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Alex Latcham

Republican campaign operative and White House director of the Office of Public Liaison, with service in both Trump administrations.

Personal details

Name: Alex Latcham
Training: Public education and family details not established in reviewed official sources
First Trump administration: Special assistant to president and deputy political director
2024 Trump campaign: Senior deputy political director, Republican National Committee and Trump campaign; early-primary-state director
2025 White House: Deputy assistant to president, director of Office of Public Liaison
White House functions: Executive outreach to businesses, civic groups, faith organizations and other outside communities

Early Republican campaign staff and first White House

Alex Latcham developed his career in Republican political organizing and campaign relations. A November 2024 presidential transition announcement said he had worked with Donald Trump for approximately eight years and previously held the role of special assistant to the president and deputy political director in the first Trump administration. The original source does not identify his birth date, education or family; none is inferred here. ^[1]

The first-term role concerned the White House political office, campaign relationships and outside outreach. An appointment to a political-staff office does not mean a public employee may legally direct independent election committees. ^[1]

2024 early states and Republican National Committee

In the 2024 Republican presidential primary Latcham was responsible for operations in the first four voting states as early states director. He then served as senior deputy political director on the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee team. He advised on Republican races, endorsements and relationships with party committees. ^[1]

The official transition announcement distinguishes Latcham's senior deputy duties from the national political director position held by James Blair. Campaign staff assignments are concrete, dated shared-institution links but do not show a separate co-owned consulting business. ^[1]

Director of White House Public Liaison, 2025

On November 25, 2024 Trump announced Latcham as deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Liaison. The office acts as a White House point of contact with interest groups, business associations, state/local communities, religious organizations and civil society groups. ^[1]

The January 24, 2025 White House staffing notice placed Public Liaison in a wider portfolio under deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich. Budowich left that White House role in September 2025, while Latcham's initial appointment was to direct the distinct Public Liaison office. ^[2]

Public liaison activity may offer access and opportunities to transmit outside views but is not by itself authority to sign agency contracts, waive laws or order DOJ investigations. Specific organizations and meetings require contemporaneous records. ^[2]

Documented personnel and organizations

His clearly documented links are Trump (employer and appointer), Blair (2024 campaign political operation), Budowich (initial White House oversight line), and the Republican National Committee (2024 political liaison). Each is an official position, not a presumed personal friendship. ^[1] ^[2]

As of November 13, 2026 no definitive separate departure date for Latcham was established by the reviewed official releases. Historical staffing information and The Story can be read alongside this biography without modifying original chapter text.

White House political and public liaison appointments documented

The original November 25, 2024 transition announcement identified Latcham as a senior deputy political director in the Trump–RNC campaign operation, manager of the early presidential primary states, adviser on endorsements, and liaison to Republican sister committees. He had earlier served as deputy political director in Trump's first White House. These are consecutive campaign and government assignments. ^[3]

In January 2025 he became deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. The office coordinates contacts with groups outside the executive branch; that role does not by itself authorize federal appropriations, grant awards or agency rules. The White House's January 24 appointments notice documented the office alongside communications and cabinet-affairs staff. ^[4]

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References

Research compiled November 13, 2026. Documented political and personnel roles are dated; unknown biographical details are not invented.