By
Kyle Trygstad
| Feb. 7, 2012, Midnight
Republican strategist Joel Sawyer, who just finished a stint as manager of Jon Huntsman’s presidential campaign in South Carolina, is joining Donehue Direct as senior vice president.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Jan. 31, 2012, Midnight
EMILY’s List has hired Melissa Williams as deputy director of Women Vote!, where she will run the group’s Congressional independent expenditure program.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Jan. 24, 2012, Midnight
Mark Standriff has left his position as communications director at the California Republican Party and will soon be named senior communications adviser to GOP Senate candidate Elizabeth Emken.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Jan. 17, 2012, Midnight
As he prepares for a primary against a Democratic colleague, Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz is sticking with the consulting team that propelled him to Congress in a 2010 special election.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Jan. 5, 2012, 3:06 p.m.
Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) has rounded out his Senate campaign’s senior staff as he revs up for a competitive open-seat race with former Sen. George Allen (R).
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Dec. 13, 2011, Midnight
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) is working to get his presidential campaign infrastructure caught up to his poll standings and has added a key cog in Florida.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Dec. 6, 2011, Midnight
The National Republican Congressional Committee has hired two new regional press secretaries for the 2012 cycle.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Nov. 29, 2011, Midnight
FP1 Strategies announced on Monday the hiring of Corey Vale as vice president of digital strategy.
By
Kyle Trygstad, Joshua Miller
| Nov. 21, 2011, Midnight
National Democrats scored two top recruits this month who they believe will help make the Arizona and North Dakota open Senate races competitive.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Nov. 15, 2011, Midnight
Ruben Kihuen, a Nevada state Senator running in a competitive Democratic primary for Congress, has hired a campaign team that includes at least three connections to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Nov. 8, 2011, Midnight
Ken Morley is opening Tightline Strategies, a full-service political and public affairs firm, with five other principals.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Nov. 1, 2011, Midnight
Jennifer Morris has joined Nyhus Communications, which provides public relations, public affairs and social media services for organizations working at the intersection of business, government and the community.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Oct. 25, 2011, Midnight
David Doud, a former local and state candidate in Washington state, has started a candidate verification firm in the Seattle area that is looking to offer the political version of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Oct. 18, 2011, Midnight
The National Republican Congressional Committee is losing two regional press secretaries to other opportunities.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Oct. 4, 2011, Midnight
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has bolstered his Florida campaign staff as the state shuffled the national primary schedule by moving the contest up into January.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Sept. 26, 2011, Midnight
Tim Baker, an up-and-coming GOP strategist, has joined Florida-based Data Targeting Inc. as a junior partner.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Sept. 20, 2011, Midnight
A new bipartisan study evaluating how likely voters consume media concluded that campaigns will need to make tactical adjustments to reach a fractured audience that is watching less live TV.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Sept. 13, 2011, Midnight
After three years leading communications at the state party, former Florida Democratic Party spokesman Eric Jotkoff has signed on with President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign to serve as Florida press secretary, the St. Petersburg Times first reported.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Sept. 6, 2011, Midnight
Everyone knows there’s no life outside politics when you work inside it, and for dozens in the political consulting world around the country, politics has been an avenue to marriage.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Aug. 19, 2011, 12:55 p.m.
Democratic operatives Mark Warren and Jennifer May recently launched a fundraising firm called Next Level Partners.
