Blackwell, 70, was Barry Goldwater’s youngest elected delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1964, served as a special assistant to President Reagan at the White House, and has held leadership positions with the College Republicans and the Republican National Committee. But few election nights matched Tuesday’s jubilation as his party routed Democrats and regained power of the House of Representatives. Blackwell is also founder and president of the influential Leadership Institute, an educational foundation in Arlington that has trained thousands of conservatives for politics, government and the media. He sat down with The Washington Examiner to share thoughts on his faith in conservative politics, inspired by a deep faith in God.

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