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Table of Contents
3
AAPC Acknowledgements
5
Campaign Excellence
Winners
9
AAPCs 40 Under 40
15
Pollie Awards Judges
20
Pollie Awards Winners
Members:
Ed Clancy, Livable Streets
Carol Dahmen, Comcast Spotlight
Becki Donatelli, Campaign Solutions
Brian Franklin, Impact Politics
April Hackney, Hackney & Hackney, Inc.
Art Hackney, Hackney & Hackney, Inc.
Jim Innocenzi, Sandler-Innocenzi
Rose Kapolczynski, Rose Kapolczynski
Consulting
Mike Madrid, Grassroots Lab
Beth Miller, Miller Public Affairs Group
Mark Mellman, The Mellman Group
Alex Morgan, Fletcher-Rowley
Tim Rosales, The Wayne Johnson Agency
Doc Sweitzer, The Campaign Group
AAPC Staff:
Alana Joyce, Executive Director
Izaba Sarabi, Program Manager & Pollie
Contest Coordinator
Beckie Souleymane, Membership &
Marketing Manager
Campaign
Excellence
Awards
The Campaign Excellence Awards are a longstanding
tradition of the AAPC and recognize those individuals
that have significantly contributed to the success of a
candidate or public affairs campaign and whose conduct
has been consistent with the professional code of ethics
of the AAPC. This year, we received 108 nominations in
8 categories from the AAPC membership and political
consulting community at large. Each nomination
was vetted by an Independent Panel of Judges and
recommendations were voted upon and confirmed by
the AAPC Board of Directors. Congratulations to our
Campaign Excellence Winners!
Ward Baker
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)
As leader of Republican candidate recruitment nationwide, Ward was very instrumental in expanding the
2014 playing field for Republicans, putting more seats in play and increasing the chances for picking up the
number of seats necessary to take control of the Senate.
OUR TEAM
THE EXECUTION
14
91
61
COMPANY
THAT IS
ESSENTIAL
TO ANY
CAMPAIGN
OFFICES
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
ACCOUNT
EXECUTIVES
185
CABLE NETWORKS
210
ASSISTANT
ACCOUNT
EXECUTIVES
MARKETS
THE RESULTS
10,851,814
75%
OF ALL POLITICAL TV
ADS IN 2014*
TV SPOTS ON CABLE
DISTRIBUTION
MULTI-SCREEN
ADVERTISING ON:
PARTNERS
170
REACH
1,613
ADVERTISERS
CABLE
66%
2014 SHARE OF VIEWING
TO CABLE VS. BROADCAST
SATELLITE
TELCO
INTERCONNECTED
NCC Media is an advertising sales, marketing, and technology company that harnesses the enormous reach and
engagement power of cable television programming, new interactive technologies, and online products in every US market.
Source: 2014 NPower 3Q A35-64 Share of Viewing to ad supported cable vs broadcast. *Based on Kantar/CMAG for broadcast and NCC Cubes for cable.
AFFILIATE PARTNERS OF
40 under 40
DEMOCRATS
Catherine Alonzo
Joe Lestingi
Brice Barnes
Christopher
Massicotte
Javelina
Greenprint Strategies
Michael Borges
DSPolitical LLC
Ben Nuckels
SEIU-UHW
Nicole Derse
James H. Emmons
Larry Huynh
Taryn Rosenkranz
Elizabeth Hernandez
50+1 Strategies
Lexington-Fayette Urban
County Government
Trilogy Interactive
Clark Lee
10
Mass Alliance
Environmental Defense
Fund
Ward Baker
NRSC
Ashlee Rich
Stephenson
Paul Bentz
Chris Stewart
Robert Blizzard
Jared Suhn
HighGround, Inc.
