During the 2010 cycle, Jim Anderson served as the Executive Director of the Republican Party of Iowa. During this time at the Republican Party of Iowa, Jim helped organize the political operation that elected a Republican Governor, took back the majority in the State House and worked to cut the voter registration gap in half across the state. Jim also directed one of the most robust fundraising operations the state party had seen to date.
Prior to his time as the Executive Director, Jim served as the Deputy Political Director of the Republican National Committee. In this role, Jim managed a national political field team and oversaw the day-to-day management of the Political Department.
During the 2008 cycle, Jim served as the Iowa state Victory Director for the Republican National Committee. While there, he helped build the most robust field operation the state had seen and exceeded all voter contact records set in previous cycles.
Before the 2008 cycle, Jim was a Presidential appointee under George W. Bush at the United States Department of the Treasury where he worked directly with the Secretary on Public Affairs issues and the United States Department of Commerce where he focused on International Trade in the United States Commercial Service office. Jim has also worked on Gubernatiorial campaigns in Oregon and Mississippi, the 2004 Presidential re-elect in Oregon and is a veteran of National Conventions having served as Committee on Arrangements staff at the 2000 Philadelphia Republican National Convention and the 2004 New York Convention.
Jim is a native of Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelors in Public Administration from James Madison University. He currently resides in Washington, DC.
