Post-political Career
After losing the gubernatorial election to John Engler in 1990, Blanchard became a partner in the Washington law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. He also chaired Bill Clinton’s successful campaign for president in Michigan in 1992.
President Bill Clinton appointed him Ambassador to Canada, a position he held from 1993 to 1996. In 2002 Blanchard again ran for governor but lost his primary bid to Jennifer Granholm. As of 2004, he is a partner in the Washington D.C. law firm of DLA Piper U.S. and resides in Beverly Hills, Michigan. He serves as Chairman of Meridian International Center and on the Advisory Board About | Politics, Law & Economics Blog of the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Blanchard served as a member of the Debt Reduction Task Force at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He is on the board of directors at Enbridge, and was a board member of Nortel.
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