Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California governor’s office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor ...

Spencer helped invent the modern political consulting business with its emphasis on TV-centric campaigning. In a Republican Party that turned sharply rightward and more combative, Spencer was a ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Ronald Reagan was thinking of trying his hand at politics: a long-shot bid for California governor against a sitting Democrat. Stuart Spencer and his partner, Bill Roberts, were pioneers in what ...

Those guideposts helped elect actor Ronald Reagan California governor and, later, president, and also aided New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, President Ford, Gov. Pete Wilson and hundreds of ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern political ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor.