One day after Steve Wynn was made finance chair for the Republican National Committee (RNC), Wynn Resorts announced that the RNC’s political director will be the company’s newest senior vice president.
Wynn Resorts announced it has hired Christopher Carr as a senior vice president, managing the company’s government relations, charitable giving, community development initiatives and the expansion of the Wynn Employee Foundation.
Carr has an extensive history in politics, both nationally and in Nevada. His most recent job was national political director for the RNC during the 2016 presidential election.
Carr was instrumental in the 2015 election via his nonprofit Engage Nevada, which helped to register new conservative voters in the state. In 2014, he was a consultant in the election for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District.
Before that, Carr managed the RNC’s Western political operation during the 2012 campaign and in 2010, Carr ran political strategy in the West for the GOP House election committee. In the early 2000s, he served as victory director and Nevada Republican Party executive director during the 2002 and 2004 elections.
The same day the company announced the Carr appointment, a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal revealed that in December, Wynn gave nearly $7 million in company stock to an undisclosed recipient. The report cited Securities and Exchange Commission documents showing the Wynn Family Limited Partnership gave away 72,851 shares on December 13 as a “charitable gift.”
There was no indication the gift was political in nature. While Wynn has donated millions to Karl Rove’s Super PAC in support of Republican candidates, he also has donated tens of millions of dollars to nonpolitical causes.