Christian Curto
www.raisethemoney.com
Malorie Thompson
Campaign Solutions
Something Else
Strategies
Ryan Horn
Holly Turner
SANDLER-INNOCENZI
Dan Judy
Annie Kelly
NRCC
40 under 40
republicans
Stampede Consulting
Paul Winn
Raymond Zaborney
Red Maverick Media
Moises Merino
Revolvis Consulting
11
11 MILLION
Hispanics watch our weekly
news programs.*
INDEPENDENTS
White Coat Waste
Movement
Jennifer Bethel
Alexander Braun
Cassandra Hough
Pandora
Emily Johnson
APCO Worldwide
Jordan Lieberman
CampaignGrid
40 under 40
Anthony Bellotti
Crystal Martin
MailPOW
David L. Mowery
Mowery Consulting
Group
13
JUDGES
Craig Agranoff
Richard Brehm
Max Cummings
Thomas Ahern
Matt Bricken
Christian Curto
Nancy Allen
Jonathan Brown
Bridget Cusick
Mike Alm
Greg Buisson
Adam D Herbsman
Megan Andersen
Luke Byars
Carol Dahmen
Tom Anderson
Eric C. Bauman
Brian Davis
Politicalconsulting.com
FIVE CORNERS STRATEGIES
Emerson College
STRATEGIC FUNDRAISING
Campaign Solutions
Optima Public Relations
Jason Ascher
Anvil Strategies
Deborah Beck
Beck Research
Beth Becker
Bryan Bedera
Amplify Relations
Megan Bedera
Amplify Relations
Paul Bentz
HighGround, Inc.
Achim Bergmann
Aaron Beytin
Gayatri Bhalla
Alex Bilchak
Kevin Bischof
Alexandra Bisker
Thomas C. Shepard
Danielle Cendejas
The Strategy Group
Liz Chadderdon
Lorena Chambers
Ed Clancy
Vince Collis
Seth Colton
Talmage Cooley
Democracy.com
Darden Copeland
Calvertstreet Group
Meghan Cox
LSG
Melissa Cressey
DSPolitical
Melanie Blumberg
Chad Crow
Nicole Bouda
California University
Fortune Media, Inc
KC Strategies
The Kentucky Gazette
Patrick Davis
Mike Disharoon
Trilogy Interactive
Christopher Doerr
D2 Media Sales
Matt Dole
Judges
Raymond Barefoot
Comcast Spotlight
Politics Counsel
Becki Donatelli
Campaign Solutions
Maura Dougherty
Prism Communications
Angela Douglas
Joseph Dozier
Michael Duncan
Harris Media LLC
Nick Eckenwiler
Scott Elder
Julie Emerson
Lagniappe Communications
Dale Emmons
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Josh Enoch
Josh Grossfeld
Len Epand
Heidi Guerra
John F Balduzzi
Jeff Gumbinner
Gayle Falkenthal
April Hackney
Brett Feinstein
Aruther Hackney
Jamie Fontaine
Donna Halper
Ondine Fortune
George Hamp
Cabral Franklin
Karl Hansen
Brian Franklin
Tyler Hargrave
Jim Freeman
Jen Harrington
Frederic Nicolas
Kelly G Gibson
Chris Hayler
Tracy Gamble
Alicia Heffley
Laiza Garcia
Michael Hill
Mike Gehrke
Tom Hiltachk
Dianne Gillespie
Lawrence Huynh
Gregory Gleaves
CHRISSY HYRE
Bobby Gravitz
Jim Innocenzi
James Green
Thomas J Keeley
Madeline Grenadier
Mark Jablonowski
Philip Griffin
Karen Jagoda
Judges
DSPolitical
16
Conservative Connector
Gallup Latinamerica
Stones Phones
BrabenderCox
Oldmixon Hill
Sandler-Innocnzi
Connectivist Media
Mark Jablonowski
E-Voter Institute
Mary Jo Baas
Metropolitan Milwaukee
Association of Commerce
Amy Johnston
Eden Joyner
Revolution Messaging
Dan Judy
Mike Kaney
Susan A Katz
Julie Keane
Mike Kiedrowski
Strategic Fundraising
