He began his career as a Republican Party activist in Philadelphia, his hometown. Early in his career Roman was a political consultant in his home state of Pennsylvania and in New Jersey. Roman was a senior advisor on the
2016 Trump campaign as the campaign's chief poll watcher. Prior to joining the Trump presidential campaign, Roman headed up an intelligence gathering operation for Charles and David Koch, industrialists and
high-profile Republican donors. Roman describes his blog
Election Journal as dedicated to "fraud, cheating, dirty tricks, absurdity and other election news." According to
Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at the
University of California, Irvine, the blog appears to focus, "only on incidents favoring Republican's claims against Democrats". One scholar, while recognizing the non-verifiable nature of this approach, asserted that it "opens up new potential for election monitoring that addresses some of the limitations that established and official (election monitoring organizations) face". After Trump's inauguration, Roman was appointed to a position in the
White House as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Special Projects and Research.
Politico described it as "a vague title that reveals almost nothing." His appointment drew attention at the time because in previous administrations it was unusual for opposition researchers to work directly for the White House—they would typically remain employed by the campaign or the
presidential transition team. Roman ultimately left the White House in April 2018. == See also ==