William Francis Buckley O'Reilly (born August 10, 1963) is an American opinion columnist and

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from

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. He is a partner at The November Team LLC, a New York-based communications firm. O'Reilly is the publisher of the conservative newsblog the "Blackberry Alarm Clock". He also writes a twice-weekly opinion column for ''

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''.

Early life and career

O'Reilly was born in

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, the son of Maureen Buckley-O'Reilly and Gerald A. O'Reilly, a senior vice president at Richardson-Vicks. He is a grandson of Texas oilman

William F. Buckley William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator. In 1955, he founded ''National Review'', the magazine that stim ...

and a nephew of famed conservative author

William F. Buckley, Jr. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator. In 1955, he founded ''National Review'', the magazine that stim ...

, former

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James L. Buckley, author Fergus Reid Buckley, National Review Editor Priscilla Buckley and

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. O'Reilly is a great grandson of American writer and diplomat

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. He went to

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and worked for a time as a journalist in

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in the

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. He began his work in politics for State Senator

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and later worked as a press officer at the

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and

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Political consulting

O'Reilly has worked on or advised dozens of U.S. political and public affairs campaigns in his career and once served as President of the Metropolitan Republican Club, an iconic institution on New York City's

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founded by former President

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in 1902. O'Reilly has been a consistent conservativ
critic
of President Donald Trump. He was a co-founder of O'Reilly Strategic Communications LLC. He worked on the campaign of the last elected

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Republican, Assemblyman

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. In 2006, O'Reilly notably helped guide long-shot Gubernatorial candidate and ex

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Minority Leader,

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to the Republican nomination over establishment favorite,

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. He later sold the firm to his partner,

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political commentator Susan Del Percio in 2009. Joining the firm of Nicholas & Lence Communications, owned by George Lence and Cristyne Nicholas, communications consultants to both Mayors

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and

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, O'Reilly began consulting for both political and corporate clients.Schwartz, Andrew.
The Rumors of O'Reilly's Retirement Were Greatly Exaggerated
" ''

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''. April 13, 2009. As a partner and executive vice president, he headed up the firm's political unit, known as NLO Strategies. His clients have included

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, who won an upset victory in 2009, 2010

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candidate Harry Wilson, Congressman Bob Turner, also an upset winner in 2011, and 2012 New York State Senate Candidates

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and Bob Cohen. He is also the communications consultant for the

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. In 2014, he broke off from NLO to form the November Team LLC, which was advising Astorino's nascent gubernatorial campaign against incumbent

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. Coincidentally, the Cuomo Administration hired his former Republican partners Del Percio and Nicholas."

Personal life

O’Reilly is described as "widely regarded as someone even reporters like to deal with". ''

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'' magazine named him one of New York State's Top Influencers in 2010, calling him "a savvy PR specialist" and "widely respected among reporters as tough but fair".New York Influencers.
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.'' April, 2010. He is a former board member of the

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, a board member of the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, and regularly appears on radio and television as a political spokesman and analyst. O'Reilly is married, with three children.

References

https://observer.com/2011/09/the-other-oreilly-factor-the-man-behind-the-new-york-9-victory-that-put-the-scare-in-obama-2/

Bibliography

* John B. Judis (1990). ''

: Patron Saint of the Conservatives''. New York:

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External links

The Blackberry Alarm Clock

November Team.com
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