Arthur Finkelstein — the reclusive longtime Republican pollster and campaign strategist who helped elect two U.S. presidents, scores of other GOP candidates and international politicians — died Friday night, his family announced Saturday. …
Finkelstein worked on the campaigns of Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He became best known in New York politics as the guru behind former Sen. Al D’Amato and former Gov. George Pataki, though he worked for a number of other successful Senate candidates across the country, including former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). …
He is credited with turning the word “liberal” into a political pejorative. CONT.
Steven Shepard, Politico