Who’s Making Money This Election Season

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Below is a table of consulting firms and vendors compiled from Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) campaign finance disclosure reports. These consultants are hired to provide political campaign-related services, and we’ve put together this handy table that shows who their clients are, and how much they have been paid so far.

The firm Hackney and Hackney has received the most so far at just over $72K. That number is somewhat inflated by including what appears to be substantial ad buys for several clients. Ad buys are mostly pass-through payments from a campaign to the various media outlets running their ads, with the placing agency or consultant taking a small fee for the placement.

From this analysis, it would appear Hackney & Hackney, Ship Creek Group, Dubey Business Services, and Rosco’s Signs appear to be the most active consultants or vendors, each working for over half a dozen clients.

Firm	Clients	Total 2016 Billings	Services
Hellenthal and Associates	Don Hadley, Natasha Von Imhof	$1,883	Polling, printing, design, emailing
Ship Creek Group	DeLena Johnson, Dean Westlake, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Joe Hackenmueller, Gary Knopp, Duncan Fields, Ivy Spohnholz, Zach Fansler, Jason Grenn	$26,893	Campaign management, financial reporting
Bright Media Strategy	Natasha Von Imhof	$26,077	Graphic Design, strategy, social media, ad production
Hackney and Hackney	Lora Reinbold, Louise Stutes, Chris Birch, DeLena Johnson, Mike Gordon, Ross Beiling, Adam Crum, Lisa Vaught,	$72,891	TV and Radio ad buys, ad production and design, graphic design, campaign consulting
Optima Public Relations	Mike Gordon, Shelley Hughes, Richard Best, George Rauscher	$11,279	Graphic design, campaign coordination
Dittman Research	Chris Birch, Jennifer Johnston, Craig Johnson,	$6,487	Polling, graphic design, signs
Pruitt Stieren Strategies	Jennifer Johnston, Cathy Giessel	$5,455	Web design, strategy consulting, opposition research
Sockeye Red Services	Jeff Landfield, Adam Crum, Ross Bieling	$5,500	Campaign consulting (Video, data, strategy)
Dubey Business Services	Myranda Walso, Ross Bieling, Lisa Vaught, Mike Gordon, Steve St. Clair, Cathy Tilton, David Wilson, Richard Best, Adam Crum, John Cox	$32,383	Campaign management, data management
Anchor Public Relations	Shelley Hughes, Crystal Kennedy	$2,289	Graphic design, social media, campaign management
Rosco’s Signs	Jason Grenn, Joe Hackenmueller, Shirley Cote, Shauna Thornton, Craig Johnson, Zach Fansler, Tom Begich, Vince Beltrami, Ivy Spohnholz, Ed Wesley	$23,472	Signs
Nenana Creative Arts	Shelley Hughes, Chris Birch, Dean Westlake, Forrest McDonald, Rich Koch, Duncan Fields	$10,762	Campaign signs

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