Faculty/Staff

Michael DuHaime
Adjunct Faculty

DuHaime joined Mercury Public Affairs as managing director after more than a decade of running political campaigns at all levels of American politics, including the highest-profile national campaigns. He is currently a top strategist for the campaign of Chris Christie for governor of New Jersey.  His most recent campaign experience includes serving as political director for Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Prior to that, he served as campaign manager for Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign, where he was the youngest campaign manager of a major presidential campaign in more than 30 years. He also previously served as political director for the RNC and as regional political director for President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign. 

Prior to working in national politics, DuHaime was the executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee and ran his own political consulting firm, winning more than 87 percent of the federal, state and local races in which he was involved.  Even early in his career, DuHaime was recognized for his ability and success when Campaigns & Elections Magazine named him a “Rising Star in American Politics” at the age of 24. 

A graduate of Rutgers University in 1995 with a BA in journalism and political science, DuHaime was a four-year skater on the Rutgers ice hockey team, where he served as a captain for championship teams his junior and senior seasons. As a visiting professor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, he co-teaches an undergraduate political campaigning course with Maggie Moran.