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Shop Talk: All About Adam

Nov. 19, 12 a.m.

New Jersey-based GOP pollster Adam Geller has joined forces with the Washington, D.C., lobbying firm Clark Lytle & Geduldig to work on projects based in the nation’s capital.

Shop Talk: If I Were a Rich Man

Nov. 5, 12 a.m.

Club for Growth spokesman Rich Dunn has left the anti-tax conservative group to take a gig as the deputy political director at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Shop Talk: I, Carly

Oct. 29, 12 a.m.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina (R) has tapped Strategic Perception to do the media for her impending Senate campaign, according to sources familiar with the arrangement. Strategic Perception is one of the best-known GOP ad firms in the country for its work with GOP presidential candidates, including scripting ads for Sen. John McCain’s (Ariz.) bid in 2008.

Shop Talk: Teacher Becomes a Student

Oct. 22, 12 a.m.

Candidates sign up their consulting teams through the advice of campaign committees, campaign managers and other professional connections.

Shop Talk: Mission Control, We Have Liftoff

Oct. 15, 12 a.m.

Mission Control, the Democratic direct-mail firm run by Ed Peavy, has nailed its second special election client this year in the Empire State and its fourth special contest in the last two years.

Shop Talk: Manchester Bound

Oct. 8, 12 a.m.

Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) has added another finance pro to his Senate campaign. Hodes raised more than $1 million in his first five months in the race, including only $265,000 during his first quarter of the year.

Shop Talk: EMILY’s Made a List, Checked It Twice

Oct. 1, 12 a.m.

Democratic fundraising powerhouse EMILY’s List announced additions to its staff this week as it prepares for the 2010 elections. Many of the new hires worked on campaigns for candidates endorsed by EMILY’s List in previous cycles or have held positions with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Shop Talk: Holding Them at Bay State

Sept. 24, 12 a.m.

The candidates running for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) seat have their consultant teams in place for the Dec. 8 primary and Jan. 19 special election.

Shop Talk: Leading the War Against Wilson

Sept. 17, 12 a.m.

Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) likely opponent, 2008 Democratic nominee Rob Miller, has a completely new consulting team in place this cycle after holding the Congressman to his lowest winning percentage yet last year.

Shop Talk: A Schiff in Strategy

Sept. 10, 12 a.m.

The full consulting team for businessman Peter Schiff’s (R) Connecticut Senate bid has parted ways with the campaign.

Shop Talk: I Love New York

Aug. 6, 12 a.m.

Rep. Bruce Braley’s (D-Iowa) chief of staff, Sarah Benzing, is leaving Capitol Hill to manage Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.) campaign, according to a Democratic source. Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate earlier this year, and while it remains to be seen whether she will attract a top-tier GOP opponent, she will face at least one primary challenger when she runs for a full term in 2010.

Shop Talk: YouTube, YouWin

July 30, 12 a.m.

A handful of 2009 campaigns are using a new advertising technology to drive YouTube viewers to their campaign Web site.

Shop Talk: Politics Is a Good Thing

July 23, 12 a.m.

The Democratic National Committee now has its regional political team fully in place.

Shop Talk: Great Scott, Another State!

July 16, 12 a.m.

Democratic campaign strategist Scott Arceneaux sure does get around — to different states that is. Arceneaux was just announced as the new executive director for the Florida Democratic Party.

Shop Talk: Dream of Californication

July 9, 12 a.m.

Sarah Pompei is leaving Sen. Mike Johanns’ (R-Neb.) press office on Capitol Hill for her home state of California, where she will be eBay founder Meg Whitman’s press secretary for her 2010 gubernatorial bid. Pompei, a former regional spokeswoman for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R) presidential campaign, was Johanns’ press secretary during his 2008 Senate race.

Shop Talk: The Name’s Bonjean

June 25, 12 a.m.

Sara Bonjean has left the Republican National Committee to open the Washington, D.C., offices of GR Seppala and Associates, a GOP fundraising firm based in Minnesota.

Shop Talk: Texas Hold ’Em

June 18, 12 a.m.

An aide to Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams (R) confirmed that GOP consultant Matt Mackowiak does not advise Williams’ Senate campaign, after the former Senate staffer made that claim last week.

Shop Talk: Winners and Losers

June 11, 12 a.m.

By now there’s been ample dissection of state Sen. Creigh Deeds’ come-from-behind win in Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday.

Shop Talk: Habla GOP?

June 4, 12 a.m.

Longtime GOP operatives Jason Roe and Duane Dichiara have founded Revolvis Consulting, a new general consulting and direct-mail firm aimed at helping Republicans use technology better and also connect them with Hispanic voters.

Shop Talk: A Regional Affair

May 21, 12 a.m.

The Democratic National Committee has put together its regional team of press secretaries under Chairman Tim Kaine, according to a list of the new hires obtained by Roll Call.

Shop Talk: Feast of the Epiphany

May 14, 12 a.m.

The Republican event and fundraising firm Epiphany Productions has opened a sister company, Comitatus Consulting, with the aim of helping Capitol Hill offices and not-for-profit groups to use technology and social networking.

Shop Talk: Help Wanted

May 7, 12 a.m.

The Republican National Committee is still searching to fill some of its top staff spots, according to sources familiar with the process.

Shop Talk: The Specter Split

April 30, 12 a.m.

Several of Sen. Arlen Specter’s (Pa.) consultants have jumped ship in the wake of the former Republican’s move to the other side of the aisle this week.

Shop Talk: To Thine Own Self Be Patru

April 23, 12 a.m.

Republican media operative Ed Patru has started his own firm. Amplifico — Latin for “amplified” — kicked off this week with Patru and fellow partner Marc Ross.

Shop Talk: King Artur’s Court

April 13, 12 a.m.

Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) has tapped several campaign veterans to help him with his gubernatorial bid in 2010.