Sergio Gor

Sergei Gorokhovsky was born on November 30, 1986, in Tashkent, then in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Gor told The New York Times that his family had moved to Malta when he was two or three, when his first name was changed to Sergio. His mother established a business in Malta. He was raised in Cospicua and attended De La Salle College, a Catholic boys' school, from 1996 to 1999. The Gorokhovskys emigrated from Cospicua in 1999. He attended high school in Los Angeles and graduated from George Washington University. According to The Dispatch, Gorokhovsky enrolled in university using his full surname, but later shortened it to Gor. At George Washington, Gor participated in College Republicans and founded the university's chapter of Young America's Foundation. Gor became a U.S. citizen in 2004.

Trump campaign work and Winning Team Publishing (2020–2024)

In June 2020, Gor left Paul's office to serve as the chief of staff of the Trump Victory Finance Committee. The following month, he began working for Donald Trump Jr. as his consultant and book publishing manager for Liberal Privilege (2020). Gor is an amateur DJ in the West Palm Beach, Florida, area; he was the officiant and DJ for the wedding of Matt Gaetz and Ginger Luckey and the emcee and DJ for Kimberly Guilfoyle's birthday at Mar-a-Lago. Owing to his presence at the club, he earned the nickname the "Mayor of Mar-a-Lago"; for soliciting super PAC funds from club members, he was also known as the "Patio Panhandler". In October 2021, Trump Jr. and Gor incorporated Winning Team Publishing, a conservative publishing house. They announced Our Journey Together (2021), a coffee table book, the following month. The company later published Letters to Trump (2023) and Save America (2024). In September 2022, MAGA Inc. hired Gor as a senior advisor. In February 2024, The New York Times reported that Gor had been named to lead a political action committee, Right for America, for Trump.

Early political activities (2008–2020)

Ahead of the 2008 United States presidential election, Gor supported Arizona senator John McCain's presidential campaign, advocating for McCain through a group for Catholics. To garner attention for Illinois senator Barack Obama's support for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, he wore a squirrel costume to public events. Gor worked for the Republican National Committee.

By June 2010, Gor was working as Iowa representative Steve King's spokesman and as Minnesota representative Michele Bachmann's spokesman by August. For five months, he shared responsibilities for both King and Bachmann. Gor resigned from Bachmann's campaign in February 2011 and began serving as Virginia representative Randy Forbes's communications director by June 2012. That year, he was a booker for Neil Cavuto, a Fox News host.

In May 2013, Gor became the communications director for RANDPAC, the political action committee for Kentucky senator Rand Paul. By December 2014, Gor was serving as Paul's spokesman; the following month, he was his communications director. Internal strife between Rand aides and Gor contributed to failings in Paul's 2016 presidential campaign, according to BuzzFeed News; in one incident, Gor purportedly decided that Paul should appear with an eagle and tasked staffers with finding one. By May 2018, Gor was serving as Paul's deputy chief of staff.