Consultant Scorecard: Who's At Bat Today
From today's Hotline: The following lists consultants working on major statewide races today. E-mail additions to your editor.
VA Gov
LG Tim Kaine(D) Manager: Mike Henry Pollster: Benenson Strategy Group (Pete Brodnitz) Media consultants: Struble Eichenbaum Direct mail: MSHC Partners (Hal Malchow and Chris Cooper) Internet: John Rohrbach Ex AG Jerry Kilgore(R) Manager: Ken Hutcheson General consultant: Ray Allen Pollster: John McLaughlin Media consultant: Scott Howell Internet: Campaign Solutions
VA Statewides
LG candidate Bill Bolling(R) Manager: Randy Marcus General consultant: M. Boyd Marcus Pollsters: McLaughlin and Associates Media: Dawson, McCarthy Nelson Mail: Creative Direct LG candidate Leslie Byrne(D) Manager: Joe Shafer Consultants: Grassroots Solutions (Andy Bechhoefer and Sean Gagen) Media: Tom Oppel, All Points Communications Pollster: Jefrey Pollock, Global Strategy Group Direct Mail: Ed Peavy, Mission Control AG candidate Creigh Deeds(D) Manager: Susan Swecker Pollsters: Bennett, Petts and Blumenthal Media consultants: Dixon Davis Direct mail: Mack Crounse AG candidate Robert McDonnell(R) Manager: Janet Polarek General consultants: Tim Phillips, Phil Cox Pollster: Glen Bolger, Public Opinion Strategies Media consultants: Doug McAuliffe with M3Media Direct mail: Robert Randolph and Tina LeBlanc with American Marketing
NJ Gov
Doug Forrester (R) Managers: Rick England, Sherry Sylvester Media consultant: Stevens Reed Curcio and Potholm Pollster: Arthur Finkelstein Direct mail: Jamestown Associates Jon Corzine(D) Managers: Steve DeMicco Senior adviser: Tom Shea Media consultants: S.D.D. Media and Message and Media Pollsters: Lead: Mark Mellman. Also: Joel Benenson, Stan Greenberg, Sergio Bendixen, Mark Penn
NYC Mayor
Michael Bloomberg (R) Manager: Kevin Sheekey Pollster: Penn Schoen Berland Media consultants: Squier Knapp Dunn, Elevacion, Firebird (Russian) Direct mail: Squier Knapp Dunn and Baughman Company Fernando Ferrer(D) Manager: Nick Baldick General consultants/pollsters: Global Strategy Group Media consultants: Soapbox and Doak, Carrier, O'Donnell Direct mail: Mirram Global
Ohio Redistricting Init.
Reform Ohio Now: (pro): Burges and Burges, Steve Fought Ohio First Voter Education Fund (anti:) Jim Nathanson, Nathanson and Associates, Stevens Reed Curcio and Potham, Hopcraft and Associates, Neil Newhouse, Public Opinion Strategies
Check Out How The Wealth Is Spread In CA
The following numbers are a breakdown of funds spent to support and oppose Propositions 73-77. The information is broken down into three groupings -- 1) general consultants, which includes mail vendors; 2) media, which includes TV and radio buys, and 3) polling. Although infrequent, some companies will appear in more than one category based on how the expenditure was classified. These numbers have been rounded and are all courtesy of CalAccess, CA's Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contribution And Expenditure Search System, a service of the CA Sec/State. The amounts are current as of 10/22, the final day of the last full reporting period, making these conservative totals. Also note that firms taking in less than $100K are not listed, but are included in the totals. For official titles and ballot summaries of each proposition, please click here.
INITIATIVES COST OVERVIEW
Opposing Supporting
General Consultants $ 1,720,370 $ 8,375,196
Media $41,651,308 $24,553,988
Polling $ 1,044,287 $ 795,843
Total $44,415,695 $33,725,027
TOP FIVE MONEY MAKERS
AKP Message And Media Oppose 75 $23,035,703
Greenstripe Media, Inc. Oppose 74 $7,168,590
Morris & Carrick, Inc. Oppose 77 $4,900,000
Media Partnership Corp. Support 74-77 $19,473,007
(Don Sipple among others)
JohnsonClark Associates Support 77 $3,354,545
OPPOSING INITIATIVES DETAIL
General Initiative Amount
The Strategy Group Oppose 75 $1,098,752
Dewey Square Group Oppose 73, 75 $189,710
Kaufman Campaign Oppose 76 $187,500
Pacific Print Resources Oppose 74 $155,298
Total $1,720,371
Media Initiative Amount
AKP Message And Media Oppose 75 $23,035,703
Greenstripe Media, Inc. Oppose 74 $7,168,590
Morris & Carrick, Inc. Oppose 77 $4,900,000
New And Improved Media Oppose 77 $2,250,000
McNally Temple Oppose 76 $1,995,600
Runyon, Saltzman & Einhorn Oppose 75 $866,068
Media Solutions Oppose 75 $700,000
GMMB Oppose 73 $690,133
Total $41,651,309
Polling Initiative Amount
David Binder Research Oppose 75 $300,595
Lake Snell Perry Oppose 73, 77 $169,027
Mellman Group Oppose 74, 76 $138,700
Feldman Group, Inc. Oppose 75 $118,827
Total $1,044,287
SUPORTING INITIATIVES DETAIL
General Initiative Amount
Forde And Mollrich Support 74-77 $2,805,490
Arno Political Consultants Support 74, 76 $1,154,000
Gilliard Blanning Wysocki Support 77 $469,249
GC Strategic Advocacy Support 74-77 $426,213
Michael D. Meyers Co. Support 74-77 $316,693
Croce, Renee Support 74-77 $290,100
Monaco Group Support 73-77 $233,453
Meridian Pacific, Inc. Support 74, 75, 76 $216,284
DC Navigators, LLC Support 74-77 $194,000
Hueter & Associates Support 74-77 $162,500
Randle Communications Support 74-77 $147,273
Capital Campaigns, Inc. Support 75 $137,500
Wendy Warfield Support 74, 76 $125,000
Wilson, Martin R. Support 74-77 $120,000
Davis Group Support 74-77 $106,473
Red Gate Communications Support 74-77 $106,270
Dorsee Productions Support 74-77 $103,932
Total $8,375,196
Media Initiative Amount
Media Partnership Corp. Support 74-77 $19,473,007
(Don Sipple among others)
JohnsonClark Associates Support 77 $3,354,545
GCW Creative Commun. Support 74, 76 $687,956
Gryphon Promotions Support 74-77 $406,751
Cimarron Group Support 74-77 $141,274
Sadler Strategic Media Support 75 $100,000
Total $24,553,988
Polling Initiative Amount
Public Opinion Strategies Support 74, 75, 76 $454,500
Mclaughlin & Associates Support 74-77 $322,156
Total $795,843
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I got calls from Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Rudy Guiliani over the weekend. Yesterday when I got home from work, I had calls from Davis, Allen, Bush and the candidate for delegate--chris gregerson. It was overkill, I've got to say.
The money in politics is just obscene. The fact it has become an "industry" to run and manage campaigns - and make money into the millions of dollars - would make our founders hang their heads in shame.