spencer kimball
Emerson College
Adam Kirsch
Lauren Klaserner
Smart Media Group
Amanda Kohut
David L Mowery
Byron LaMasters
InFocus Campaigns
Michael Liddell
NGP VAN, Inc
Claire Low
Kennedy Communications
Geoff Mackler
Blueprint
Tom Mannix
Greg Minoff
Patrick Moir
Jenniffer Mathews
Stacey Moye
Daron Murphy
Brandt McCool
Craig Murphy
Cartney McCracken
Andrew Myers
Sarah McCreary
James N Fisfis
Louis McDonald
Joshua Nanberg
Chuck McGee
Robert Narron
Patrick McGill
Alex Navarro-McKay
Kevin McNichol
Mike Nellis
Howell Medley
Christopher Nicholas
Eagle Consulting Group
Isaac Quinones
Ryan Meerstein
Jo Anne ODell
John R Hatch
Alan Melamed
RALPH OGDEN
Lori Raad
AMM Political
Chadwick Melder
Camco Consulting
Matt Merriman-Preston
Ampersand Consulting
Mike Meyers
Amplified Strategies
Will Miller
Flagler College
Vinny Minchillo
Steven Mink
Georgetown Post
Murphy Nasica
Ampersand Strategies
McCormick Armstrong
BerlinRosen
PowerThru Consulting
Academic
Jakob Ohlsson
Reform Act
Regan Opel
Feargal OToole
Data For Donkeys
Liz Oxhorn
GMMB
Laura Packard
PowerThru Consulting
Alan Packman
NM4MC
Nick Panagopoulos
Whitehurst/Mosher Campaign
Strategy and Media
Nick Passanante
BoulderStrategies LLC
Jerod Patterson
Alex Patton
Maggie Paulin
Campaign Solutions
Sarah Paulus
Mark Payne
Kennedy Communications
Patrick Peters
FourthWall Media
Jefrey Pollock
Gabi Porter
Javelina
Brandon Powers
Powers Communications
Judges
SKDKnickerbocker
Vincent Raynauld
Emerson College
Austin Reed
AMM Political
Tim Reeves
Maureen Reilly
Matthew Rey
Jonathan Rice
Rick Ridder
FBI Strategies
17
YOUR AUDIENCE
Connect With Your Voter Base
Francisco Rios
Christine Skubisz
Andy Todd
Holly Robichaud
Joanna Smith
J. Toscano
William Robinson
Ken Snyder
Holly Turner
ANA RODRIGUES
Mario Sols-Marich
Chris Turner
Jenniffer Rodriguez
Cindy Speer
Tuesday Associates
Tim Rosales
Taryn Rosenkranz
New Blue Interactive
Melissa Ryan
Trilogy Interactive
Danny Sanders
Daniel Serralde
The Libre Initiative
Brad Shattuck
Strategic Impact
John Shults
Sean Sinclair
Sinclair Strategies
Alicia Sisneros
JVA Campaigns
Alex Skatell
IMGE
James Spencer
Evan Stavisky
Ryan Steusloff
Jared Stimson
Gridiron Communications
Christine Stineman
Scott Stone
Marty Stone
STONES PHONES
Jared Suhn
Travis Taylor
Innovative Advertising
malorie thompson
andrew todd
Elect Inc
GMMB
Stampede Consulting
STAMPEDE CONSULTING
Optima Public Relations
Chris Velastegui
Title Fight Media
Steve verzwyvelt
Chad W Gosselink
Kevin Walling
Stones Phones
Leah Weightman
Kennedy Communications
Sloane Whelan
Judges
Dan Rottenstreich
Emerson College
Thatcher Williams
Winding Creek Group
Amile Wilson
Hapax Creative
Jenna Wingenbach
Winding Creek Group
Raymond Zaborney
Red Maverick Media
19
WINNERS
The Pollie Awards are the most prized and sought
after awards in the political consulting and
communications industry. This years Contest was
the largest in AAPCs history with over 2,400 entries.
