Longtime Georgia political operative Rob Simms left the RNCC after two terms (the first as Political Director, the most recent as Executive Director) to set up a political consulting practice with Mike Shields. Mike Shields and Rob Simms, two of D.C.’s top GOP operatives, started Convergence Media, a “political strategy, public affairs, creative, online, television digital agency.” Shields most recently ran American Action Network and the Congressional Leadership Fund, organizations that support House Republicans. Before that, Shields was chief of staff of the Republican National Committee under Reince Priebus former White House chief of staff. Simms spent our years in top positions at the NRCC — he was the executive director this cycle, and the political director the cycle before. Shields and Simms were fraternity brothers at George Mason and first talked about starting their own firm in 1994. Simms has spent plenty of time in the Peach State working as a political operative. One of his past clients is Karen Handel.
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