Archive profile summary
Televangelist and 1988 Republican presidential candidate who founded the Christian Coalition in 1989, converting campaign-era supporter infrastructure into a durable religious-political organization.
Why this entry is in the archive
Connects a presidential campaign network to a durable religious-political grassroots organization.
1988 campaign
Robertson’s presidential campaign built a national network of supporters, activists and religious-political contacts.
Christian Coalition
After the campaign, Robertson founded the Christian Coalition. Government records later described the organization’s history and Ralph Reed’s executive-director role.
The sequence is important because it shows campaign infrastructure being converted into a standing organization rather than disappearing after a loss.
Evidence limits
The Christian Coalition was an independent organization and should not be treated as equivalent to Robertson’s television ministry or all evangelical voters.
A campaign-supporter network does not prove continuing individual control over every later organizational action.
Timeline
- Christian Coalition forms
Pat Robertson founds the Christian Coalition; Ralph Reed becomes its first executive director and helps build a national voter-mobilization network.
Relationship records
Pat Robertson → Christian Coalition
Founder and president · 1989
Evidence status: documented