AAPC salutes this years winners for their outstanding
creative and technical achievements in the 2014
political season!
Stopping Barber
thetrazgroup
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Justin Jones
Mad Dog Mail
Silver
Bronze
A06-Best Television/Radio
Campaign - Republican
Gold
Silver
Bronze
A07-Best Television/Radio
Campaign - Democrat
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Overall - BALLOT
INITIATIVE DIVISION
Silver
Bronze
Gold
Gold
Road to Six
Republican National Committee
A16-Best Television/Radio
Campaign
Silver
Gold
Vote No On 1
Porcaro Commnications
Bronze
A11-Best in Show
Gold
WINNERS
Overall - CANDIDATE
DIVISION
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Yes on 1&2
SCN Strategies
21
WINNERS
A18-Best in Show
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silver
No on MNO
McNally Temple Associates, Inc.
Overall - Public
Affairs Division
Ladies in Blue
Starboard Group
Silver
Bronze
Tax Man
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Jakes Law
Kearney ODoherty Public Affairs
A23-Best Television/Radio
Campaign
Gold
Exelon PAC
Sagac Public Affairs
Silver
Silver
Red Tape
JVA Campaigns
Yenni Progress
Buisson Creative
Silver
Chrissyos
LRW Consulting
Bronze
EPA
Red Maverick Media
Silver
Junk Food
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Wrong Team
Bergmann Zwerdling Direct
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
American Ingenuity
Kennedy Communications
Gold
Gold
Silver
Top 10
Freeman Public Affairs
A27-Best in Show
Silver
Fraud Alerts
The Lukens Company
22
OverallMISCELLANEOUS
Eat Last
The Dover Group
Grimes/Obama NOPE
The Lukens Company
Silver
Gold
Silver
Dear Carrier
Murphy Nasica & Associates
Silver
Sweepstakes
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Presnell
Direct Edge Campaigns
Gold
Betrayal
The Campaign Workshop
Silver
Bronze
Equal Pay
The Chadderdon Group
Bronze
Education
Moore Campaigns
B13-For Local/Municipal/
Regional (Non-Mayoral) Republican
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Pinocchio
Direct Edge Campaigns
B14-For Local/Municipal/
Regional (Non-Mayoral) Democrat
Gold
Block by Block
The Beytin Agency
Double Vision
Axiom Strategies
The Herd
The Chadderdon Group
WINNERS
23
WINNERS
Pants Problem
Right Angle Consulting
Silver
Bronze
Great Lakes
Gridiron Communications
Bronze
Independent Voice
Red Maverick Media
One Voice
Gold Communications
A boy or a girl?
The Singularis Group
Gold
Silver
Ugly Mail
Chism Strategies
Silver
Obama/Grimes NOPE
The Lukens Company
Silver
Fight Poster
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Clue
UPT Strategies
Block by Block
The Beytin Agency
Silver
Silver
Double Vision
Axiom Strategies
Vanderslicing
The Beytin Agency
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Kentucky Bourbon
JVA Campaigns
NextGen New Hampshire: Senator Jeanne
Shaheen
Greenlight Media Strategies
Gold
Gold
HB Jobs
Powers Communications
Gold
Gold
Report Card
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Bronze
Gold
Silver
VBM3
Bergmann Zwerdling Direct
Gold
Vanderslicing
The Beytin Agency
Adams Story
The Beytin Agency
24
Silver
Fact
REVOLVIS
Silver
Counting on You
Gold Communications
Silver
Bronze
Money Lover
Axiom Strategies
Silver
Monopoly
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Pants Problem
Right Angle Consulting
Greatest Hits
Bergmann Zwerdling Direct
Silver
Silver
Vanderslicing
The Beytin Agency
Silver
Pregnancy Test
Moxie Media
Bronze
Silver
Gold
B47-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. House of
Representatives - Democrat
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Prison Escape
JVA Campaigns
Holes
Axiom Strategies
Dannel Malloy - Yacht
Mission Control, Inc.
