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2020 Reed Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2020 Reed Award winners. The winning firms were honored at The Reed Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, GA on February 20th.

Named for Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster Reed, The Reed Awards were created to recognize the best of the political industry. This year’s winners are listed below. 

Man in tuxedo and three well-dress women holding Reed Award trophies triumphantly
Photo Credit: Erica Aitken Photography

2020 Category Groups

  • Bootstrapped Campaigns
  • Campaign Branding & Field Work
  • Digital – Advertising & Targeting
  • Digital – Email & Fundraising
  • Digital – Online Video
  • Digital – Websites & Mobile
  • Direct Mail
  • Grassroots
  • International
  • Newspaper
  • Overall
  • Phone Calls
  • Radio
  • Research
  • Spanish Language (United States)
  • Television

Bootstrapped Campaigns

  • Best Direct Mail Piece for Bootstrapped Campaign (Democratic)

    Neil Sroka for Grosse Pointe Farms City Council
    Solidarity Strategies
  • Best Direct Mail Piece for Bootstrapped Campaign (Republican)

    Closer
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best Logo & Branding for Bootstrapped Campaign

    Change the Reality
    Turn It Blue Digital, Boulder Strategies LLC
  • Best Online Ad Campaign for Bootstrapped Campaign

    Riverside Blues
    Renee Hoyos for Congress, Putnam Partners
  • Best Online Video for Bootstrapped Campaign (Democratic)

    Park Ridge United – Chair
    Fuerza Strategy Group
  • Best Online Video for Bootstrapped Campaign (Independent/Other)

    The Lincoln Lawyer for Mayor
    N/A
  • Best Online Video for Bootstrapped Campaign (Republican)

    West Texas Changed My Life
    Murphy Nasica & Associates
  • Best TV Ad for Bootstrapped Campaign

    “Bullsh*t”
    Content Creative Media

Campaign Branding & Field Work

  • Best Campaign Logo & Branding – Candidate Campaign

    Devlin Robinson for State Senate
    ColdSpark
  • Best Campaign Logo & Branding – organization/PAC (Democratic)

    South Dakota Democratic Party: It’s Time
    FSSG
  • Best Campaign Logo & Branding – organization/PAC (Independent/Other)

    3P’s Housing Campaign
    Craft & Commerce
  • Best Campaign Logo & Branding – organization/PAC (Republican)

    Stand for America
    ColdSpark
  • Best Canvassing Program

    Operation Win at the Door
    Young Americans for Liberty Inc.
  • Best GOTV Campaign to Mobilize Diverse Communities

    Voto Latino Gets Out The Vote In VA
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best GOTV Execution

    King County Elections – 2019 Advertising
    Mammoth
  • Best Lit Piece (Democratic)

    Zwicker and Freiman: Innovative Solutions Walk Folder
    The Beytin Agency
  • Best Lit Piece (Republican)

    Lindsey Graham for Senate Palm Card
    First Tuesday Strategies
  • Best Use of Data Analytics/Machine Learning in Field Program

    Kamala Harris For The People – Using AI To Identify and Mobilize Supporters
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Use of Outdoor Advertising

    Scottsdale Discriminates
    Mammoth
  • Best Use of Paid Field Program

    Energize the Expo: Support
    Vanguard Field Strategies
  • Best Use of Paid Field Program for Ballot Initiative

    Memphis Public Safety Campaign
    Hatch Consulting Group, AMT, Gofish Advertising
  • Best Voter Registration Campaign

    Voto Latino
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Most Original/Innovative Collateral Item

    Give More F*cks
    CommonAlly

Digital – Advertising & Targeting

  • Best Application of AI Technology to Optimize Creative

    CampaignTester
    CampaignTester
  • Best Application of AI Technology to Optimize Targeting

    WPAi Digital Advertising Targeting
    WPA Intelligence
  • Best Campaign Gif

    Trump ImPeach Pin ad
    PACRONYM
  • Best Campaign Meme

    45 Unwrapped
    PACRONYM
  • Best Non-Traditional Online Advertising

    Which Waze to the Polls?
    Pacific Campaign House
  • Best Online Advertising Campaign on a Shoestring Budget (Democratic)

    CA Assembly One Special Election
    FSSG
  • Best Online Advertising Campaign on a Shoestring Budget (Republican)

    Family
    Grit Creative
  • Best Online Advertising Creative (Democratic)

    Ad for Kamala Harris For the People: Kamala’s Plan to Take on the NRA
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Online Advertising Creative (Independent/Other)

    Kaiser: Keep Thrive Alive
    RALLY
  • Best Use of a Social Platform (Democratic)

