Arthur J. Finkelstein (born 1945) is a New York-based Republican Party (GOP) consultant who has worked for conservative candidates in the United States, Canada, Israel and Eastern Europe over the past four decades. With his brother he runs a political consulting and lobbying firm based in Irvington, New York. Finkelstein's specialties are polling, strategy, message, media, ad placement, and advising on general campaign management.
Finkelstein grew up in a lower-middle-class Jewish family, living in Brooklyn until age 11, then in Levittown, New York, and later Queens. He and his two brothers attended local public schools. Their father worked as a cabdriver and did various jobs in the garment trade. While a student at Columbia University, Finkelstein interviewed and helped produce radio programs for author/philosopher Ayn Rand, and was a volunteer at the New York headquarters of the Draft Goldwater Committee in 1963–64 (the famous "Suite 3505"). He eventually earned a Bachelor's degree from Queens College and pursued (but never finished) a Master's degree.
Read more about Arthur J. Finkelstein: Early Career, 1968–76, NCPAC and A Senate Majority, 1976–80, The 1980s, Focus On New York, 1989–94, Four Fateful Years, 1995–98, Recent Clients and Campaigns, 1999–present, Campaign Style and Reviews, Other Business and Associates, Freedom Tower Inscription, Personal Life, Quotes
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