Consulting work (2013–2022) In 2013, Blair founded Rapid Loop Consulting, a political consulting firm. He divested from the firm after the
2024 presidential election, according to the company's president. In 2015, Blair became involved in the
Florida Republican Party. According to
Politico, the party had spent—and reimbursed—over through his personal
charge card. In 2016, he became an assistant to
Richard Corcoran, the then-designate
speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. In August 2016, Corcoran appointed Blair to lead external affairs within his office. In September 2018, Blair was named to the board of
Enterprise Florida. Blair helped lead Corcoran's initial, unmaterialized campaign for the 2018
Florida gubernatorial election. In October 2018, he became involved with
Ron DeSantis's campaign in the gubernatorial election as a senior advisor. After DeSantis's victory, Blair advised him on policy. He served as DeSantis's deputy chief of staff until his resignation in August 2019. Blair was pushed out of the DeSantis administration as DeSantis's wife
Casey and other state Republicans conflicted with Wiles. Blair lead Melissa Nelson's re-election effort as the state attorney for
Florida's fourth judicial circuit, and worked for
Donald Trump's
2020 presidential campaign in Florida. In June 2021, Blair became a spokesman for
Anna Paulina Luna. In July 2021, the conservative commentator
Tudor Dixon hired Blair to help her campaign in the
2022 Michigan gubernatorial election as her lead strategist. He registered the
domain name for Saving Arizona PAC, a political action committee in support of
Blake Masters in the
2022 Senate election in Arizona. With
Andy Surabian, Blair lead a
political action committee to challenge representative
Liz Cheney's re-election campaign. Concurrently, Blair worked on Luna and
Cory Mills's campaigns. With
Andy Surabian, he led a political action committee, American Leadership PAC, to advance representative
Jim Banks's policies.
Trump campaign and Republican National Committee (2022–2024) In March 2024, Blair was appointed the political director of Trump's
2024 presidential campaign. That month,
Michael Whatley, the
chair of the Republican National Committee, announced that Blair would served as the committee's political director; he was involved in the drafting of the committee's platform that year. Among Blair's initial responsibilities included using information gathered from working in the DeSantis administration against the governor. Blair focused on attracting low and mid-propensity voters, apolitical men, and
African Americans. He coordinated a voter outreach effort intended to be run at a lower cost than the million spent on the field operation for Trump's 2020 campaign. He signed data sharing agreements with
Turning Point Action and America First Works to facilitate canvassing. ==White House Deputy Chief of Staff (2025–present)==