Wrong Team
Bergmann Zwerdling Direct
Silver
Veterans Contrast
The Dover Group
Bronze
Timeline
Mammen Group, Inc.
Obama/Grimes NOPE
The Lukens Company
Silver
Voyeur
Axiom Strategies
Silver
Nebraska
Kennedy Communications
Mirror
Axiom Strategies
Bronze
Kiffin
Direct Edge Campaigns
Experience Matters
Moxie Media
Bronze
Gold
Missing
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County
AWOL
Cold Spark Media
Silver
Gold
Party-line Marklein
The Campaign Workshop
B49-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. Senate Democrat
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Pills
The Campaign Workshop
B46-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. House of
Representatives - Republican
Silver
Knocking Teeth
Strategic Impact
WINNERS
Our Values
Moxie Media
Silver
B51-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - Mayor
Gold
Invite
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County
Silver
Baraka Job
Kennedy Communications
Silver
Baraka Car
Kennedy Communications
Bronze
Bronze
Taxenstein
thetrazgroup
Gold
25
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Variable
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County
B54-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - Super PAC
Silver
Bronze
B59-For Membership
Organization
Prop L&M
Solidarity Strategies
Silver
Gold
Silver
My Country My Vote
Cerillion N4 Partners
National Association of REALTORS
2014 Opportunity Race Program
SevenTwenty Strategies
Bronze
School Budgets
Cerillion N4 Partners
Council @ 50
Calvert Street Group
Help
Red Maverick Media
Silver
Fair Pocatello
Greenlight Media Strategies
Gold
Pay Scale
The Campaign Workshop
Gold
Silver
Postura
Bergmann Zwerdling Direct
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Gold
Silver
Wrong Road
Red Maverick Media
Bronze
Gold
Line-Up
JVA Campaigns
Silver
Silver
Silver
Yes on 17
Media One
Bronze
Yes on 71 - Colorblind
Mission Control, Inc.
Silver
Gold
Line-Up
JVA Campaigns
Silver
Amanda
JVA Campaigns
Bronze
WINNERS
B53-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - Local/Municipal/
Regional
Ridiculous Bear
Red Maverick Media
Future
REVOLVIS
27
WINNERS
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Scandal
The Balduzzi Group
Everyone
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
Silver
TelevisionCANDIDATE DIVISION
Gold
Joni - Squeal
Something Else Strategies
Silver
Gold
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Fences
Glass House Strategy
Gold
Seliger Delivers
The Eppstein Group
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Cab
Hamburger Company
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
28
Gold
Silver
Gold
Measure
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
C13-For Local/Municipal/
Regional (Non-Mayoral) Republican
Silver
Bronze
Back on Track
Tom Shepard & Associates, Inc.
Gold
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Gold
Silver
We Believe
Behr Communications
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Athena Fulton
Hackney & Hackney, Inc.
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Gold
Forever
GMMB
Silver
Bronze
Shopping Cart
Jamestown Associates
Commercials - McConnell Senate
Committee 14
McCarthy Hennings Whalen, Inc.
Phony Baloney
Jamestown Associates
Gold
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Rauner - Ditka
Something Else Strategies
WINNERS
C14-For Local/Municipal/
Regional (Non-Mayoral) Democrat
Gold
Silver
Gold
Rauner - Unthinkable
Something Else Strategies
Silver
Deceiving
Doug McAuliffe Strategic + Creative
29
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BETTER DATA
BETTER DECISIONS
C34-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. House of
Representatives
Silver
Gold
Gold
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Exposed
Meridian Pacific, Inc.
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
NRCC McCormick
FP1 Strategies
Silver
Remember
GMMB
Bronze
C35-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. Senate
Gold
Opportunity-Hagan
Agentia Creative LLC
Gold
Estamos de Acuerdo
The Factor, Inc.
