January 2022
City & State Pennsylvania
THE 2022 POLITICAL CONSULTANTS POWER 50
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The campaign pros propelling candidates into elected office in Pennsylvania.
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UNNING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS is never easy, and in the ever-changing landscape of operations during the COVID19 pandemic, many on the job have been forced to adapt the tried-and-true approaches to typical campaign work. Much of it has become digital in many ways, pressing the top firms to find new efficiencies and make up for the personal touch lacking in COVID-era campaigns. Pennsylvania’s top political consultants include a variety of old and new, as well as national and local firms working to get candidates elected all across the commonwealth. It didn’t escape our notice that the final roster for this list is light on diversity in virtually every sense of the word. It’s dominated by
straight, white, middle-aged men. But no matter how you slice it, right now, this is an accurate reflection of the most powerful people in this arena. Our rankings are determined by the recent political consulting work done on behalf of candidates across Pennsylvania, factoring in wins and losses in statewide and local races and the campaign spending and prominence of candidates. City & State reached out to each operative on the list to learn their top clients and biggest accomplishments. Some shared, others passed, and we filled in the rest with our own research and reviews of public filings. Here are the 2022 Political Consultants Power 50.
