We are honored to have as our program, Harvey Kronberg, the noted publicist and authority on Texas politics and state and national government. Harvey will analyze for us the results of the March 5 (“Super Tuesday”) Texas primary elections and their effect on the November General Elections and on state and national governments. Harvey is the Publisher of the Quorum Report, the Newsletter of Texas Politics, and a contributing columnist to and quoted in numerous prominent publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other prominent publications. He is also a frequent commentator on television and radio shows. Texas Monthly has recognized Harvey as one of the most powerful individuals in Texas politics.
About our Speaker:
Harvey Kronberg was originally a writer, then editor, now publisher of Quorum Report, the Newsletter of Political Texas since 1989. Quorum Report is a non-partisan online publication covering state politics and government from an insider's perspective. The site can be found at www.quorumreport.com.
Kronberg bought the publication in 1998 and converted it to the first exclusively online subscriber based publication covering Texas politics and government for political professional
Kronberg also is a political analyst for Spectrum Cable News and a regular on their nightly Capitol Tonight. Spectrum Cable News is a 24 hour news channel broadcast in most cities in Texas. Kronberg is also a former contributing columnist to the Austin American Statesman.
Quoted in publications as diverse as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, etc.
Has received no prestigious awards cuz he is just too much of a pain in the ass.
However the February 2005 Texas Monthly declared him one of the 25 most powerful individuals in Texas politics.
Texas Monthly: "Who reads Harvey Kronberg's dispatches from the State Legislature? Everyone. The nexus of political gossip right now isn't the Cloak Room, the Austin Club or any of the dark-whisky soaked haunts where politicos while away their evenings. It is the precise location at any given time, of Harvey Kronberg.
Academic History: Graduated University of Texas at Austin in 1972; Honors in Plan II, Special Honors in History. Junior Year Abroad Program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1970-71
Career notes: After graduating from the University of Texas, Kronberg spent several years as a licensed auctioneer. Subsequently, he ran mobile retail operations and a wholesale distribution business.
Kronberg is a serial entrepreneur and a practicing capitalist.. In addition to the Quorum Report, Kronberg recently sold one of his businesses, Austin Flag and Flagpole which was started in 1986 and became the largest vendor of flags and flagpoles in Central Texas
He serves on the board of the Wine and Food Foundation of Texas as well as the Headliners Foundation.
While no longer conducting auctions professionally, Kronberg conducted four philanthropic auctions a year – the Wine and Food Foundation of Texas, the Austin Lyric Opera, Heartgift (financing heart surgeries for third world children) and the Long Center. These auctions collectively raised more than a million dollars for their charities.
