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For over a decade Adelstein Liston has managed successful campaigns at every level of government from Hawaii to Rhode Island and many stops in between. We've helped launch the careers of dozens of first-time candidates and re-elect distinguished public servants faced with challenging races.

Blueprint Interactive is a woman-owned digital consultancy specializing in building communities that transcend the online-offline divide. We focus on three areas: strategy, marketing and creative. We work with you to devise strategies, plan your campaign's online presence, set goals for and analyze its success. Our services include: metric-driven media buys, design award-winning online ads, microsites and custom Facebook tabs, social media campaigns and email list-building and engagement.

Crossroads Campaign Solutions is a political consulting firm capable of providing services for modern political campaigns, corporations, and nonprofits. Our staff is experienced in a variety of capacities, from traditional political campaigns to organizational development. Crossroads has worked with a broad array of clients from around the country including high profile US Senate races, campaigns for city council, national issue advocacy organizations, and local ballot initiatives. Each client's unique situation received Crossroads' fullest attention in a personal working relationship. Services offered are organized to speak to the services individual clients - corporate, electoral, non-profit - may need. Our work leads to results and to establishing the groundwork and tools for future projects whether or not Crossroads is involved.

For over 16 years, Dewey Square Group has distinguished itself as one of the country's leading public affairs firms. It's the kind of reputation built from bringing together the very best professionals in grassroots advocacy, state and local outreach, strategic communications, coalition development, digital media and government relations. It's also the kind of reputation that grows as those professionals design and execute winning solutions for Fortune 500 corporations, leading trade associations and major non-profit associations. DSG has offices in eight cities and affiliates in every state and has built a successful track record of generating support for our client's public policy positions, brands and products.

Leading the industry in studying and predicting online behavior, Digital BrinQ utilizes this knowledge to build creative and strategic social media campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and universities. The Digital BrinQ team has developed and monitored widely acclaimed online participatory campaigns for corporations like GOOD.is, Ford Motor Company and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In addition to our online marketing expertise, we are a leading application development firm, having built custom websites and applications for some of the nation’s largest companies including Toyota and GAP. With Digital BrinQ's proven track record in delivering envelope-pushing technologies, companies including Allergan, TransUnion and Oakley tap our development resources for enterprise and mobile solutions.

ElectionMall.com, a non-partisan technology company that provides online services to campaigns of all sizes, announced today that it is re-opening its office in Mexico City for the upcoming Presidential Elections of 2012. Ravi Singh, ElectionMall CEO and Founder, who set up an office in Mexico City in 2005, predicts 2012 will be the “election year of the net” in Mexico.

FieldWorks strategists have unrivaled expertise at the national, state, and local level developing and managing programs for electoral campaigns, corporations, issue based organizations, and ballot initiatives.Led by experienced national and international strategists with their hearts in grassroots and organizing, FieldWorks creates campaigns that combine innovative grassroots strategies, the newest online and communication technologies, and time-tested shoe leather tactics with one thing in mind - achieving the client's goals.Targeting the right voters in the right places, and using the right tactics at the right time (Vote-by-Mail, Early Voting, voter registration, mail, phones, direct voter contact, message integration, and the Internet), FieldWorks puts a plan together to win.

GMMB opened its doors in 1983 with one goal in mind: to use communications to create real change that would positively impact families, our nation and our world. While political communications was our original specialty and remains at the center of our work, our desire to effect real change quickly grew, evolving our organization into a premier political, issue and cause communications firm. We help foundations, non-profits, associations, governments and socially conscious corporations achieve their missions of making this world a better place for all of us. We are, at heart, activists. We believe in our clients and are dedicated to the causes they champion.

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a sixty-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. We are among the largest law firms in the United States that only represent plaintiffs. A strong, principled sense of social responsibility drives us. Since our founding in 1972, we have been committed to achieving justice for investors, consumers, employees, patients, and small business owners, promoting safer products and fair competition, protecting our environment, and remedying violations of the civil rights of citizens worldwide. Our comprehensive and diverse practice is unique among plaintiffs' law firms.

