans, Too
A 2021 Washington Monthly essay by Bill Scher arguing that easier voting is not the Democratic windfall both parties assume, quoting Chuck Warren — whose firm ran a five-million-door voter-contact operation in 2020 — that Republicans have ‘talked themselves into believing’ unregistered Americans vote Democratic.
Washington Examiner ·
Trump as law-and-order candidate works in suburbs, say GOP strategists
A 2020 Washington Examiner report by Katherine Doyle on the Trump campaign’s law-and-order messaging, quoting Chuck Warren that roughly 60% of people are visual learners for whom footage of looted businesses outweighs cable-news framing.
Politico Magazine ·
‘Pocahontas’ Could Still Be Elizabeth Warren’s Biggest Vulnerability
A 2019 Politico Magazine analysis by Bill Scher on whether Elizabeth Warren’s Native American ancestry claims still threaten her candidacy, quoting Chuck Warren — ‘of no relation to the candidate’ — that the episode hands Trump an immediate dishonesty counterattack.
Route Fifty ·
Voters in One City to Decide On an Unusual Pension Funding Proposal
A 2019 Route Fifty report by Bill Lucia on Phoenix’s Proposition 106 pension-funding ballot measure, quoting Chuck Warren — who developed the idea with councilman Sal DiCiccio and contributed to the campaign — that tackling pension debt now is essential even though passage is ‘a long-shot.’
Deseret News ·
As Hayward heads to Boston, Tanner Ainge’s campaign suffers on social media
A 2017 Deseret News piece by Herb Scribner on how Gordon Hayward’s move to Boston rippled into Utah politics, quoting Chuck Warren that the Celtics signing could plausibly hurt Tanner Ainge — son of the Celtics executive — in the special election for Jason Chaffetz’s seat.
The Wall Street Journal ·
GOP Scrambles to Recruit Senate Candidates
A 2017 Wall Street Journal report by Natalie Andrews on Republican recruiting struggles for the 2018 Senate map, quoting Chuck Warren on why prospects were asking whether it was worth sacrificing money and family time ‘to go back to a food fight.’
Newsweek ·
WILL GORDON HAYWARD’S BOSTON CELTICS SIGNING AFFECT UTAH SPECIAL ELECTION?
A 2017 Newsweek piece by Aidan Quigley on whether Gordon Hayward’s Celtics signing could sway the special election for Jason Chaffetz’s seat, quoting Chuck Warren that in ‘an age of crazy politics’ a candidate’s father luring away the Jazz star might genuinely move voters.
Roll Call ·
Chaffetz Resignation Sparks Conflict, Compressed Campaigns in Utah
A 2017 Roll Call report by Bridget Bowman on the scramble after Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s resignation announcement, quoting Chuck Warren that gridlock and the political climate had would-be candidates passing on a rare open, safely Republican seat.
Roll Call ·
Will He or Won’t He? Hatch Keeps Utah in Suspense
A 2017 Roll Call report by Bridget Bowman on Sen. Orrin Hatch keeping Utah waiting on a re-election decision, quoting Chuck Warren — who worked voter contact on Hatch’s 2012 campaign — that outside groups had ‘bigger problems’ than coming after Hatch this cycle.
The Daily Beast ·
Why Conservatives Fell for Milo Yiannopoulos
A 2017 Daily Beast column by Matt Lewis on how the conservative movement embraced Milo Yiannopoulos, excerpted on Chuck Warren’s blog from its Phyllis Schlafly opening — the icon ignored at CPAC by the young crowd stampeding past her.
PJ Media ·
Facebook: Business Ad for GOP Candidates ‘May Shock, Offend or Upset’
A 2016 PJ Media item by Liz Sheld on Facebook slapping a ‘may shock, offend or upset’ graphic-content warning on Chuck Warren’s plain business ad for campaign services — from a consultant whose clients included Mike Lee, Carly for America, Jason Chaffetz, and Ted Cruz’s super PAC.
The Salt Lake Tribune ·
Mike Pence to try to beef up anemic fundraising in Utah swing
A 2016 Salt Lake Tribune report by Robert Gehrke on Mike Pence’s Utah swing to shore up anemic Trump-ticket fundraising, with major donors like Romney bundler Scott Keller still on the sidelines.
The Salt Lake Tribune ·
Chaffetz offers plenty of fight, frugality
A 2016 Salt Lake Tribune profile by Lee Davidson of Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s fight-and-frugality persona — the Oversight chairman who sleeps on an office cot — as he sought a fifth term against a June primary challenge.
The Press of Atlantic City ·
New .vote domain name meant to cut confusion
A 2015 Press of Atlantic City report by Christian Hetrick on the launch of the .VOTE domain as an answer to candidate-website confusion and cybersquatting.
The Washington Post ·
From TedCruz.ca to TaylorSwift.porn: How the golden age of domain-trolling was born
A 2015 Washington Post piece by Caitlin Dewey on the golden age of domain-trolling — from TedCruz.ca to TaylorSwift.porn — as controversial new top-level domains opened a merciless front in online politics.
The Telegraph ·
How Hollywood helped Obama win – with money, Glee and an empty chair
A 2012 Telegraph blog post by Tim Stanley on Hollywood’s role in Barack Obama’s re-election, quoting Republican strategist Chuck Warren on why the GOP lost.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ·
Republicans search for way back to White House
A 2012 Atlanta Journal-Constitution piece on the GOP’s post-election soul-searching after Mitt Romney’s loss, quoting Chuck Warren’s widely tweeted line that Republicans had become ‘a Mad Men party in a Modern Family world.’
BuzzFeed News ·
Huntsman Allies: He Wasn’t Harry Reid’s Source
A 2012 BuzzFeed News piece by McKay Coppins on speculation that Jon Huntsman Sr. was Harry Reid’s source on Mitt Romney’s taxes, quoting Chuck Warren — then of the firm Silver Bullet — dismissing the theory as fit for people who think ‘Big Foot is making crop circles with his space ship.’