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David Dixon
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Basic facts
Organization:•Dixon Davis Media Group
Role:Partner/principal
Location:Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Md.
Education:University of New Hampshire (history B.A.)



David Dixon is a political media strategist and, as of November 2015, was a partner for Dixon Davis Media Group. He has contributed to several political campaigns including Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and Bill Purcell's 1999 mayoral campaign. TMC News mentioned him as part of its 2013 "Influencers 500 [Campaigns & Elections]" list.[1][2]

Career

David Dixon was born in Nashville, Tenn., and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he received a B.A. in history.[3] Dixon became vice president for Joe Slade White Communications and opened its Washington, D.C. office in 1992.[1][4]

Dixon served as political director and a political consultant for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 1993 and 1994.[5][6] Charlie Cook of Cook Political Report featured Dixon in a 2002 article, noting that he correctly predicted that 1994 would be a Republican wave year.[5]

Dixon founded Dixon Davis Media Group, a strategic communications consulting firm, in 1995.[1][3][7] One of his projects was the "Desk Ad" featured as part of Nashville mayoral candidate Bill Purcell's campaign in 1999 (the ad showed Purcell working at a desk in his front yard).[8] Nashville Post called the ad "a gem" in its 2002 analysis of the best and worst campaigns in Tennessee history.[9]

Dixon has worked on advertising and media strategy for numerous other campaigns through the Dixon Davis Media Group since that time, including Allen Boyd’s 2003 campaign for U.S. Senate, Martin O'Malley’s 2010 gubernatorial re-election campaign and the campaign of Mazie Hirono, the first immigrant and Asian-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate.[10][11][12] He also served as a consultant for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 and then again in 2012.[13][14]

Dixon Davis Media Group has earned several awards for its work, including a 2001 Pollie Award honorable mention and a 2013 Silver Telly Award for an advertisement featured as part of Claire McCaskill’s re-election bid.[15][16]

As of November 2015, David Dixon lived in Bethesda, Md. and was a principal/partner at Dixon Davis Media Group.[3][1]

Media

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Highbeam Research, "Movers & Shakers: David Dixon," July 1, 2001
  2. ↑ TMC News, "The Influencers 500 [Campaigns & Elections," January 22, 2013]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Country Radio Seminar, "Media Strategist David Dixon Announced as Thursday's Featured Speaker at CRS," January 14, 2013
  4. ↑ EntitySource, "Joe Slade White Communications," May 19, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cook Political Report, "How Awful Will it Be?" September 16, 2014
  6. ↑ C-SPAN, "David Dixon," accessed November 19, 2015
  7. ↑ Find the Company, "Davis Dixon Media Group," accessed November 19, 2015
  8. ↑ The Tennessean, "Nashville mayoral race: Who's working for whom?" February 7, 2015
  9. ↑ Nashville Post, "Happy & unhappy trails:Tennessee's best and worst political campaigns," August 1, 2002
  10. ↑ Roll Call, "Shop Talk," July 24, 2003 (pg 2)
  11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TMC
  12. ↑ Locu, "Dixon Davis Media Group," accessed November 19, 2015
  13. ↑ George Washington University, "Key People Obama for America," August 31, 2009
  14. ↑ The Washington Post, "President Obama settles on campaign team," August 8, 2012
  15. ↑ American Association of Political Consultants, "2001 Pollie Award Winners," accessed November 19, 2015
  16. ↑ Telly Awards, "34th Annual Telly Awards 2013 Commercial Silver Winners," accessed November 19, 2015
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