    Kamala Harris For The People
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Use of a Social Platform (Republican)

    John Bolton Twitter
    Campaign Solutions, Connell Donatelli
  • Best Use of an Emerging Platform

    People’s Power Grab – Snapchat GOTV ads
    People’s Power Grab – Powered by ACRONYM
  • Best Use of Display Advertising

    Keep It Local Campaign Reaches Public Union Members with Precision
    The Zoldak Agency
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Ballot Initiative

    Mobilizing to Keep Lake County Mobile
    Topplr by Data Genomix
    Ranked Choice Voting – New York City
    Mammoth
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral) (Democratic)

    Karl Frisch for Fairfax County School Board Online Targeting
    Apollo Group and DSPolitical
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral) (Republican)

    Keep Judge Berkowitz in Hamilton County
    The Prosper Group
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Independent Expenditure Campaign

    Multi-source targeting to mobilize gun safety voters in Virginia
    Rising Tide Interactive
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Mayoral Campaign

    Lightfoot for Chicago
    Dover Strategy Group, MiQ
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Primary Campaign – Presidential

    Kamala Harris For The People
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Special Election Campaign

    Pam Iovino for PA State Senate Special Election
    Ampersand Strategies & DSPolitical
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for State Legislative Campaign (Democratic)

    The LEDGE Project
    ACRONYM
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for State Legislative Campaign (Republican)

    Justin Holland for Texas Targeting
    The Prosper Group
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Statewide Campaign – Non-Federal

    Campaign to Pass Medical Aid and Dying in NJ
    Kivvit, Compassion & Choices NJ
  • Best Use of Online Targeting for Statewide Campaign – Non-Federal (Republican)

    Cameron for Attorney General
    The Prosper Group
  • Best Use of OTT – Connected TV

    Building Support for Public School Funding With Precisely-Targeted Connected TV
    Narrative Advertising
  • Best Use of Programmatic Advertising

    Michigan Short-Term Rental Ban Outreach Campaign
    Michigan REALTORS®, National Association of REALTORS®, Access Marketing Services
  • Best Use of Technology for GOTV

    Which Waze to the Polls?
    Pacific Campaign House
  • Innovation in Online Ad Measurement

    CA Assembly One Special Election
    FSSG

Digital – Email & Fundraising

  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Gubernatorial Campaign

    Effective Email Fundraising in a Red State
    Rising Tide Interactive
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Mayoral Campaign (Democratic)

    Corey Johnson’s Thanksgiving Reflection
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Mayoral Campaign (Republican)

    Long Boring Emails
    McShane LLC
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Democratic)

    A compelling story
    Mothership Strategies
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Republican)

    Alerts on
    Campaign Inbox
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Primary Campaign – Presidential

    Kamala Harris’ Husband Reflects On Campaign Launch
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for State Legislative Campaign

    The Sky Isn’t Falling
    McShane LLC
  • Best Fundraising Email Creative/Copy for Statewide Campaign – Non-Federal

    A Democrat in a deep red state
    Mothership Strategies
  • Best Online Fundraising Program (Democratic)

    Be A Hero’s Fund Susan Collins Future Opponent
    Ady Barkan, Leopard Strategies, JPKB, Clever Edge
  • Best Online Fundraising Program (Republican)

    Kevin McCarthy for Congress Fundraising Program
    Convergence Media
  • Best Use of Automation in Email

    Every donor counts
    Mothership Strategies
  • Best Use of Data Analytics/Machine Learning in Online Fundraising

    Moneyball by GovPredict
    GovPredict
  • Best Use of Email

    Email Fundraising Republican Party of Texas
    McShane LLC
  • Best Use of Personalization in Fundraising

    United We Dream’s Personalized Fundraising Challenge
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Most Innovative Email Technique

    Alerts on
    Campaign Inbox

Digital – Online Video

  • Best Bare-Knuckled Street Fight Online Video

    Doggone Cold
    Checkmate Strategies, HHR Media Group
  • Best Biographical Online Video (Democratic)

    Character
    AL Media Strategy
  • Best Biographical Online Video (Republican)

    West Texas Changed My Life
    Murphy Nasica & Associates
  • Best Campaign Launch Video (Ballot Initiative)

    Memphis Public Safety Referendum – Stories worth a Thousand Lives
    Hatch Consulting Group, Jessito, Forever Ready Productions
  • Best Campaign Launch Video (Democratic)

    Insta Kara
    The Balduzzi Group
  • Best Campaign Launch Video (Independent/Other)

    Paige Against the Machine
    The Campaign Group
  • Best Campaign Launch Video (Republican)

