Sherry Sylvester is a political worker and journalist. She was the communications director for Doug Forrester's 2005 campaign for Governor of New Jersey.[1]

She served briefly as the communications director for the Republican Party of Texas[2] after heading Texas Media Watch, a project of the Lone Star Foundation, that reported on bias in the Texas press.[3]

She graduated from Oklahoma State University. In 2005, Sylvester was named Alumna of the Year by the Graduate School of Political Management, now at George Washington University.[4]

Sylvester is the Senior Advisor to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.[5] Sylvester formerly was a San Antonio-based political consultant, whose clients include Texans for Lawsuit Reform .[6]

As a journalist, Sylvester won awards in both New Jersey and Texas. She was the political writer at the San Antonio Express-News, stepping down in early 2003.[7] Sylvester was the Chief Political Writer for the Trentonian in Trenton, New Jersey for almost a decade. Her political commentary appeared there and in several Gannett-owned state newspapers.[8]

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  1. ^ Benson, Josh (2005-10-23). "Who's Really Running The Race?". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  2. ^ "New York Times: G.O.P. to Make Ethics Inquiries Harder to Begin". New York Times Company. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  3. ^ "New York Times: G.O.P. to Make Ethics Inquiries Harder to Begin" (PDF). Veritas. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  4. ^ "Colonial Cable". The George Washington University. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  5. ^ "Sherry Sylvester - Texas State Directory Online". www.txdirectory.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  6. ^ "TLR Rresponds". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  7. ^ "Political pundits are quoted again and again by the press" (PDF). San Antonio Express News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  8. ^ "WORTH NOTING; It's No Surprise To This Reporter". New York Times. 2006-02-19. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
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