{{short description|American political strategist}} '''Susan Del Percio''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɛ|l|'|p|ər|s|i|oʊ}} {{respell|del|PUR|see|oh}};<ref>Del Percio says her own name in the December 23, 2019 episode of ''Morning Joe'', during an interview with Ramesh Ponnuru, at 1:14 into the program.</ref> born 19 November 1969) is an American political strategist, media analyst, and Republican political analyst.<ref name="LovettAdministration">{{cite news|last1=Lovett|first1=Ken|title=DailyPolitics-635x102 GOPer Susan Del Percio departing Cuomo administration|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/goper-susan-del-percio-departing-cuomo-administration-blog-entry-1.2074056|accessdate=2 June 2017|work=New York Daily News|date=12 January 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Del Percio has served as a media spokeswoman on both political and corporate campaigns and regularly appears on television as a political analyst.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/trump-garners-reaction-after-church-visit-757934659692|title=Trump garners reaction after church visit|author=|website=MSNBC |date=|publisher=}}</ref> In 2008, she began running O’Reilly Strategic Communications, which she co-founded nine years earlier with political strategist William F. B. O'Reilly, who left to join another firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2008/04/oreilly-leaves-his-own-firm-joins-former-giuliani-aides/|title=O'Reilly Leaves His Own Firm, Joins Former Giuliani Aides|author=|website=The New York Observer |date=14 April 2008|publisher=}}</ref> She later founded the firm Susan Del Percio Strategies.
She was campaign spokeswoman for the 2006 gubernatorial campaign of GOP candidate John Faso and for the New York State Senate Republican Committee.<ref name="LovettAdministration"/><ref name="HabermanTies">{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|title=Faso Form's 'Raunch' Ties|publisher=New York Post|date=14 April 2006|id={{ProQuest|334346107}}}}</ref>
Del Percio was named special advisor to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014,<ref name="KaplanCuomo">{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Thomas|title=Cuomo Hires G.O.P. Adviser as Aides Shift to Re-election Campaign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/nyregion/cuomo-hires-gop-adviser-as-aides-shift-to-re-election-campaign.html?mcubz=2&_r=0|accessdate=2 June 2017|work=New York Times|date=11 March 2014}}</ref> returning to political consulting in 2015,<ref name="LovettAdministration"/><ref name="CampanileSpecialAdvisor">{{cite news|last1=Campanile|first1=Carl|title=Cuomo hires Republican as 'special advisor'|url=https://nypost.com/2014/03/11/cuomo-hires-republican-as-special-advisor/|accessdate=2 June 2017|publisher=New York Post|date=11 March 2014}}</ref> and was in former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's administration as deputy commissioner for finance and administration.
==Education and private life== Del Percio has a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in political communication from Emerson College.<ref name="CoumoAppoints">{{cite news |date=11 March 2014 |title=Governor Cuomo Appoints Susan Del Percio to Serve as Special Advisor |publisher=State of New York |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-appoints-susan-del-percio-serve-special-advisor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125033357/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-appoints-susan-del-percio-serve-special-advisor |accessdate=2 June 2017|archive-date=2020-11-25 }}</ref> She lives in New York City.
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