News

04/20/2010

Last weekend, Mark Kanarick led a session during 21st Century Democrats' campaign training workshop.

04/02/2010

Winning Connections Earns 19 Pollies!

04/02/2010

Winning Connections led all firms with 19 Pollie Awards at the 2010 Pollie Conference hosted by the American Association of Political Consultants.

03/22/2010

Winning Connections worked with Fight Back New York to defeat Hiram Monserrate and elect Jose Peralta in the March 16 special election in New York's 13th Senate district. Monserrate opposed marriage equality, and was one of the "gang of 3" Senators who threw Albany into chaos last summer. He was ultimately expelled from the Senate after being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend.

03/03/2010
On February 25, 2010, Winning Connections hosted a Winter Olympics Party and Open House at John Jameson's house near Eastern Market. Click "more" to see photos. It was great to see old friends and make some new ones.
02/01/2010

On Friday, Winning Connections won four Reed Awards. The Reed Awards are hosted by Politics Magazine, and judged by a bipartisan group of our peers in the political consulting industry. Learn more about the Reeds at the Politics Magazine website

12/12/2009

Yesterday, Mark Kanarick led a training session as part of a seminar put together by 21st Century Democrats, a grassroots organization dedeciated to building party infrastructure and elected the next generation of progressive leaders. Mark gave a presentation on the best ways to use phone calls to win an election. Over 50 future campaign managers, union organizers, and progressive activists learned about strategic voter contact techniques and voter file managmement.

11/06/2009

A Big Win for Ohio jobs!

We helped the labor movement turn out Ohio working families for Issue 3 to bring casinos—and 34,000 good jobs—to Ohio. Campaign Manager Tom Whatman engineered one of the biggest upsets of the year, winning a race that came after four defeats for Ohio gaming initiatives. Research-driven interactive GOTV calls boosted turnout in union households high above the rest of the electorate.

06/15/2009

Helping Creigh Deeds achieve a come-from-behind victory in Virginia

Congratulations to Joe Abbey for managing the biggest upset in the history of Virginia! Winning Connections helped Senator Deeds get his message out on jobs, reproductive choice and the Washington Post endorsement through dozens of targeted call programs. Interesting note – Google trends ‘predicted’ Creigh’s win a week out.

02/23/2009

Winning Connections sweeps live call category at the Reed Awards.

Winning Connections won three awards in the live call category last month at the first annual Reed Awards, presented by Politics Magazine and MC’ed by journalist Matt Cooper, of Libby leak fame. With more than 50 firms participating, Winning Connections won all the awards offered in the live call category. Our winning clients included the League of Conservation Voters, the Froehlich for State Representative campaign, and the Mike Skelly for Congress campaign.