    Nick Freitas
    Convergence Media
    Gradel for IL-14 – “Underdog”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Online Video – 2 Minutes or Under (Democratic)

    Sybrina’s Story
    CounterPoint Messaging
    The First Female Leader
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best Online Video – 2 Minutes or Under (Independent/Other)

    League of Arizona Cities & Towns Digital Goods
    HighGround Inc., The League of Arizona Cities & Towns
  • Best Online Video – 2 Minutes or Under (Republican)

    Gradel for IL-14 – “Underdog”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Online Video – 30 Seconds or Under (Democratic)

    “A Right”
    CDB Political and Virginia Matters PAC
  • Best Online Video – 30 Seconds or Under (Republican)

    Silenced
    FP1 Strategies
  • Best Online Video – Longform (Longer than 2 Minutes) (Democratic)

    “I Switched”, for the Arizona Democratic Party
    Harry Gantz Communications
    Time to Dream Again
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best Online Video – Longform (Longer than 2 Minutes) (Independent/Other)

    The League of Arizona Cities & Towns Vaping Bill SB 1147
    HighGround Inc., The League of Arizona Cities & Towns
    CTAR Legislative Division Overview
    Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS
  • Best Online Video – Longform (Longer than 2 Minutes) (Republican)

    Best Longform: Freitas
    Convergence Media
  • Best Online Video – Snackable (6 Seconds or Under)

    No, Wait
    OnMessage, Inc.
  • Best Online Video for Ballot Initiative

    Marsy’s Law for Pennsylvania – “Kristine Irwin”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Online Video for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral) (Democratic)

    Voice of the People
    WIN
  • Best Online Video for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral) (Independent/Other)

    You Can’t Use Your Referee, But You Can Choose Your Judge
    Impact Management Group, Isaac Foley
  • Best Online Video for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral) (Republican)

    Deters for Hamilton County Prosecutor – “Hamilton County Home”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Online Video for Gubernatorial Campaign

    Parson: Longform
    Convergence Media
  • Best Online Video for Independent Expenditure

    The First Female Leader
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best Online Video for Mayoral Campaign

    Corey Woods for Mayor of Tempe
    Salt and Lime Agency
  • Best Online Video for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Democratic)

    Insta Kara
    The Balduzzi Group
  • Best Online Video for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Republican)

    Gradel for IL-14 – “Underdog”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Online Video for Primary Campaign – Presidential (Democratic)

    REAL CHANGE takes place from the BOTTOM on UP!
    Devine Mulvey Longabaugh
  • Best Online Video for Primary Campaign – Presidential (Republican)

    Four More Years
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best Online Video for Public Affairs Campaign or Issue Advocacy – National

    Behind Every Product
    Association of Equipment Manufacturers
  • Best Online Video for Public Affairs Campaign or Issue Advocacy – State/Local (Independent/Other)

    NY vs Godzilla: Taking on Big Money
    The Creative Resistance
  • Best Online Video for Special Election Campaign

    Telling a moving narrative through authentic digital-first video
    Narrative Advertising
  • Best Online Video for State Legislative Campaign

    “Call Me”
    Consensus Communications
  • Best Online Video for Statewide Campaign – Non-Federal

    “Relentless Commitment”
    Content Creative Media
  • Best Online Video on a Shoestring Budget (Democratic)

    Tiffany Cabán: Desiree
    The Creative Resistance
  • Best Online Video on a Shoestring Budget (Republican)

    Expectations
    FP1 Strategies
  • Best Online Video Series

    Mary Washington Social Series
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best Online Video Series (Independent/Other)

    Humble Beginnings
    Cornerstone Solutions
  • Best Social Video (Democratic)

    Dirt Road
    AL Media Strategy
  • Best Social Video (Republican)

    RSLC Anti-Henry Web-OTT Video
    The Lukens Company
  • Best Use of 360, VR or AR

    Team McSally Aviator Sunglasses
    Campaign Solutions
  • Best Use of Drone Footage in an Online Video

    Beaver County’s Bright Future
    M:7 Agency
  • Best Use of Humor in a Online Video

    Dogs
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best Use of Voice-Over Talent in an Online Video

    Meet Philip Kingston: The Councilman Our District Needs
    Ampersand Strategies
  • Best Villain in a Online Video (Democratic)

    We Can’t Afford Bob Thomas
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best Villain in a Online Video (Republican)

    Silenced
    FP1 Strategies
  • Most Original Online Video

    Story
    POOLHOUSE
  • Toughest Online Video Advertisement (Democratic)

    “Phony” Eddie
    Strother Nuckels Strategies, United Association
  • Toughest Online Video Advertisement (Republican)

