Chris Lilik Explained

Chris Lilik
Birth Place:Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Known For:GrassrootsPA, Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania or YCOP

Chris Lilik is a political activist from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Of Polish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Ukrainian descent,[1] he attended Villanova University and law school at Duquesne University.[2]

He interned for J.C. Watts.[2] He is editor of the Pennsylvania political news website GrassrootsPA.com and is state chairman of the Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania.[3]

In 2004, BusinessWeek called him a "one-man political action committee."[4] He was a grassroots organizer for Pat Toomey's 2004 primary race against Arlen Specter.[2] In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in Pennsylvania, describing his website as "Pennsylvania's Drudge Report."[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lilik . Chris . GrassrootsPA>> About . grassrootspa.com . November 2, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025175606/http://grassrootspa.com/?page_id=2 . October 25, 2008 . dead .
  2. News: Lord . Jeffrey . Jeff Lord . Chris Lilik Is Being Heard . American Spectator . October 23, 2006 . November 2, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071723/http://spectator.org/archives/2006/10/23/chris-lilik-is-being-heard . July 16, 2011 . dead .
  3. News: Battlegrounders: Chris Lilik . National Review Online . . 2004 . November 2, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724122948/http://www.nationalreview.com/battleground/2004/chris_lilik.asp . July 24, 2008 . dead .
  4. News: Click The Vote. Business Week. March 29, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040324020249/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_13/b3876125.htm. dead. March 24, 2004.
  5. News: Roarty . Alex . Sean Coit . Pennsylvania Influencers . Politics Magazine . 44–49 . January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229023006/http://politicsmagazine.com/uploads/Image/Politics_PA_influencers_web.pdf . December 29, 2009 . dead .