Harold Cook

Who is Harold Cook?

Harold Cook is a Texas public relations strategist and political advisor who has long been active in press operations, public policy formation and strategy, elections and politics.

Cook, a native of Houston, is best known for organizing the six-week-long quorum break of Democratic Texas State Senators, the "Texas Eleven", in Albuquerque, New Mexico and serving as the Senators' spokesperson. The 2003 quorum break, done in an attempt to prevent a mid-decade redistricting of Congressional districts led by Texas Congressman Tom DeLay, was by far the longest in Texas history.

Cook has also served as the lead spokesperson and media relations aide to two Texas Secretaries of State and served the Texas General Land Office as team leader of World Wide Web marketing and public relations.

Much of his time has been spent in the electoral arena, where he has worked with campaigns such as the efforts of President Bill Clinton in Texas, Texas Governor Ann Richards and scores of other individual campaigns from United States Senator to state district judges as well as state-wide Democratic coordinated campaign efforts in two states, through several election cycles.