Wally was an innovative political consultant whose career spanned more than 5 decades. Wally helped pioneer grass-roots communication methods, voter data collection techniques, and campaign tactics to create strategies for winning elections.

Wally started his career working for Matt Reese, widely considered to be the dean of modern political consulting. Wally worked on more than 600 political campaigns in the United States and abroad, including for Presidents Barak Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter; Sens. Joseph Biden, Frank Church, and Mary Landrieu; and Governors Martha Layne Collins, Ann Richards, and Rafael Hernández Colón. Coming from humble beginnings and lacking a traditional education, he believed passionately in the potential of electoral democracy to improve lives.

Wally Clinton, 87, died on March 4, 2024 in Holmes Beach, FL.