Larry Ceisler is a prominent political operative in Pennsylvania, where he is the principal of Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy. A native of

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, he is a graduate of

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and

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. He worked as a news producer for

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and was transferred to

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in 1983. In 1986, he left the news business to work as a Deputy Campaign Manager for

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. He then joined the Wilson administration as Special Assistant for Governmental Relations and Special Counsel for the Commerce Department. He worked as a political analyst for

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from 1999 through 2005. He is also a regular political commentator on

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, and the ''

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'' on

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. He testified in federal court as an

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in politics and testified against the GOP-created Pennsylvania redistricting plan. In 2010, ''Politics Magazine'' named him one of the most influential Democrats in Pennsylvania. In 2003, Larry Ceisler and Jeff Jubelirer formed the media advocacy firm Ceisler Jubelirer, LLC. Then in 2010 the name changed to Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy when Jubelirer went on to pursue other avenues. In 2015, it was announced that Ceisler Media and Issue Advocacy received a contract from the State of Israel. The agreement was a $90,000 test project to help Israel's image in the United States.

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