NBC Sports Ventures Senior VP ROB SIMMELKJAER is running for the Democratic second selectman for the town of Westport, Conn., said that it is "not a coincidence he’s waging his first run for political office" nearly a year after the '16 presidential election, according to Sophie Vaughan of the WESTPORT NEWS. Simmelkjaer said, "My dismay at what’s going on at the national level in this country definitely spurred me on to getting involved at the local level. I know that local politics are different than national politics, but I don’t really see it that way. I think everything is connected, at the end of the day." PRESIDENT TRUMP's victory "hit Simmelkjaer especially hard, due to his involvement in Democratic candidate HILLARY CLINTON’s campaign." He "fundraised as a member of Clinton’s state finance committee, volunteered as an Election Day legal observer in Pennsylvania, and attended the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia." Simmelkjaer has "worked in the sports media business for 15 years now," first at ESPN for nine years and now for NBC Sports. He wants to "bring larger businesses to Westport." Simmelkjaer said that he would "make it his 'pet project' to bring Tesla to Westport." Housing concerns are "embedded within Simmelkjaer’s economic re-invigoration plan for Westport" (WESTPORT NEWS, 10/31).
