Brad Shattuck | A Fight for the Heart and Soul of Our Country

Wesley Donehue Podcast

🎤📌Today, Wesley is joined by General Consultant Brad Shattuck! Tune in to hear about his journey through the political world, including how he came to open his own firm.
🚨Up in the Air: Wesley and Brad discuss how tumultuous the month of July has been for the political world, from shifting campaign landscapes to the unpredictability of what's coming next.
🏃‍➡️The Political Track: Brad shifted his aspirations from track and field to political ambitions during college when he became chairman of the WVU College Republicans.
📺Someone to Look Up To: Wesley and Brad reflect on the political figures they admired growing up, from former U.S. Presidents to fictional executive staffers.
🏆The Campaign Appeal: Brad and Wesley agree that the campaign life is the path for them, explaining why some aspects of it were more appealing than jobs on Capitol Hill.
🥷The Assassin Mentality: Wesley and Brad discuss the dexterity and intensity required to succeed in political campaigns, as well as the importance of containing those mentalities to the workplace.
🤿Swimming Upstream: Wesley shares his perspective on fundraising wins and losses, both past and present, for GOP campaigns and how they tie into media relations.
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After a string of successes managing political action committees, statewide and Congressional campaigns, and independent expenditure efforts around the country, Brad Shattuck founded Strategic Impact, intent on building a Republican consulting and voter contact firm aimed at electing solid Republicans to office.

Shattuck began his career helping to reelect one of the most endangered Republican Congressmen in the country in 2000. After securing an 18-point victory, Shattuck moved to Virginia where he worked on the 2001 GOP nomination contest for Governor. From there, he went on to run one of the nation’s largest conservative PACs and oversaw successful independent expenditure efforts, helping to expand the GOP majority in 2001 and 2002.

In 2003, he helped elect the first GOP Governor in over 32 years in Kentucky and ran the campaign for Secretary of State, resulting in the first win in over 80 years for a down-ballot Republican. After the campaign, he worked at the Republican Party of Kentucky overseeing multiple candidates and campaigns.

Following a successful stint at the Party, Shattuck went on to run two other Congressional races before finally starting Strategic Impact. Today, his firm works with dozens of Members of Congress, numerous down-ballot statewide officials, conservative organizations, and State House and State Senate campaigns and caucuses around the country. His work has won the coveted Pollie Award (the Oscars of the political industry), and he has been featured in The New York Times, Politico, Roll Call and a host of other publications.