page_title: Donald Fowler
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: Donald Fowler / Later career
caption_attribution_description: DNC Winter Meet 0484 Don Fowler - Jamie Harrison
context_page_description: Donald L. Fowler is an American political scientist, professor and political operative who served as National Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997, alongside Christopher J. Dodd as General Chairman during this same period.
  Fowler is a political science professor and businessman from South Carolina who has spent most of his adult life in various Democratic Party roles, including state party executive director, state party chair, and CEO of the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.
context_section_description: Fowler remains active in Democratic politics as a member of the DNC. 
  Following the 2006 midterm elections, in response to James Carville's call to remove Howard Dean as chair, Fowler e-mailed his fellow DNC members, saying, "Some ill-advised voices have suggested that, because of his 50-state strategy, Governor Dean should be replaced as Chair of the DNC. This is nonsense. The 50-state strategy is exactly what the Democratic Party needed and continues to need.... Democrats won a great victory on November 7—control of the United States House of Representatives, control of the United States Senate, majority of Governors, and majority of state legislative bodies. Why should anyone want to mess with the team that won these remarkable results? Governor Dean deserves to continue as DNC Chair."
  Fowler and his communications agency have handled state and federal government relations projects for a diverse group of clients. He also has carried out marketing studies, advertising, public relations and marketing programs for national and international clients. 
  As of 2018, Fowler remains an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina, and in 2014 was recognized by the state legislature for his 50th year teaching at USC.
  Fowler's son, Donnie Fowler, ran unsuccessfully for DNC chair in 2005.
caption: Fowler at the 2017 Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting
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