NRCC - Garcia Communism Works
Something Else Strategies
Television- BALLOT
INTIATIVE DIVISION
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Shopping Cart
Jamestown Associates
Bronze
Silver
Gold
C38-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - State Legislature
Silver
Silver
Seville
Behr Communications
C33-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - Governor
Gold
My Choice
DC London Inc
Silver
Working for Us
The New Media Firm
Bronze
Gold
WAGEMANNS WHEEL
76 Words
Silver
Stupid
Visuality
Bronze
Heroes
The Campaign Group, Inc.
WINNERS
Gold
Yes on F - Neighborhood
SCN Strategies
Bronze
Bronze
31
Bronze
Gold
Television Miscellaneous
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
C55-Non-Broadcast Video
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Training
The Eppstein Group
Political Surgery
North Woods Advertising
InternetCANDIDATE DIVISION
D05-Website - Mayor
Gold
D10-Website - State/Local
Organization
Gold
D01-Website - Governor
NYGOP.org
BrabenderCox
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Susana Martinez
Targeted Victory
D02-U.S. House of
Representatives
Gold
Silver
toddyoungforcongress.com
BrabenderCox
Mitch McConnell
Harris Media, LLC
Silver
Bronze
D04-Website - Downballot
Statewide
Gold
WINNERS
Television - Public
Affairs Division
Silver
CRNC SharkVote.com
The Strategy Group Company
Silver
Bronze
Silver
33
CROSS-SCREEN PLATFORM
Reach the voters that matter the most
to you, when and where they are.
Plan, buy, measure and optimize
desktop, mobile, tablet, social,
connected and linear television
video ads all from one platform.
MANAGED OR SELF-SERVE
TRANSPARENT REPORTING
Gold
Gold
Silver
Bronze
A Better Situation
Revolvis & Monument Communications
Silver
Favorite Teacher
The Bully Documentary Company
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Absent
GMMB
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
La-Z-Boy
Jamestown Associates
Gold
La-Z-Boy
Jamestown Associates
Stand for Liberty
PassCode Creative
Bronze
Hogan
Strategic Partners & Media
Im Running
Calvert Street Group
John Delaney
SKDKnickerbocker
Silver
Gold
Rise Above
Revolvis & Monument Communications
Gold
We Believe
Behr Communications
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
No on Campos
RockBridge Productions
Silver
D32-Internet Advertising
(Online/Social/Mobile) - State
Legislature - Republican
Gold
Silver
WINNERS
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Hogan Jaymi
Strategic Partners & Media
35
WINNERS
Gold
Silver
Silver
Dan Patrick
Harris Media, LLC
Bronze
Greg Abbott
Targeted Victory
Bronze
I Feel Pretty
Harbinger Outreach
D48-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - State Legislature
Gold
Silver
Mitch McConnell
Harris Media, LLC
Silver
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Dan Patrick
Harris Media, LLC
Bronze
Silver
D44-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - U.S. House of
Representatives
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Bronze
36
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Rauner
BASK Digital Media
Silver
Silver
NRSC Store.NRSC.org
Targeted Victory
Bronze
EMILYs List
Blue State Digital
Gold
Gold
Silver
Bronze
DLCCads.com
DSPolitical & DLCC
Internet- BALLOT
INTIATIVE DIVISION
Silver
Bronze
Silver
D61-Website - Statewide
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Empower Alabama
NGP VAN
D63-Web Video
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Vote Yes on 1 FL
Groundswell Public Strategies
Silver
Bronze
Internet - Public
Affairs Division
Silver
Gold
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Amanda
76 Words
Traffic or Tranquility
Revolution
Defending the Indefensible
Trippi and Associates
Bronze
WINNERS
Gold
Silver
Yes on 4!
