Past Award Winners

Pollie Awards 1999

Special Awards


Campaign Manager of the Year
Garry South
Grey Davis for Governor, CA

Most Valuable Player: Democrat
Bobby Kahn 
Roy Barnes for Governor, GA 

Most Valuable Player: Republican 
Karl Rove 
George W. Bush, Jr. for Governor, TX 

Pollster of the Year
Garin, Hart, Yang 

International Consultant of the Year
Ralph D. Murphine & Rick Ridder 

Julian P. Canter Award for Excellence in Television
Roger Ailes 
Fox News Channel 

Pro Bono Work
Paul Pellitier 

Best Use on Technology
North Woods Advertising 
Ventura for Governor, MN 
 

Best Public Policy

1st North Woods Advertising
  "Airlines Pilots Association"
HM The Strategy Group
  "Vote-It's the Texas Thing"
HM MacWilliams, Cosgrove, Smith & Robinson
  "The Ballot Box Initiavtive"
 

Best Non-Broadcast Video

1st McAuliffe Message Media
  "Man from Mississippi"
2nd Payne & Company
  "The Fights of His Life"
3rd Allerton & Company
  "No Reason to Change"
3rd Main Street Communications
  "The Warren Tolman Story"
3rd Olson & Company
  "Convention Video"
 

Print/Direct Mail Persuasion


Initiative/Referendum

Constitutional Amendment

1st Campaign Performance Group
  "Scary Time"
1st Campaign Performance Group
  "Like a Bad Smell"
2nd Picture Perfect Campaigns
  "Prop 5"
3rd Emory, Young & Associates
  "The Sales Pitch"
3rd Emory, Young & Associates
  "The White Elephant"
3rd Emory, Young & Associates
  "Which Way"
HM BatesNeimand, Inc.
  "God's Gift"
HM BatesNeimand, Inc.
  "Water"
HM Goddard Claussen
  "Meet 3 Oregonians"
HM Staton & Hughes
  "Chatter"
HM Whitehurst Campaigns, Inc.
  "The Plan"
 

Slate

1st Pacific Admail, Inc.
  "Democratic Foundaiton Slate"
2nd Majority Strategies
  "Geoffrey Feiger Radical Values"
2nd Wayne C. Johnson & Associates, Inc.
  "1998 California Taxpayer's Guide"
 

Fundraising


Candidate

1st SCM Associates
  "Brown Bag"
HM BrabenderCox
  "Birthday in the Burgh"
HM The Lukens Cook Company
  "Granddaughter Birthday Card Package"
 

Political Party

1st Malchow, Adams & Hussey
  "DNC 1998 Legacy of Leadership Banner Calendar Renewal Package"
1st Malchow, Adams & Hussey
  "DNC Presidential Photo Package"
1st Malchow, Adams & Hussey
  "DNC High Dollar Donor Presidential Portrait Package"
1st Malchow, Adams & Hussey
  "DNC 1998 Legacy of Leadership Wall Calendar Renewal Package"
2nd Picture Perfect Campaign
  "How Do They Sleep at Night"
3rd A.B. Data, Ltd.
  "Kerrey Fundraising Video Package"
HM The Lukens Cook Company
  "Cryptic Note"
 
 

Collateral/Outdoor Material


Doorhangers

1st Phil Giarrizzo Campaign Consulting
  "A Message from Firefighters"
1st Phil Giarrizzo Campaign Consulting"
  "Fairness & Safety"
2nd Campaign Strategies, Inc.
  "Yes on C"
HM Blakemor & Associates
  "Bush-Eckels Voter Registration"
HM Gail Tuzzolo & Associates
  "Save Our Jobs. Vote Yes on 9"
 

Logo Design

1st Emmons & Company
  "A Super Judge"
2nd Advertising Design Services
  "Murkowski 98"
3rd Campaign Strategies, Inc.
  "Yes on C"
3rd North Woods Advertising
  "Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Foundation Logo"
 

Newspaper


Full Page

1st Goddard-Claussen
  "Meet 3 Oregonians"
2nd Allyn & Company
  "Yes! Let's Build It"
3rd North Woods Advertising
  "All Of The Above"
 

Less Than Full Page

3rd Advertising Design Services
  "Politically Incorrect"
3rd Advertising Design Services
  "Guinea Pigs"
3rd Michael P. Shea & Associates
  "Jack"
 

Color

1st Whitehurst Campaigns, Inc.
  "LA Zoo Campaign"
 

Insert/Other

No Awards Granted
 

Radio Ads


Candidate-Congressional

1st MacWilliams Cosgrove Smith Robinson 
  "Priorities"
2nd McNally Temple Associates
  "Queen"
3rd Dixon Media Group
  "Fibbin"
3rd Dixon Media Group
  "Homeroom"
3rd Shrum, Devine, Donilon, Inc.
  "Isaac Hayes for Michael Coles for Senate"
HM McAuliffe Message Media
  "Coo-Coo Clock"
 

