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Patrick Sammon
Patrick Sammon
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Patrick Sammon is President of Log Cabin Republicans and the Liberty Education Forum. He has been leading the organizations since September 1, 2006. Sammon provides one of the leading conservative voices defending gays and lesbians in the Republican Party. He has appeared on national television news programs including CNN's "Larry King Live," "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," "Hardball with Chris Matthews", ABC's "Good Morning America," and "ABC World News." He has also been featured in national print media including Time, USA Today, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, and the Washington Post.
Sammon joined the Liberty Education Forum in January 2004. LEF is a non-partisan educational foundation that's associated with Log Cabin. As Executive Vice President at Liberty Education Forum, Sammon developed and implemented many programs and initiatives, including LEF's Reaching the Heartland Program. This program is gaining new allies for equality among conservatives and people of faith, especially in red states. In 2004, he directed LEF's research and education efforts on the anti-family Federal Marriage Amendment.
Sammon possesses a wide variety of political and media experience. He was an award winning television news reporter for six years. From 1999 to 2002, he was a television news reporter at WJHL Newschannel 11, the CBS affiliate in the Tri-Cities (Johnston City and Kingsport, TN & Bristol, TN/VA).. He served as a General Assignment News Reporter, with a special focus on political reporting. In 2002, the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association gave him an award for Best News Writing in the state. Sammon also spent three years as a television news reporter at WWNY-TV, the CBS affiliate in Watertown, New York. He received awards from the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association for best feature reporting and the Syracuse Press Club for best investigative reporting.
Sammon moved to Washington, DC in January 2003. Before joining Log Cabin and LEF, he worked as a freelance Associate Producer at Manifold Productions, a documentary production company in Chevy Chase, MD.
Sammon, a 33 year-old Seattle native, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University in 1997, with a double major in marketing and broadcast journalism.
You can email Patrick at psammon@logcabin.org
