For the British writer of boys' adventure stories, see
Tom Bevan (writer).
Thomas C. Bevan is an American writer and media executive who is co-founder and, as of 2021, publisher of
RealClearPolitics.
Bevan attended
Princeton University, playing at
defensive back for
Princeton Tigers football and graduating with a bachelor's degree in history in 1991.[1] His Princeton senior thesis was A Deadly Society: Confederate Soldiers at Point Lookout Prison, July 1863 - June 1865.[2]
After graduating from Princeton, he worked as an advertising account executive in
Seattle,
Chicago, and
Miami with
Leo Burnett and
Crispin Porter + Bogusky.[3][4] In 1989 he met
John McIntyre; the two founded RealClearPolitics in 2000.[5][4][6] In 2012 he co-authored, with
Carl M. Cannon, The RealClearPolitics Political Download: Election 2012: The Battle Begins from
Crown Publishing Group and, in 2018, was named number 23 on the Princeton Alumni Weekly's list of the 25 most influential alumni of Princeton University.[7][8] As of 2021, Bevan is publisher of RealClearPolitics and also hosts a weekly radio show on
WLS-AM.[9][10]