Passion for Politics

While Nelson Lewis is deeply invested in his journalistic interests, one of his greatest passions is for politics.  Nelson’s exposure to politics began at an early age; his grandfather, the late J. Curtis Lewis Jr., became the first Republican mayor of a Georgia city since Reconstruction when he was elected Mayor of Georgia’s first city, Savannah, at age 40.

Under the tutelage of his grandfather, Lewis grew up to be a staunch and outspoken conservative, and has been actively involved in the Republican Party in various capacities since high school.  Over the years, he has volunteered in several political campaigns including but not limited to: Mel Martinez, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney.  During the 2010 Midterm and 2012 General Elections, he even had the opportunity to work the phones at the NRCCC.

While in college at Lynn University in Florida, Nelson co-hosted a lively political debate show called “Politijam”, alongside friend and classmate Jacob Jaffe, with whom he would later go on to cross paths at Georgetown University while both were in graduate school.

In his sophomore year at Lynn University, Nelson Lewis began attending Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, a well-known conservative church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  He became good friends with Reverend Dr. D. James Kennedy, the church’s pastor.  Reverend Kennedy was one of the co-founders of “Moral Majority”, a prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right, and introduced Lewis to culturally conservative causes  such as Evangelism Explosion International and introduced him to his wife Anne Kennedy, who subsequently became his teacher.