    Fired
    FP1 Strategies

Digital – Websites & Mobile

  • Best Landing Page

    Cal Cunningham for U.S. Senate Launch Splash Page
    Authentic Campaigns
  • Best Microsite

    Yankee Tax Wheel Puts Connecticut Legislators on the Hot Spot
    The Zoldak Agency
  • Best Use of Mobile Technology

    New Latino Voice Poll 2020
    Adsmovil
  • Best Use of P2P on a Campaign

    Martha McSally for Senate P2P texting
    Campaign Solutions, Campaign HQ
  • Best Use of Relational Organizing on a Campaign

    Team
    The Tuesday Company
  • Best Use of SMS (Democratic)

    Electing Andy Beshear Governor of Kentucky
    Winning Connections
  • Best Use of SMS (Republican)

    Focht for City Council – “Move Tiffin Forward”
    Front Porch Strategies
  • Best Website for Ballot Initiative

    Memphis Public Safety Referendum – Stories worth a Thousand Lives
    Hatch Consulting Group, Jessito, Forever Ready Productions, Gofish Advertising
  • Best Website for County, Local, or Judicial Campaign (non-mayoral) (Democratic)

    Alexis for DPS
    Turn it Blue Digital, Boulder Strategies LLC
  • Best Website for County, Local, or Judicial Campaign (non-mayoral) (Republican)

    Hines for Tacoma Campaign Website
    Sermo Digital
  • Best Website for Independent Expenditure

    A Safer, Stronger San Antonio
    McShane LLC
  • Best Website for Issue Advocacy or Public Affairs Campaign

    CASA – Travis
    Tectonica Digital Campaign Solutions
  • Best Website for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Democratic)

    Justin Jones for Congress Campaign Website
    Ben Kurland
  • Best Website for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Republican)

    Elianor Vessali for Congress Website
    Drogin Group
  • Best Website for State Legislative Campaign

    “Minnesota Values: We’re All In This Together”
    FSSG

Direct Mail

  • Best Comparative Mail Piece (Democratic)

    Taintor – Attacked
    CLCS
  • Best Comparative Mail Piece (Republican)

    Better Choice
    Red Maverick Media
  • Best Fundraising Mail Piece for Political Campaign

    National Prospect
    SCM Associates, Inc.
  • Best Fundraising Mail Piece for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign

    Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden
    The Parkside Group
  • Best Mail Piece for A Bare-Knuckled Street Fight Victory

    Strippergate
    CN4 Partners
  • Best Mail Piece for Ballot Initiative

    No on San Francisco Proposition C, “Kids Lose”
    RALLY Campaigns
  • Best Mail Piece for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Democratic)

    Green Spaces
    TJP STRATEGIES
    1991
    Wildfire Contact
  • Best Mail Piece for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Partisan)

    Strippergate
    CN4 Partners
    Back to the Basics
    Sermo Digital
  • Best Mail Piece for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Republican)

    Record
    Red Maverick Media
    Shaq
    Axiom Strategies
  • Best Mail Piece for Gubernatorial

    We Won’t Be Silenced
    Wildfire Contact
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Local, County, or Municipal (Democratic)

    Shocker
    The Balduzzi Group
    New Perspective
    The Campaign Workshop
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Local, County, or Municipal (Independent/Other)

    Adam Hussain for Lansing City Council Ward 3 Mailer
    National Association of REALTORS®, Access Marketing Services
    Not on my Block
    Battle Born Design
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Local, County, or Municipal (Republican)

    Row Your Boat
    Sermo Digital
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – State Legislative (Democratic)

    VA LCV Right to Know
    VALCV, Moxie Media
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – State Legislative (Independent/Other)

    Linda Westergaard for Des Moines City Council Postcard
    National Assoc. of REALTORS®, Access Marketing Services
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – State Legislative (Republican)

    Clowning Around
    Go BIG Media
  • Best Mail Piece for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Statewide

    Phony Word Cloud
    Ourso Beychok
  • Best Mail Piece for Mayoral Campaign (Democratic)

    Publitics
    Our Safety (and Tax Dollars)
  • Best Mail Piece for Mayoral Campaign (Non-Partisan)

    Mayor Tecklenburg’s Results Map
    Convergence Targeted Communications
  • Best Mail Piece for Mayoral Campaign (Republican)

    Absent Anna Brosche
    Data Targeting
  • Best Mail Piece for Primary Campaign – Presidential

    Klobuchar Iowa – Win Big
    The Strategy Group
  • Best Mail Piece for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign

    Marsy’s Law for Pennsylvania – “Imagine Wondering”
    The Strategy Group Company
  • Best Mail Piece for Special Election Campaign (Democratic)