The New Media Firm
Yes on 92
Rising Tide Interactive
United for Care
Impact Politics
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Gold
Phones - Candidate
Division
VOTE.UTAH.GOV
Love Communications
Silver
Bronze
Save Studio A
Calvert Street Group
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Slushie
Gateway Media
Gold
Silver
Gold
Silver
D90-Landing Page
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Register.gop
.gop
Internet Miscellaneous
VOTE.UTAH.GOV
Love Communications
WINNERS
D84-Web Video
Troubled Waters
Control Point Group LLC
Silver
Silver
Silver
39
WINNERS
Silver
Bronze
Phones-BALLOT
INITIATIVE DIVISION
Jakes Law
Kearney ODoherty Public Affairs
Silver
Bronze
Keep it Green
Chism Strategies
Gold
Silver
Silver
Let Me Play
Stones Phones
Phones - Public
Affairs Division
E31-Best Use of Telephone Town
Hall Call/Forum Call
Silver
40
Bronze
Bronze
FundraisingCANDIDATE DIVISION
F01-House Mailer - Local
Gold
Bronze
Bronze
F18-House Mailer
Gold
Silver
Bronze
F21-PAC/Trade Association
Program - Mailer
Silver
We Can Win
Red Maverick Media
Okla. State Senator Dan Newberry/
NEWPAC - Soar to New Heights
Sagac Public Affairs
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Silver
Radio-BALLOT
INITIATIVE DIVISION
Gold
Bronze
Radio- CANDIDATE
DIVISION
G01-Best Use of Radio - Governor
Gold
Insensitive
Hackney & Hackney, Inc.
Silver
Our Message
Harbinger Outreach
Bronze
Independent Approach
EpandMedia
Silver
Silver
Warrant
CAMCO Consulting, LLC
Bronze
Missed Votes
Meridian Pacific, Inc.
Silver
Bronze
Opponent
Jamestown Associates
G13-Independent Expenditure
Campaign - Statewide
Gold
NRSC - Baggage
Something Else Strategies
Silver
Leader
EpandMedia
Vruwink Zone
Liberty House Consulting
Silver
F-S-C
Public Square Partners, LLC
Gold
Cop Stories
Porcaro Commnications
WINNERS
Bronze
Rigged
The New Media Firm
Radio - Public
Affairs Division
G20-Best Use of Radio - National
Organization
Gold
Personalized Care/Algorithms
North Woods Advertising
Silver
Bronze
Taxpayer Circus
Red Maverick Media
Bronze
GOL!
The Factor, Inc.
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WINNERS
Newspaper-PUBLIC
AFFAIRS DIVISION
Bronze
Silver
H07-Full Page
Silver
Gold
Silver
Silver
Gold
Silver
Rennick
Jamestown Associates
I05-Non-Mail Brochure
Bronze
Trailblazer
The Balduzzi Group
Collateral
Gold
Silver
Park Southern
The Balduzzi Group
Bronze
Bronze
Portal
Smart Media Group
Bronze
Bronze
I06-Yard/Outdoor Sign
Silver
Silver
Gold
I01- Billboard
Gold
Bronze
I02-Door Hanger
Gold
Silver
Do Not Disturb!
The Balduzzi Group
Bronze
Bronze
I03-Logo
Gold
#DCCanDoBetter
The Balduzzi Group
Silver
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Bronze
I07-Most Original/Innovative
Collateral Material
Silver
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Field
International
Silver
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Gold
THE BAGEL
yk Dialogue International
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
K10-Best in Show
Gold
Gold
Gold
Scissors
NOW Communications Group Inc
Silver
THE BAGEL
Oyku Dialogue International
Silver
Silver
THE SHOEBOX
Oyku Dialogue International
Bronze
Fore
NOW Communications Group Inc
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
More Nurses
NOW Communications Group Inc
THE SHOEBOX
yk Dialogue International
Vareal Hermanos defense
SR Strategic Communications
Silver
Bronze
Meet Gary
University of Texas at Austin
Shoulda Woulda
Coulda
Silver
Tough Decision
The Singularis Group
Silver
Student
Bronze
Gold
A Kentucky Tradition
Fordham University
My Calling
University of Texas at Austin
Silver
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Gold
WINNERS
Silver
Late Snap
Reform Act
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2015
HALL OF
FAME
Every year the AAPC selects individuals whose careers and activities
can serve as inspirations to us all, especially students and young professionals
looking for examples of leadership, longevity and accomplishment. Induction
into the AAPC Hall of Fame is the highest honor that the working members of the
profession can bestow upon a colleague.