Mandate Media is an internet strategy, services, and advertising firm specializing in progressive political candidates and advocacy organizations. We are a small firm based in the West that works for selected clients all across the country.  We aggressively advocate for our clients and are very hands-on. We are smart, happy, and fast.  We work for people and causes we believe in. We believe in the importance of the progressive movement to make a difference and we want to help. We think the internet is a radical medium that empowers passionate people and committed organizations. We want to change the world - and we want to do that with you. Learn more at MandateMedia.com.

By creatively and tenaciously connecting voters with campaigns, McKenna Pihlaja will tell your unique story so that people pay attention. Winning campaigns have more than just a good television ad, they have a vision and a comprehensive plan to communicate with voters in many different ways. We are committed to telling your story so that people hear, react, and engage with you. Our strategy addresses the details that matter. Integrating your goals with a creative and all-encompassing plan is how we win.

Capitalizing on fifteen years of running tough races and working with a diverse set of clients, we have the experience, skills and resources to win.
From candidates vying for office to incumbents serving in office, from legislative races to Presidential races, from initiative campaigns to public awareness campaigns, we have designed and implemented nearly every aspect of a successful campaign, including strategic planning, message development and communications, coalition building and public outreach.
We look forward to putting our experience to work for you.

Momentum Analysis is a boutique Democratic public opinion research firm based in Washington, DC. clients include the DNC, the DCCC, EMILY's List, Members of Congress, non-profits and labor unions, and campaigns around the country from City Council to US Senate. Using creative messaging, active listening, and sound methodology, Momentum Analysis provides its clients with winning strategies. Every project is custom, and every client receives individual attention.

Myers Research | Strategic Services is a full-service public opinion research firm specializing in electing Democrats at all levels and advancing progressive causes. We provide clients with a full range of public opinion research tools as well as on-going message and communications consulting. Since the firm was founded in 2002, we have won more races for Democrats in more states across the nation than any other polling firm, Democrat or Republican.

NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to progressive campaigns and organizations, offering an integrated platform that combines the best fundraising, compliance, field, organizing, and new media products.  NGP VAN counts thousands of campaigns and organizations among our clients, including all the national Democratic committees, thousands of Democratic campaigns including Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and hundreds of labor unions, progressive and non-partisan PACs, and other organizations. We’re committed to crafting the next generation of integrated campaign technology so our clients have the edge they need to win.

Portscheller & Associates: Pathways to Results" is a company that provides services in leadership development, conflict mediation, strategic planning, school reform and improvement, keynote addresses and system alignment to public, non profit and for profit entities.  Clients include state departments of education, school districts, non profit organizations, and corporations around the country.
Peg Portscheller is the owner and CEO of the organization and has a diverse background that includes education, public policy, non profit leadership and public-private partnerships.  Her organization is based in Denver and includes a group of talented consultants with whom she works.

Pivot is a majority women-owned direct voter contact firm specializing in providing direct mail, online advertising and strategic guidance to Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations. Our mission is to provide clients with targeted, creative communication that delivers a winning message. A select team of veteran operatives with nearly a century of combined campaign experience, Pivot strategists help chart a targeted course to effectively identify and persuade undecided voters through statistical analysis and targeted, creative voter communications.

Don Powell formed Powell Phones in February 2000, after more than a decade as Vice President of Political Sales at Telemark, Inc. A seasoned campaign veteran, Don has run campaigns for all levels of government since 1966, including races for the U.S. Senate and House, and statewide and local Ballot Measures. Don's experience in political calling campaigns includes: voter ID, advocacy, persuasion, GOTV, absentee ballot follow-up and grass roots.

From the development of a diverse workforce and the health of our nation to meeting the needs of our customers, we have long accepted the responsibility of being a good corporate citizen.
As one of the nation's largest grocery retailers, we are committed to offering our customers safe, nutritious products for their entire family—at a value they need.
We enjoy building strong relationships in the neighborhoods where we do business, and fund causes that are important to us as a company, including cancer research and support for people with disabilities.
Continued innovation and thoughtful consideration guide our goal of balancing consumer needs with long–term sustainable business practices.

