Gary Abernathy Biography
Gary Abernathy is a political pundit in the United States who writes a nationally syndicated column for The Washington Post and appears frequently on PBS NewsHour. Former state Republican Party official and newspaper editor.
Gary Abernathy Age
Gary was born in 1956 in the United States of America. He is 67 years old as of 2023.
Gary Abernathy Family- Education
Abernathy grew up on a farm in Highland County, Ohio’s Hamer Township (between Fairview and Danville). In 1974, he graduated from Lynchburg-Clay High School.
Gary Abernathy Wife
Abernathy is married to his wife, Lora, the two lives in Loveland, Ohio. They have four kids.
Gary Abernathy Career
Abernathy got his start in journalism as a reporter for the Hillsboro Press Gazette (now The Times-Gazette). In 1983, he was named city editor, and in 1985, he was named editor. He left the Press Gazette in 1991 to become city editor of The Marion Star. He moved to the Portsmouth Daily Times in 1993, where he was managing editor until 1996. Abernathy was appointed communications director of the Ohio Republican Party in January 1998. Abernathy was named executive director of the West Virginia Republican Party in October 2001. He was fired in 2004 after accusing the party’s chairman, Kris Warner, of spending too much money on his brother Monty’s gubernatorial campaign. In 2008, he returned as executive director. Abernathy Strategies, his Dayton-based consulting firm.
He also advised John McCain, West Virginia State Senator Russ Weeks, and Senate contender John Raese. He has also worked for United States Senators George Voinovich and Rob Portman, as well as an Ohio representative. Abernathy was appointed publisher of the Times-Gazette and Highland County Shopper in 2011. He took over as publisher and editor of the papers in 2015. In the 2016 presidential election, he led the Times-Gazette in granting Donald Trump an unusual newspaper endorsement, which was ordinary among the paper’s Highland County readers but drew international notice. Abernathy joined The Washington Post as a contributing columnist in 2017 to help diversify its editorial pages with a conservative viewpoint from beyond the Beltway.
He began producing two to three columns per month, which are sent to hundreds of newspapers across the United States by the Washington Post Writers Group. He also began appearing as a political analyst on the PBS NewsHour, filling in for David Brooks. Abernathy was appointed to the Board of County Commissioners by the Highland County Republican Central Committee on July 2, 2018. Abernathy resigned as Times-Gazette publisher and editor to serve as a commissioner. Later that year, he was re-elected in a general election. On October 2, 2020, he resigned in order to relocate to the Cincinnati region.
Gary Abernathy Net Worth
Gary has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.