Candidate-Governor

1st North Woods Advertising
  "Abe 'n Jesse"
2nd St. Mary's Associates
  "Church"
3rd Main Street Communications
  "In the Army"
   

Candidate-Statewide Down Ballot

1st Wayne C. Johnson & Associates, Inc.
  "$200 Bill"
2nd Main Street Communications
  "I'm a Tolman"
 

Candidate-State Legislature

1st Wayne C. Johnson & Associates, Inc.
  "HMS Audit"
2nd Persuasion, Inc.
  "Invite"
3rd Dixon Media Group
  "Remember"
3rd Dixon Media Group
  "Coffee"
 

Candidate-Municipal & Regional

1st Axelrod & Associates
  "Nature"
2nd The Mallard Group
  "Dog Catcher"
3rd Allyn & Company
  "Cop Show GOTV"
HM Axelrod & Associates
  "Good Word-Revised" 
 

Radio Ads


Independent Expenditure Campaign Issue Advocacy

1st  Edmonds Associates, Inc.
  "Young Clinton"
2nd North Woods Advertising 
  "Thanks"
3rd California Correctional Peace Officers Association 
  "Code Blue" 
3rd Thompson Communications, Inc.
  "Moving"
 

Political Party Committee (Non-Candidate)

No winners
 

Get Out the Vote

1st North Woods Advertising
  "Jesse's Theme"
2nd Main Street Communications
  "Get Up/Stand Up"
 

Television Ad-More Than 30 Seconds


Candidate-Congressional

1st Alfano-Freemont-Smith
  "This is America"
2nd Alfano-Fremont-Smith
  "Measure of the Man"
3rd BrabenderCox
  "Invasion of the Nerds"
3rd The Campaign Group
  "Cards"
 

Candidate-US Senator

1st  Shorr & Associates
  "Long Distance Line"
1st Shorr & Associates
  "Farm"
2nd Shrum, Devine & Donilon, Inc.
  "Tell You"
HM McAuliffe Message Media
  "Courage & Values"
 

Candidate-Governor

1st The Monticello Group, LTD.
  "South Park Parody"
 

Candidate-Municipal & Regional

1st Joe Slade White & Company
  "Working"
2nd  Axelrod & Associates
  "Future"
3rd Donor Public Affairs
  "Friends"
 

Political Party Committee (Non-Candidate)

No Winners
 

Initiative/Referendum


Constitutional Admendment

1st  Four Square Productions
  "Fight Back with David Horowitz"
2nd BrabenderCox
  "Our Home"
 

Print/Direct Mail Persuasion


Candidate-Congressional

1st The Baughman Company, Inc.
  "From God"
2nd BrabenderCox
  "Heartbreaking"
2nd BrabenderCox
  "Surprise"
2nd BrabenderCox
  "Warning"
3rd Terris & Jaye
  "Curious George"
HM Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Cigarettes"
HM Policomm
  "Vision"
HM Ken Swope & Associates
  "The Tierney Record"
 

Candidate-Senate

1st Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Home Run"
2nd The Baughman Company, Inc.
  "What I Saw at School Today"
3rd Majority Strategies
  "Veterans Comparison'"
3rd Strategy Group
  "Trusted Voice"
 

Candidate-Governor

1st Majority Strategies
  "Taft for Governor Bio"
2nd The Baughman Company, Inc.
  "People You Trust"
3rd The Baughman Company, Inc.
  "Cheater"
 

Candidate-Statewide Down Ballot

1st Pacific Admail, Inc.
  "Democratic Foundation Slate"
2nd Campaign Performance Group
  "From One Room School"
3rd Allyn & Company
  "Dewhurst Chalkboard"
HM Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Education"
 

Print/Direct Mail Persuasion


Candidate-State Legislature

1st Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "What Makes a Farm"
2nd Persuasion, Inc.
  "Ouch"
3rd Majority Strategies
  "Scratch Off Scandal"
HM BatesNeimand, Inc.
  "Hadley's Park"
HM Todd Smith & Associates
  "Lawsuit Abuse"
 

Candidate-Municipal & Regional

1st Direct Response, Inc,
  "Have You Seen It?"
2nd Picture Perfect Campaigns
  "Stripper"
3rd BatesNeimand, Inc.
  "Don't Get Stuck"
3rd The Kamber Group
  "COP KILLER"
HM Staton & Hughes
  "San Jose Women"
HM Staton & Hughes
  "Junk Guns"
HM The Kamber Group
  "Operation Secure Video"
 

Independent Expenditure Campaign

Issue Advocacy

1st Campaign Performance Group
  "Where's Congressman Fox"
2nd Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Temptation"
3rd Direct Response, Inc.
  "Concealed"
3rd The Baughman Company, Inc.
  "Miss Management"
HM Terris & Jaye
  "Wired"
 

Political Party Committee (Non-Candidate)

1st Campaign Performance Group
  "Dream"
2nd Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Smaller Classes"
3rd Jim Gonzales & Associates
  "African American Outreach Brochure"
 

