No — and you should run from any consultant who says yes. What we can guarantee: honest math about your path to victory, a plan driven backward from Election Day, every channel coordinated off a single battle plan, and a team that won't take your race unless we believe it can be won. Elections are decided by voters; our job is to make sure nothing about your campaign is the reason you lose.

No — we run campaigns for candidates across the country. Strategy sessions happen weekly over video, your dashboards and CRM are shared in real time, and your district knowledge comes from where it should: the voter file, district analysis, and opposition research, not a consultant's zip code. We travel for the moments that matter — campaign launch, debates, major events, and the final 72-hour push.

Yes — fundraising is built into the campaign plan from day one, not bolted on when the account runs dry. We build low-dollar digital acquisition funnels, coach your major-donor call time with a real tracker, and run host committee and event playbooks. On the compliance side, FEC and state reporting requirements are wired into the workflow — contribution tracking, disclosure deadlines, and clean records — so you never find out about a problem from a regulator. Nobody likes asking for money; good campaigns learn to anyway, and we make it systematic.

Yes — most of the races we take are local: school board, city council, county commission, state legislature. A grassroots campaign doesn't need congressional infrastructure; it needs the right three or four channels run well, and a plan your budget can actually execute. That's what affordable should mean — focused, not cheap-and-random. We scope the machine to the race, tell you what to skip, and put the dollars where your voters are. And if your budget genuinely can't buy a path to victory, we'll say so on the free call instead of taking your money.

Ask three questions before you sign with anyone. Can they show you the math — your win number and the path to it, not vibes? Do they coordinate everything — web, content, ads, mail, text, fundraising — off a single battle plan, or will you be quarterbacking five vendors? And will they tell you the truth about whether you can win? Then confirm exclusivity in your race, ask what the weekly operating rhythm looks like, and get scope and price in writing. Talk to two or three firms and compare. Ours takes 20 minutes, costs nothing, and ends with a real number and an honest read on your race.

It scales with the race — a school board or city council campaign needs a fraction of congressional infrastructure, and a consultant should scope accordingly. Four things drive the investment: district size, the strength of your opposition, your timeline, and which channels your race actually requires. Be wary of anyone quoting a price before they've seen your district math, and of "custom quote" stonewalling that hides the number until you're committed. On our free 20-minute strategy call we scope honestly and you leave with a real number range for your specific race. And if the budget you have can't buy a path to victory, we'll tell you that too — before you spend a dollar.

Twenty minutes, no pitch, no pressure. You'll walk away with three things: a 3-point diagnosis of your current campaign, an honest read on your path to win, and a real budget range for your race — whether you hire us or not. If we don't see a path for you to win, we'll say so on the call. If we do, you'll know exactly what the next step looks like before you hang up.

An effective political consultant is measured by one thing: a credible path to your win number. Look for four traits. Data over gut feel — voter file analysis, district math, and persuasion testing before money gets spent. Coordination — message, website, ads, mail, and text running off one battle plan instead of five vendors improvising. Honesty — a consultant who will tell you the race isn't winnable is the one to trust when they say it is. And discipline — a weekly operating rhythm driven backward from Election Day. Charisma is nice; operating rhythm wins races.

We work with challengers and incumbents across the ballot: city council and mayor, school board, county commission, state house and state senate, U.S. House, plus ballot initiatives and referenda. We're not a party shop — we work with candidates who genuinely believe in the people they're running to represent, and we'll tell you on the strategy call whether we're a philosophical fit. What we don't take is every race that calls us. If the math doesn't work — wrong district, wrong timing, wrong budget — we'll say so and we won't take your money. Candidates remember the consultants who were honest with them.

A full-service political consultant runs every part of your campaign off a single plan: strategy, web, content, advertising, fundraising, and turnout. At AGbacksMEDIA, every engagement includes:

• A campaign plan with your win number and a week-by-week calendar anchored to Election Day
• District analysis, voter math, and opposition research
• A conversion-first candidate website wired to your donor and volunteer funnels
• Content that sells you — bio, issues, video, earned media, endorsements
• Coordinated paid media across digital, mail, text, and email — same message, same targets, same week
• Fundraising systems, from low-dollar funnels to call-time coaching
• GOTV infrastructure for the final stretch
• Weekly working sessions with a consultant who's done this before

Everything starts with the voter file. From there we run district analysis and voter math to set your win number, modeling to separate persuadable voters from your base and from lost causes, persuasion testing before ad spend scales, and analytics across web, email, text, and paid media so you know what's working before you spend another dollar. We're deliberately tool-agnostic — the stack flexes to your state's data, your CRM, and your race — but the principle never changes: every dollar aimed at a voter who can actually decide your election.

Six to twelve months before Election Day is ideal — and earlier is always better. A long runway lets your consultant build name ID, a donor base, and a content library before your opponent wakes up. A six-week runway means triage, not building, and triage costs more for worse odds. Every deadline on the calendar — filing, primary, GOTV — is a cliff, and leverage compounds the earlier the work starts. If you've filed or you're about to, book the call now.

No. The moment we sign with you, we're exclusive in your race — one campaign per seat, always. We screen for conflicts before your strategy call ever happens, and nothing you share with us travels anywhere else. Your win number, your research, your playbook: they belong to your campaign and no one else's.