Lionel Sosa
Lionel Sosa is an independent marketing consultant and nationally recognized portrait artist. He is the
founder of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates (now Bromley Communications), which became the largest
Hispanic advertising agency in the U.S. Sosa is an acknowledged expert in Hispanic consumer and voter
behavior and was named One of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America by Time Magazine. Lionel
was media consultant for Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He has
served on the teams of eight national Republican presidential campaigns.
Sosa has authored 3 books and is co-author to 2 others. He is author of Children of the Revolucion- How
the Mexican Revolution Changed America, distributed by Texas University Press, Think and Grow Rich, a
Latino Choice published in by Random House, The Americano Dream: How Latinos Can Achieve Success
in Business and in Life, published by Dutton. He is co-author of El Vaquero Real- the Original American
Cowboy published by Bright Sky Press and was a contributing author of Latinos and the Nations Future,
edited by Henry Cisneros and published by Arte Publico Press, University of Houston.
Sosa currently serves on the boards of The Cisneros Center, The Kipp Academy of San Antonio, City-Year
San Antonio, Texans for Education Reform and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Boards Strategic
Planning Committee.
Lionel has served on the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System, the Board of Trustees for
the University of the Incarnate Word, the Boards of Sesame Workshop, creators of Sesame Street, ACT
(American College Testing), PBS, the Public Broadcasting System, NCLR, National Council of La Raza and
The Briscoe Western Art Museum. He chaired both the United Way of San Antonio and the San Antonio
Symphony and was Executive Director for the grass roots foundation, MATT- Mexicans and Americans
Thinking Together. He is a member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
In 2001, Sosa was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. He was awarded an honorary
PHD in Humanities from the University of the Incarnate Word. His portraits in oil have been exhibited
at The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at College
Station, Texas and Texas A&M University San Antonio, among others.
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Robert M. Shrum
Robert M. Shrum holds the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics and is
Professor of the Practice of Political Science at the University of Southern Californias Dornsife
College of Letters, Arts and Science. For more than a third of a century, he was deeply involved in
Democratic politics.
He was speechwriter to Senator George McGovern in his 1972 presidential campaign. He was
speechwriter to Senator Edward M. Kennedy during and after the 1980 presidential campaign; his
press secretary from 1980 to 1984; and consultant, ad maker, and strategist for the Senator until
2009.
Mr. Shrum was a strategist and advertising consultant for 30 winning Senate campaigns; for 8
winning campaigns for governor; for the Mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Houston, Denver, Dade County, and San Francisco; and for the Speaker and Democratic Leader of
the House of Representatives. He advised President Bill Clinton during his time in the White House.
He was senior strategist in the 2000 Gore for President campaign and the 2004 Kerry for President
campaign.
Overseas, he consulted for the campaigns of the British Labour Party from 1989 to 2010; the
campaigns of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel; the campaigns of Irish Prime Minister Bertie
Ahern in 1997, 2002, and 2007; and the 1994 and 1998 campaigns of President Andres Pastrana
of Columbia.
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As a journalist, Mr. Shrums work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Los
Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek, and The Huffington Post. He has been a columnist for Slate, The
Week, and The Daily Beast. He has written for commercial television, including The Emmy Awards,
The American Film Institute Life Achievement Awards, and the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning
Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, for which he received a Writers Guild
of America award.
Mr. Shrums book, No Excuse: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner was a national bestseller
published in June 2007 by Simon and Schuster. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and
Harvard Law School and in addition to USC, has taught at New York University, Yale, and Boston
College. He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, the journalist and writer Marylouise
Oates, and his puppy Cody.
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