Absentee Ballot Mail

1st Larry Levine & Associates
  "Californians in Action"
2nd Blakemore & Associates
  "Over 65-Vote by Mail"
2nd The Primacy Group
  "Repair Our Neghborhood Schools"
HM Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Mailbox"
HM Staton & Hughes
  "Tied Up?"
HM The Kamber Group
  "Prop E-Absentee"
 

Membership Political Mail

1st Terris & Jaye
  "Supremes"
2nd Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Mouse"
3rd Crounse & Malchow, Inc.
  "Iceberg"
 

Get Out the Vote Mail

1st Direct Response, Inc.
  "Kennedy"
2nd Picture Perfect Campaigns
  "Jet Express Letter"
3rd Stearns Consulting
  "Save a Life"
HM Campaign Performance Group
  "Church"
 

Collateral/Outdoor Material


Billboard/Bus Signs

1st Robbett, Rosenthal & Jennings
  "End the Crush/End the Crawl"
2nd Whitehurst Campaigns, Inc.
  "LA Zoo Campaign"
HM Persuasion, Inc.
  "Voice"
HM Whitehurst Campaigns, Inc.
  "Teng Billboard"
 

Yard/Outdoor Signs

1st Message Audience & Presentation
  "Herb Evans Came By My House"
1st North Woods Advertising
  "Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Foundation Outdoor Sign"
2nd Emmons & Company
  "A Super Judge"
3rd Whitehurst Campaigns, Inc.
  "LA Zoo Campaign"
 

Initiative/Referendum

Constitutional Amendment

1st Woodward & McDowell
  "Classifieds"
2nd North Woods Advertising
  "Dads"
3rd Edmonds & Associates
  "12 Days of Christmas"
HM Payne & Company
  "Lyle"
 

Television As-30 Seconds or Less


Candidate Congressional

1st Seder, Laguens & Hamburger
  "Music Lessons"
2nd Murphy Putnam Media, Inc.
  "Back to Work"
3rd Campaign Strategies, Inc.
  "Triple"
HM MacWilliams Cosgrove Smith Robinson
  "Bucky Badger"
HM Main Street Communications
  "Western Everywhere"
 

Candidate-US Senator

1st Shrum, Devine, Donilon, Inc.
  "Liberal Launch"
2nd Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns & Associates
  "Favorite-Right"
3rd Stevens, Reed, Curcio & Company
  "Safe & Healthy Revised"
HM Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns & Associates
  "Kids"
HM Shrum, Devine & Donilon, Inc.
  "Cap"
 

Candidate-Governor

1st North Woods Advertising
  "Jesse the Mind"
2nd Strother/Duffy/Strother
  "Stupid"
3rd North Woods Advertising
  "Action Ficgure"
HM Axelrod & Associates
  "Porch"
HM Michael P. Shea & Associates
  "Eyes"
 

Candidate-Statewide Down Ballot

1st BrabenderCox
  "Scooter"
2nd Shorr & Associates
  "NYPD 6000"
3rd Axelrod & Associates
  "Rocket"
HM Gannon, McCarthy, Mason
  "Outtakes"
HM Murphy Putnam Media, Inc.
  "Thanks Mark-Albany"
 

Candidate-State Legislature

1st Murphy Putnam Media, Inc.
  "Sneak Out"
2nd Persuasion, Inc.
  "Unforgivable"
3rd McNally Temple Associates
  "Doing a Little Dance"
HM Murphy Putnam Media, Inc.
  "The Farmer"
HM The Justin Company
  "New York City"
 

Television As-30 Seconds or Less


Candidate-Municipal & Regional

1st Donor Public Affairs
  "Lives of People"
2nd Seder, Laguens & Hamburger
  "Still Working"
3rd Seder, Laguens & Hamburger
  "Bio"
HM Axelrod & Associates
  "Son"
 

Independent Expenditure Campaign

Issue Advocacy

1st Zimmerman & Markman
  "Olestra"
2nd Murphy Putnam Media, Inc.
  "Kid Questions"
3rd North Woods Advertising
  "Spinner"
HM California Correctional Peace Officers Association
  "Combat"
HM The Thompson Group
  "Classroom"
 

Political Party Committee (Non-Candidate)

1st Geddings Communications
  "Bubba"
 

Initiative/Referendum

Constitutional Amendment

1st MacWilliams Cosgrove Smith Robinson
  "Billboards"
2nd Seder, Laguens & Hamburger
  "Closer Look"
3rd Goddard-Claussen
  "Lucky"
3rd Stevens, Reed, Curcio & Company
  "Carson"
HM Joe Slade White & Company
  "Shut"
 

Technology


Website-Candidate

1st Net Politics Group
  MissedVotes.Com
2nd  New Media Communications
  Taft98.ORG
3rd  Net Politics Group
  Reid98.org
 

Website-Organization

1st Phil Noble & Associates
  PoliticsOnline
1st Voter Contact Services
  VCSNET
2nd  The Tarrance Group
  The Tarrance Group Online
3rd Strategic Communications Services, Inc.
  Politicalaccess.com
 

Website-Initiative

1st Kaufman Campaign Committee
  Defeat Prop. 226