Matt Mackowiak
American political consultant
Matt Mackowiak (Mack-o-VEE-yack) is a longtime Austin political consultant and GOP operative. He is the chair of the Travis County Republican Party and co-founder of Save Austin Now, a political action committee involved in ballot initiatives on policing and homeless encampments. Mackowiack was part of a 2024 election lawsuit and ran for a position on the Travis County Appraisal Review Board.
Mackowiak has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, BBC News, CBC-TV and regularly provides political analysis on Austin's Fox 7 station. His byline on op-eds has appeared in the Austin American-Statesman and on web sites such as The Huffington Post.
Early life and education
At age 4 Mackowiak moved from Ohio for his father's job with Motorola. He want to Canyon Vista Middle School and Westwood High School in northwest Austin. Attending University of Texas he found a community joining the Texas Cowboys student organization.
Washington era
During the 2003 legislative session, an internship for a lobbyist led to an interview for a job in Washington D.C., where Mackowiak moved upon graduating from UT.
In D.C., he was an assistant at the Department of Homeland Security under the George W. Bush administration. In 2007, he got his first significant position as the press secretary for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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