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| OnMessage Inc. | |
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| Location: | Alexandria, Va. |
| Type: | Political Strategy Firm |
| Affiliation: | Conservative |
| Top official: | •Curt Anderson •Wes Anderson •Brad Todd |
| Founder(s): | •Curt Anderson •Wes Anderson •Brad Todd |
| Year founded: | 2006 |
| Website: | Official website |
OnMessage Inc. (OMI) is a strategy firm that focuses primarily on political campaigns. OnMessage is located in Alexandria, Va., and Annapolis, Md. It was founded in 2006 by Curt Anderson, Wes Anderson and Brad Todd and has clients in 18 states.
OnMessage provides a wide array of political services, including TV, web and radio spots, campaign graphics, polling, online presence utilizing email, website, social media and fundraising, and campaign advising and strategy.
Background
OnMessage was founded in 2006 by Curt Anderson, Wes Anderson and Brad Todd as a political strategy firm. The firm has worked on a large number of campaigns including campaigns for governors, lieutenant governors, state legislators, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and number of foundations and committees. They have worked on campaigns for Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Gov. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.), the NRA, the NRCC, the NRSC, the Republican Governors Association and the Republican National Committee.[1]
According to their website, OMI is a comprehensive strategy firm, which offers a number of services including producing campaign ads for TV, radio, and online. They also generate campaign graphics, conduct polls via focus groups, surveys, online ad testing and direct phone contact. They also utilize email marketing, social media, provide analytics and generate online fundraising. They provide campaign infrastructure such as strategy, planning and scheduling, media and debate training, and crisis management.[2]
While OnMessage has worked on a number of campaigns, they have been Bobby Jindal's strategy firm since Jindal was a House Representative.[1] During Jindal's tenure as chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) in 2013, OnMessage was awarded a consulting contract with the RGA for $4.4 million.[3][4] Timmy Teepell, Jindal's former chief of staff and current campaign manager for Bobby Jindal's 2016 presidential bid, is also a partner at OnMessage. Curt Anderson is a chief strategist for Jindal's presidential campaign as well.
In 2015, during the presidential campaign cycle, OnMessage spent over $2.6 million in communications for the pro-Bobby Jindal super PAC, Believe Again, according to FEC documents. OnMessage also received nearly $300,000 for consulting from Believe Again.[5]
Leadership
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Curt Anderson: Anderson is the co-founder of OnMessage. He has been and still is active within Bobby Jindal's political affairs and is involved with Jindal's 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, Anderson has worked at the White House under Ronald Reagan, served as political director for the Republican National Committee, and has been active in political campaigns throughout the country, including the presidential campaigns Steve Forbes in 2000, George W. Bush in 2000, Mitt Romney in 2008 and Rick Perry in 2012.[6][7][8] |
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Wes Anderson: Anderson is head of OnMessage Sports, a sports polling firm that has also polled for a number of Sports clients including the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Red Wings. In 2010, Anderson served as the lead pollster for the National Republican Congressional Committee's Independent Expenditure team. Anderson has polled for Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s (NRSC) Independent Expenditure team. He has also been polling director under chairman Haley Barbour and western states field director for the NRSC under Chairman Al D’Amato.[6] |
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Brad Todd: A founding partner, Todd is a journalist and has written op-eds in Politico, CNN, Roll Call, FoxNews and The Daily Caller. He primarily does advertising for OnMessage. Todd has also founded Coach to Cure MD, a national charity project involving America’s college football coaches to raise awareness and research dollars for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.[6] |
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Timmy Teepell: On June 24, 2015, Bobby Jindal announced his presidency and solidified his campaign team, naming Timmy Teepell his campaign manager.[9] Teepell served as Jindal's chief of staff and campaign manager for both of Jindal's House campaigns and his gubernatorial campaigns.[10] After Jindal won re-election in 2011, Teepell left Jindal's office and became a partner at OnMessage, an Annapolis-based political consulting firm.[11] While Teepell has been at OnMessage, he has remained Jindal's political strategist.[12] |
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Guy Harrison: Harrison is a partner at OnMessage. From 2012 to 2012, he was the executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). He has also served as chief of staff to current Rules Committee Chairman and former NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas).[6] |
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Graham Shafer: Shafer is a partner at OnMessage, focusing on opinion research and media issues, runs on-site management and production of all TV ad shoots and advises on campaign management for start-up campaigns.. Shafer has been the Northeast political director for the Republican National Committee, a consultant to Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri (R) and leading the New Hampshire field team for Steve Forbes’ 2000 presidential run.[6] |
Media
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 OMI, "Our Clients," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ OMI, "Our Story," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Christie Aims GOP Work at N.J. Firms," August 21, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Consulting firm of Bobby Jindal's ex-chief of staff did well by Republican Governors Association while Jindal was in charge," February 7, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, Believe Again (Year End, 2015)," accessed February 15, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 OnMessage, Inc., "Curt Anderson," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Joe Allbaugh, National Consultants Joining Perry," October 24, 2011
- ↑ Washington Post, "The story Mitt Romney hoped to avoid — and how his campaign can get beyond it," September 17, 2012
- ↑ Politico, "The power players behind Bobby Jindal’s campaign," June 24, 2015
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments for the Office of the Governor," November 23, 2011
- ↑ OnMessage, "Timmy Teepell," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ The Nation, "Is Bobby Jindal Serious About 2016?" March 3, 2014
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