SmartVote delivers votes the same way its parent company (AdTrack) has delivered quality sales leads to its Fortune 500 customers for over 25 years - through an easy-to-use data management system. SmartVote turns this proven system into a campaign management tool, with extra benefits. Any or all of your campaign communication tools can be seamlessly integrated with your campaign database - all delivered under one roof. Your candidate's message is delivered to the right constituent at the right time. Because of its proven technology and integrated system, SmartVote executes your field strategies faster, more efficiently and at a lower cost. SmartVote helps you deliver votes the only time it counts: Election Day.

Solidarity Strategies strives to be as progressive as our clients. We value diversity of ideas, background and geography. Our partners have done award winning work in progressive politics, labor organizing and candidate campaigns in over 40 states. Solidarity Strategies was founded on the premise that we work better together. We have seen the power of collective action, and believe that great things can be accomplished when we stand together to move forward. Our founder has been a member of a union since he was 19 years old, and we share his belief that our communities are stronger when unions have a voice. This is why we have proudly joined ABCD local 123, here in Washington, D.C. We measure success in wins and losses-not in retainers and consulting fees. Solidarity Strategies works with candidates and organizations that are fighting to better the lives of working families, protect the environment and stand up for equality and civil rights. When our clients succeed we all win.

Stones' Phones was founded in 2000 by Marty and Paul Stone, brothers who sought to fill an industry need for high-quality, affordable and strategic campaign telephone solutions. Marty has used his years of experience managing, consulting, and running as a candidate himself to help establish a firm that understands how phones can effectively communicate with voters. Paul has used his background in campaigns and in the corporate world to create systems that use the most sophisticated technology in the business, ensuring the highest quality for clients. As a result, Marty and Paul offer a unique approach. Stones' Phones knows how to win campaigns using innovative tactics and creative messaging. Working with each client individually, Stones' Phones offers strategic advice and planning along with execution and reporting that is reliable and comprehensive. Over the past ten years, Stones' Phones has made over a hundred million phone calls to voters across the country and in every state.

The Baughman Company has a history of electing barrier-breaking women. And in 2010 our mail stood up against a political cyclone and re-elected 11 of 12 congressional incumbent clients. Statewide, Baughman Company mail defeated Big Oil's Prop 23 in California and re-elected one of Nevada's top-ranking women officeholders. We're the firm that won 20 states for Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign and helped elect and re-elect Kansas's Kathleen Sebelius governor of one of America's reddest states.

The Dover Group offers innovative, best-in-class services in three key areas: communications strategy, direct mail, and online solutions.
What sets us apart is our ability to integrate all three to deliver the most bang for your buck.
Traditionally, corporate, non-profit, and political campaigns put each of these service areas in a silo. Each one is run independent from the other. The result is a lack of coordination and message discipline.
By allowing the Dover Group to run a fully-integrated communications, direct mail, and online program, you ensure that every action is synced with every other and every word is written to deliver maximum impact.

As a full-service Democratic consulting firm, With over 70 years of combined experience, TruBlu Politics provides message development, custom graphics, direct mail, web design, media and software solutions for campaigns, candidates and organizations across the nation. Our hands-on approach with campaigns ensures that each client receives effective and unique materials on time-when they need it. With a wealth of communication expertise and campaign experience, the TruBlu Politics team is uniquely positioned to provide campaigns with the innovative and strategic planning, effective messaging, and campaign tools needed to win.

Winning Connections is the nation's leading telephone voter contact firm for Democrats and progressive organizations. Our clients have included Obama for America, the DNC, the DCCC, more than 200 U.S. House, and over 40 U.S. Senate candidates, as well as the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, NAACP, League of Conservation Voters, and the AFL-CIO. Since 1996 our research-driven approach has won more Pollie Awards for live calls from the American Association of Political Consultants than any other firm in our field.

Winning Over Washington puts together unique, strategic communications programs to accomplish your campaign and candidate goals. From message development to media strategy and campaign planning, Winning over Washington builds the strong fundamentals of a successful campaign for your candidate, issue or idea. They have 20 years of communications experience in labor and government, politics and campaigns, private sector and non-profit organizations.

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