# Chris LaCivita Veteran Republican ad strategist and co-manager of the 2024 Trump presidential campaign (alongside [[Susie Wiles]]). LaCivita is noted in the KB's lobbying layer mainly as a network node: his son, Christopher LaCivita Jr., works at the Trump-tied lobbying firm [[Checkmate Government Relations]] — one more familial thread in the influence network. In spring 2025 LaCivita exported the MAGA campaign playbook abroad, running [[Sali Berisha]]'s Democratic Party campaign in Albania's May 2025 election ("Make Albania Great Again" rallies and TV ads) alongside the party's $6M [[Continental Strategy]] lobbying contract — the campaign lost, but the parallel lobbying delivered Berisha's U.S. sanctions reversal in June 2026. Full circuit in [[Albania]]. *Status: stub — expand with consulting career (Swift Boat Veterans, RNC roles) and 2024 campaign role.* ## See also [[Checkmate Government Relations]] · [[Lobbying Hub]] · [[Albania]]