James Carville

Chester James Carville, Jr. is an American political commentator and media personality who is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of thenArkansas governor Bill Clinton. Carville was a cohost of CNNs Crossfire until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since its cancellation, he has appeared on CNNs news program The Situation Room. As of 2009, he hosts a weekly program on XM Radio titled 6020 Sports with Luke Russert, son of Tim Russert who hosted NBCs Meet The Press. He is married to Republican political consultant Mary Matalin. In 2009, he began teaching political science at Tulane University.

Carville, the oldest of eight children, was born in Carville, Louisiana on October 25, 1944, the son of Lucille , a former school teacher who sold World Book Encyclopedias doortodoor, and Chester James Carville, a postmaster as well as owner of a general store. The town of Carville was named after his paternal grandfather, Louis Arthur Carville, the postmaster. Carville attended Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Louis Arthurs mother, Octavia Dehon was of Belgian parentage and had married John Madison Carville, described in a biography as Irishborn and a carpetbagger. , both of whom established the general store operated by the family in Carville, La. in 1882. He was born in Ireland in 1847 and his father Alexander Carville, in 1810

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