Lyn Nofziger is a nationally known political consultant and former Washington correspondent for the Copley Newspapers. He now works out of Los Angeles. His clients include the California Republican Party, the California Assembly Republican Caucus and the California State Economic Development Commission. He also consults to the Reagan for President campaign.Nofziger spent 16 years as a newspaperman before becoming Press Secretary for Ronald Reagan’s 1966 gubernatorial campaign. After Reagan’s election he became Communications Director for the Governor.Nofziger served as a Deputy Assistant for Congressional Relations to President Nixon in 1969-’70 and then was appointed Deputy Chairman for Communications for the Republican National Committee. While at the RNC he developed and edited two highly acclaimed political journals, Monday and First Monday.Nofziger directed the California campaign to re-elect the President in 1972. In 1975 and again in 1979 he helped structure Reagan’s presidential campaigns. After Reagan’s loss in 1976, he served as a political consultant and speech writer for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Bob Dole and also handled special projects for the Ford/Dole campaign.Between 1977 and 1979 he organized and directed Citizens for the Republic, Reagan’s political action committee. He resigned from the Reagan presidential campaign last August to return to political consulting.