    “Letter to Mom” Dan McCready for Congress
    The Dover Group
  • Best Mail Piece for Special Election Campaign (Republican)

    Green New Deal
    Direct Edge Campaigns
  • Best Mail Piece for State Legislative Campaign (Democratic)

    Guy – Can Be Anything
    CLCS
  • Best Mail Piece for State Legislative Campaign (Republican)

    A History of Service
    Red Maverick Media
    Green New Deal
    Direct Edge Campaigns
  • Best Mail Piece for Statewide Campaign (non-Federal)

    Undercover Democrat
    Axiom Strategies
  • Best Mail That Never Saw The Light of Day

    Taintor – Back Alley
    CLCS
  • Best Social Pressure Mail Piece

    We Won’t Be Silenced
    Wildfire Contact
  • Best Use of Photography in Direct Mail

    VALCV Sink
    VALCV, Moxie Media
    Meet Bernie Sanders
    Turrency Political LLC
  • Best Villain In A Mail Piece for Democratic Campaign

    Strippergate
    CN4 Partners
  • Best Villain In A Mail Piece for Republican Campaign

    Disney
    Red Maverick Media
    Trump/Mallard Political Facts Negative
    WRS
  • Innovation in Direct Mail

    Phoenix Neighborhoods – Variable Data
    Convergence Targeted Communications
  • Most Sophisticated Targeting in Direct Mail Fundraising

    Donor Cultivation Model – Special Operations for America
    DonorBureau
  • Most Sophisticated Targeting with Direct Mail

    Helping hand
    Holly Robichaud, Tuesday Associates
  • Toughest Direct Mail Piece (Democratic)

    People vs Stamps
    The Balduzzi Group
  • Toughest Direct Mail Piece (Republican)

    Insanity
    Checkmate Strategies

Grassroots

  • Best Action Center/ Grassroots Website

    Green Music Australia – Code Nation
    Code Nation
  • Best Advocacy Advertising Campaign

    3P’s Housing Campaign
    Craft & Commerce
  • Best Advocacy Social Media Campaign

    Pain in the Gas: Illinois’ Gas Tax
    Illinois Policy Institute, Iron Light
  • Best Advocacy Technology Platform

    One Click Politics
  • Best Civic Education Resource

    Caught Between Conscience and Career: A Federal Employee Guide
    Project On Government Oversight, Government Accountability Project, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
  • Best Email Action Alert

    Advocating Justice
    FSSG
  • Best Innovation in Advocacy

    Let Mass Bet Football Helmets
    DraftKings
  • Best Lobby Day

    American Nurses Association Hill Day 2019
    American Nurses Association
  • Best Use of Data

    Political Influencer Datafile
    KnowWho
  • Corporate Grassroots organization of the Year

    eBay
  • Non-Profit Grassroots organization of the Year

    National Down Syndrome Society
  • Public Affairs Firm of the Year – Less than 50 Employees

    Mammoth Agency
  • Public Affairs Firm of the Year – More than 50 Employees

    Kivvit
  • Trade Association of the Year – More than 50 Employees

    Master Builders Australia

International

  • Best Canadian Direct Mail Piece

    Standing Tall, Standing Together
    Superior Blue
  • Best Canadian Online Ad Campaign

    Here For Students Campaign
    Sussex Adrenaline
  • Best Canadian Online Video

    Chose Care, Not Cuts
    Point Blank Creative, Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
  • Best Canadian TV Advertisement

    Engage Canada
    Engage Canada, Hogan Millar Media
    Moments
    Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario / The NOW Group
  • Best Canadian Use of Outdoor Advertising

    Not-So-Happy-Birthday, Massey Tunnel
    Independent Contractors and Businesses Association
  • Best Canadian Website

    Here For Students Campaign
    Sussex Adrenaline
  • Best European Direct Mail Piece

    Our path has just begun
    Campaigning Bureau
  • Best European Online Ad Campaign

    2019 Istanbul Mayoral Election Campaign
    Oyku Dialogue International
  • Best European Online Video

    Istanbul Is Yours-2019 Istanbul Mayoral Election Campaign
    Oyku Dialogue International
  • Best European TV Advertisement

    Bicycle-2019 Istanbul Mayoral Election Campaign
    Oyku Dialogue International
  • Best European Use of Outdoor Advertising

    CDU Saxony – Billboard campaign
    Campaigning Bureau
  • Best European Website

    WKO – #schaffenwir
    Campaigning Bureau
  • Best International Campaign (National)

    Nito Cortizo´s Presidential Panamanian winning Campaign
    El Equipo de Campaña
  • Best International Campaign (Sub-National)

    2019 Istanbul Mayoral Election Campaign
    Oyku Dialogue International
  • Best International Firm

    Sussex Adrenaline
  • Best International Online Ad Campaign

    2019 Istanbul Mayoral Election Campaign
    Oyku Dialogue International
  • Best International Online Video (National)

    Chose Care, Not Cuts
    Point Blank Creative, Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
  • Best International Online Video (Sub-National)

    Miguel Barbosa – Corruption
    Heurística Comunicación
    Bargaining Awareness
    ​BC Teachers’ Federation, The NOW Group
  • Best International TV Advertisement

    The lifeguard
    Natan Saban, Topaz Luk, Amir Feingold, Erez Avni, Nir Granot, Yoram B.Z.
  • Best International Use of Outdoor Advertising

    Not-So-Happy-Birthday, Massey Tunnel
    Independent Contractors and Businesses Association
  • Best International Website

    Here For Students Campaign
    Sussex Adrenaline
  • Best Latin American Campaign Slogan

    Uniendo Fuerzas
    El Equipo de Campaña
  • Best Latin American Digital Campaign (non-Gubernatorial/Presidential)

    Miguel Hidalgo el Corazón de la Capital
    DL&CO
  • Best Latin American Direct Mail Piece

    Corregidora Bien y Avanzando
    Colectivo B
  • Best Latin American Firm

    Heurística Comunicación
  • Best Latin American Gubernatorial Digital Campaign

    Soy Queretano – Mauricio Kuri
    Ojiva Consultores
  • Best Latin American Online Video (non-Gubernatorial/Presidential)

    Alfredo Paredes Monclova
    G. Handal y Asociados
  • Best Latin American Online Video for Gubernatorial Campaign

    Corregidora Bien y Avanzando
    Colectivo B
  • Best Latin American Online Video for Presidential Campaign

    Hoy nos toca ser felices – Rómulo Roux 2018
    Ojiva Consultores
  • Best Latin American Presidential Digital Campaign

    Guatemala
    Espora
  • Best Latin American TV Ad (non-Gubernatorial/Presidential)

    Jaime Bonilla Baja California
    Espora
  • Best Latin American TV Ad for Gubernatorial Campaign

    Miguel Barbosa – Give the Best to Puebla
    Heurística Comunicación
  • Best Latin American TV Ad for Presidential Campaign

    Nito Cortizo presidential campaign
    El Equipo de Camapaña
  • Best Latin American Use of Outdoor Advertising

    Corregidora Bien y Avanzando
    Colectivo B
  • Toughest Latin American Online Video

    Miguel Barbosa – Cárdenas Count
    Heurística Comunicación
  • Toughest Latin American TV Ad

    Monclova/Gabino Vazquez PAN
    G. Handal y Asociados

Newspaper

  • Best Newspaper Ad for Political Campaign

    Values over tax-cuts
    Rune Olsoe, Blink
  • Best Newspaper Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign

    Arizona’s Physician Shortage Advocacy Campaign
    Arizonans for Better Healthcare

Overall

  • Best Bare-Knuckled Street Fight Victory

    Stop Seroka
    Battle Born Design
  • Best Campaign Comeback

    John Bel Edwards for Governor
    ALG Research, Arsement Media, Sapphire Strategies, Wildfire Contact
  • Best Collateral Item or Sign

    La Shalala Cafe – Congresswoman Shalala Campaign
    Balsera Communications
  • Best Cross-Channel Ad Campaign

    Re-Elect Mayor John Tecklenburg
    Convergence Targeted Communications
    Albany Medical Center Contract Campaign
    Kivvit
  • Best Data Analytics Solution

    NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
    AdVictory
  • Best Direct Mail Piece

    VA LCV Right to Know
    VALCV, Moxie Media
  • Best New Firm (Democratic)

    Turn it Blue Digital
  • Best New Firm (Republican)

    Drogin Group LLC
  • Best Online Advertising Campaign

    McSally for U.S. Senate Online Advertising
    Campaign Solutions
  • Best Online Video – Political

    West Texas Changed My Life
    Murphy Nasica & Associates
  • Best Online Video – Public Affairs

    Keep fighting, Senator Perdue
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Best Political Firm Branding

    FP1/Plus Communications Re-brand
    The Black Agency
  • Best Professional Development Initiative

