Stuart K. Spencer, who as one of the nation’s first political consultants for hire took a so-called B-list actor named Ronald Reagan and helped him become governor of California and later ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern ...

Stuart Murphy was born in Phoenix on Feb. 20, 1927. His father, an alcoholic, abandoned him and his mother when he was a baby. She later married a dentist who gave Mr. Spencer his surname — he ...

Stuart Spencer and his partner, Bill Roberts, were pioneers in what was then the infancy of professionalized political consulting and were becoming known for sure-footed strategy and hardball tactics.

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a legendary political consultant and confidant to three presidents, died peacefully on January 12 at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 97.

Stuart Spencer, mastermind of Reagan’s winning campaigns, dies at 97. A Republican strategist, he was credited with transforming Reagan, a former B-movie actor, into one of the most successful ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan's winning campaigns for the California governor's office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor ...

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California governor’s office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor ...