John
Diez has worked with political
data for the past 17 years. He
started in the 1990’s working
with redistricting demographic
and political data and most recently
led a 2.5 million dollar organization
responsible for picking-up 8
seats for Republicans in the
Louisiana House of Representatives. In
between, John has been employed
by the Republican National Committee
and a national polling firm. In
every capacity, data has been
an integral part of his career.
In
2006, John served as Executive
Director of a newly created political
action committee, The Louisiana
Committee for a Republican Majority
(LCRM). LCRM was a data
driven organization with the
primary goal of winning seats
in the State House. While
Executive Director, John personally
fielded over 75 surveys on behalf
of LCRM endorsed candidates. Using
polling data to drive all decisions
and allocate money was key to
LCRM’s success. Under
John’s direction, Republicans
picked-up 8 seats, which has
never been done before.
Prior
to LCRM, John worked for a national
public opinion polling firm in
Virginia where he handled all
aspects of the survey research
process, from questionnaire design
to final analysis.
In
2001 John was an integral part
of the Redistricting Department
for the Republican National Committee. He
assisted in the development and
maintenance of the RNC’s
Geographical Information System,
which integrated census and political
data into a mapping application
used to facilitate redistricting. He
also supplied the RNC’s
expert witnesses with statistical
analysis.
Upon
the completion of redistricting,
he transferred to the Strategy
Department where he became a
Senior Data Analyst. In
this capacity, he provided various
campaigns with data products,
such as targeting models, vote
goals and precinct and jurisdictional
maps.
From
1995 to 2000 he was the Director
of the Political Division of
Southwest Computer Bureau. While
working for the Political Division,
he provided political data to
candidates and campaigns, designed
a voter information package,
analyzed voting patterns, conducted
public opinion polls, developed
direct mail targets and “Get
Out The Vote”plans and
provided redistricting and G.I.S.
services to various local governments.
John
is currently living in Baton
Rouge Louisiana with his wife
and 2 children.
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