    Courage to Run
    Novos Consulting
  • Best Public Affairs Campaign

    Coalition for Food Security of Puerto Rico
    WP Group, LLC
  • Best Radio Ad

    A Little Scotch
    Hackney & Hackney
  • Best Rapid Response Campaign

    Mobility Matters
    Calvert Street Group
  • Best Special Election Campaign

    Paige Against the Machine
    The Campaign Group
  • Best TV Ad

    Closed
    Patchwork Creative
  • Best Use of Data Analytics/Machine Learning

    HigherRep: Political Strategies to Enhance Higher Education Reputation
    Kivvit
  • Best Use of New Technology

    NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
    AdVictory
  • Best Use of Online Targeting

    Always On NY
    Kivvit
  • Best Use of Opposition Research

    Doggone Cold
    Checkmate Strategies, Percipient Strategies
  • Best Villain in a Direct Mail Piece

    Strippergate
    CN4 Partners
  • Best Website

    International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
    Tectonica Digital Campaign Solutions
  • Innovation in Fundraising

    Be A Hero’s Fund Susan Collins Future Opponent
    Ady Barkan, Leopard Strategies, JPKB, Clever Edge
  • Most Daring And Successful Tactic

    Be A Hero’s Fund Susan Collins Future Opponent
    Ady Barkan, Leopard Strategies, JPKB, Clever Edge
  • Most Innovative Poli-tech Startup

    The Tuesday Company
  • Most Innovative Product of The Year

    Deploy by DSPolitical
    DSPolitical
  • Toughest Direct Mail Piece

    Strippergate
    CN4 Partners

Phone Calls

  • Best Automated Phone Call

    You Know… That Love Letters in the Sand Guy
    CampaignHQ
  • Best Live Phone Call

    Electing Andy Beshear Governor of Kentucky
    Winning Connections
  • Best Live Phone Call for Mayoral Campaign

    Neighborhoods First
    Cornerstone Solutions
  • Best Overall Use of A Telephone Town Hall

    Governor Gretchen Whitmer Introducing the Reproductive Health Act to Michigan
    Winning Connections
  • Innovation in Phone Engagement (Democratic)

    Social Pressure SMS Program During Early Voting
    Chism Strategies
  • Innovation in Phone Engagement (Republican)

    Not Your Grandma’s Telephone Townhall
    CampaignHQ

Radio

  • Best Radio Ad for County, Local or Judicial Campaign (Non-Mayoral)

    Pat Herrity – Politics is a Mess
    POOLHOUSE
  • Best Radio Ad for Independent Expenditure

    Own Words
    FP1 Strategies
  • Best Radio Ad for Mayoral Campaign

    Today’s Interview Guest
    Cornerstone Solutions, Audible Media Group
    Historic Day
    CounterPoint Messaging
  • Best Radio Ad for Primary Campaign – House/Senate (Republican)

    Conway
    FP1 Strategies
  • Best Radio Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign or Ballot Initiative

    Michigan Short Term Rental Ban “Satisfied Guests” Radio Ad
    National Association of REALTORS®, Michigan REALTORS®, Access Marketing Services
    Cancer Treatment Centers of America – “Pam”
    Content Creative Media
  • Best Radio Ad for State Legislative Campaign

    Jen Kiggans for State Senate – Republicans, Independents, Democrats
    POOLHOUSE
  • Best Use of Radio Targeting (online or terrestrial)

    Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) Radio IE in Louisiana House
    Sage Media Planning & Placement
  • Best Use of Voice-Over Talent

    “Mr. Nickleberry”
    Sutton Reid Advertising
  • Toughest Radio Ad

    A Little Scotch
    Hackney & Hackney

Research

  • Best New Research Technique (Democratic)

    Reaching voters where they are: GSG’s Multi-Channel Approach to Polling
    Global Strategy Group
  • Best New Research Technique (Independent/Other)

    AdVictory: NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
    AdVictory: NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
  • Best New Research Technique (Republican)

    WPA Intelligence Facebook Ad Testing
    WPA Intelligence
  • Best Use of Technology in Research (Democratic)

    Reaching voters where they are: GSG’s Multi-Channel Approach to Polling
    Global Strategy Group
  • Best Use of Technology in Research (Independent/Other)

    AdVictory: NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
    AdVictory: NC-9 Social Intelligence and Audience Analytics
  • Best Use of Technology in Research (Republican)

    Interactive Poll Reports in an Online Dashboard
    Cygnal
  • Innovation in Survey Research

    Echelon Insights
    Echelon Insights

Spanish Language (United States)

  • Best Spanish Language Direct Mail Piece

    Latino Leaders Support Team Sacco
    VMMI
  • Best Spanish Language Online Video

    Florida Gana con el USMCA
    Ascent Media, Pathway Partners, Imge
  • Best Spanish Language TV Ad

    Texas gana con el USMCA
    Ascent Media, Pathway Partners, Imge
  • Best Spanish Language Website

