Matt Towery

Matthew Allen "Matt" Towery is an American political analyst and pollster, television commentator, attorney, and former Georgia state legislator. In late 2014, Towery encouraged Donald Trump to run for the US presidency, suggesting he would be a serious contender. His polls were among the few to call the 2016 presidential race for Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Education Towery earned a Juris Doctor from Stetson University in 1987 and a Master's in Philosophy from Cambridge. Career Towery served in the Georgia House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor of Georgia in 1990. He served as Chairman of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich's political organization in the 1990s.