Robert Abernathy

A former White House communications staffer under Nixon and Reagan. Abernathy ran a conservative protest candidacy in 1992, after the president broke his “read my lips” promise on taxation. Arnold Wolf assisted Abernathy with the campaign, stumping for him in New Hampshire and serving as a national campaign co-chair. Additionally, he launched an unsuccessful lawsuit against the National Republican Committee over the cancellation of the South Dakota primary. Following Abernathy’s loss, Wolf publicly endorsed Governor Clifford, a southern Democrat, in the general election.