Paul Dans

Republican

Paul Dans is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina and a former Trump administration official. His campaign presents him as a conservative reformer and highlights his role as an architect of Project 2025, along with themes such as faith-based values, debt reduction, and opposition to endless wars.

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Background

Career History

Director 2022 – 2024

2025 Presidential Transition Project (Heritage Foundation)

Led the Project 2025 transition effort until stepping down in 2024.

Chief of staff 2020 – 2021

Office of Personnel Management

Served in the Trump administration at OPM.

White House liaison / senior advisor 2020 – 2021

Office of Personnel Management

Held senior roles in the Trump administration.

Senior advisor 2019 – 2020

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Served in HUD before moving to OPM.

Attorney in private practice 1990 – 2019

Debevoise & Plimpton; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; solo practice

Practiced commercial litigation in New York City for roughly two decades.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. in Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.C.P. in City planning

University of Virginia School of Law J.D. in Law

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