    LUCHA-Regina Romero for Tucson Mayor
    The Colibri Collective

Television

  • Best Bare-Knuckled Street Fight TV Ad (Republican)

    “Cheap Shot”
    Content Creative Media
  • Best Biographical TV Ad

    “David McRae”
    Content Creative Media
  • Best TV Ad – 15 Seconds

    “Boundless Energy” (15-second ad)
    Content Creative Media
  • Best TV Ad – 30 Seconds (Democratic)

    Personal Issue
    CounterPoint Messaging
  • Best TV Ad – 30 Seconds (Independent/Other)

    A Day in the Life: Fitzgerald
    RALLY
  • Best TV Ad – 30 Seconds (Republican)

    Jen Kiggans for State Senate – Serve
    POOLHOUSE
  • Best TV Ad – 60 Seconds

    Mr. Steve
    M:7 Agency
  • Best TV Ad for Ballot Initiative

    Garnett Urges Colorado: Vote Yes on Prop DD
    Ascent Media & EIS Solutions
    Pet Projects
    The Orange Agency
  • Best TV Ad for Gubernatorial Campaign

    Under the Hood
    OnMessage, Inc.
  • Best TV Ad for Independent Expenditure Campaign – House/Senate

    Not Gonna Sell
    OnMessage, Inc.
  • Best TV Ad for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Local, County, or Municipal

    Coastal Champion
    Berni Consulting, EDF Action
  • Best TV Ad for Independent Expenditure Campaign – State Legislative

    Chasing Chase
    J&Z Strategies
  • Best TV Ad for Independent Expenditure Campaign – Statewide

    One of Us
    Gumbo Pac; Ourso Beychok; Magnus Pearson
  • Best TV Ad for Local, County, or Judicial Campaign (Democratic)

    Voice of the People
    WIN
  • Best TV Ad for Local, County, or Judicial Campaign (Republican)

    Mr. Steve
    M:7 Agency
  • Best TV Ad for Mayoral Campaign

    Paige Against the Machine
    The Campaign Group
  • Best TV Ad for Primary Campaign – House/Senate

    “Conservative Traitor”
    House Freedom Action
    Glory
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best TV Ad for Primary Campaign – Presidential (Democratic)

    A New Way Forward, Andrew Yang for President 2020
    Devine Mulvey Longabaugh
  • Best TV Ad for Primary Campaign – Presidential (Republican)

    No Mr. Nice Guy
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best TV Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign (Independent/Other)

    Paradise
    Mauro Archer & Associates
    Scottsdale Discriminates – “Thanks, ADF”
    Mammoth
  • Best TV Ad for Public Affairs/Issue Advocacy Campaign (Republican)

    Tell Congresswoman Axne to Pass the USMCA
    Ascent Media, Pathway Partners, Imge
  • Best TV Ad for State Legislative Campaign

    100 Yards
    AL Media Strategy
  • Best TV Ad for Statewide Campaign (non-Federal)

    Lincoln
    Grit Creative, RunSwitch PR
  • Best TV Ad on a Shoestring Budget

    Polls Follow Leaders
    Indigo Strategies
  • Best TV Ad That Never Saw The Light of Day

    The Superior Choice
    M:7 Agency
  • Best Use of Drone Footage in a TV Ad

    Let’s Finish What we Started
    Politique
  • Best Use of Humor in a TV Ad

    Dogs
    Jamestown Associates
  • Best Use of Voice-Over Talent in a TV Ad

    This is George
    KC Strategies
  • Best Villain in a TV Ad

    Dirty Bird
    Grit Creative, RunSwitch PR
  • Innovation in Media Buying

    Big AL
    AL Media Strategy
  • Innovation in TV Ad Measurement

    LIghtfoot for Chicago (Mayoral)
    Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc.
  • Most Creative Solution for Reaching Hard to Reach Voter Targets

    Mayoral Campaign for Maureen Miller Brosnan – Livonia, MI
    Sage Media Planning & Placement
  • Most Effective Comparative TV Ad (Democratic)

    Future Versus Past
    CounterPoint Messaging
  • Most Effective Comparative TV Ad (Republican)

    “Bullsh*t”
    Content Creative Media
  • Most Innovative or Layered Media-Mix

    VA House of Delegates – Clint Jenkins HD 76
    Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc.
  • Most Original TV Ad

    Closed
    Patchwork Creative
  • Toughest TV Ad (Organization/PAC)

    The Stakes
    Stronger Foundations
  • Toughest TV Ad (Republican)

    “Conservative Traitor”
    House Freedom Action (supporting Greg Murphy, NC-03)

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