Beyond 495

The Jamie Eldridge for Congress campaign has hired two new consultants.

From the press release:

The Jamie Eldridge for Congress Campaign is proud to announce the addition of two key consultants. Kevin Geary of The Baughman Company will manage Jamie’s direct mail efforts and David Heller of Main Street Communications will serve as Jamie’s media consultant. They join Dan Cohen, the campaign’s pollster, as Eldridge’s lead consultants.

Representative Eldridge commented that, “Kevin and David know how to win the tough races - especially how to help elect progressive candidates in hotly contested Democratic Primary campaigns. I am confident that their skills and experience will produce the best TV, radio and mail of any campaign in this race.”

“Having Kevin and David as part of our team is a major coup, and a great vote of confidence in Jamie’s ability to excite the voters, raise money, and ultimately win on Election Day,” said campaign manager Michael Moschella.

Kevin Geary is a native of Bedford, Massachusetts and a leading Democratic campaign strategist who has been creating cutting edge, award-winning persuasion mail, from Congress to President of the United States since 2001. Last year alone, Kevin helped elect nine new Members of Congress and was a lead direct mail consultant with the DCCC to take back Congress and make Nancy Pelosi Speaker. He also served as a lead direct mail strategist on Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign and has helped elect three Governors in the red states of Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Main Street Communications has the best won-loss percentage in the Democratic Party in terms of helping its clients win open seat races for Congress. Main Street’s clients have won 10 out of 13 open seat general election races for Congress over the past decade. In addition, Main Street’s principal, David Heller, has won 18 “Pollie Awards” from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), including one for Massachusetts Rep. John Olver. Heller has unmatched experience appealing to both progressive and conservative voters – in fact, he’s helped elect to Congress more Congressional Black Caucus Members and Blue Dog Democrats than any single consultant in the Democratic Party. Heller’s creative TV ads not only helped elect and re-elect Maine Gov. John Baldacci, they also helped elect many progressive Members of Congress, including most recently Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), who defeated 10-year Congresswoman Anne Northup in 2006. More about David and Main Street Communications can be found at http://www.mainstreetcommunications.net/.

There’s some ads on the Main Street Communications webpage. The Olver ad is a hoot.