Honoring excellence in campaign strategy and management

The Campaign Excellence Awards are a longstanding tradition of the AAPC and recognize those individuals who have significantly contributed to the success of a candidate or public affairs campaign and whose conduct has been consistent with the Professional Code of Ethics of the AAPC.

2018 Campaign Excellence Award Recipients

Local Campaign Manager of the Year–Democrat

Emma Brown
Wendy Gooditis for House of Delegates, Virginia District 10

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Local Campaign Manager of the Year–Republican

Brittany O’Neill
Chris Brown for New Jersey Senate

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Most Valuable Player

Trent Armitage
VA House Caucus

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Public Affairs Campaign of the Year

FWD.us & FP1 Strategies
Reforming Louisiana’s Criminal Justice System

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Ballot Initiative Campaign of the Year

FP1 Strategies
Ohioans Against the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue

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Digital Strategy Team of the Year

Doug Jones Team
David Yankovich, Mothership Strategies, & Trippi and Associates

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Pollster of the Year

Joshua E. Ulibarri
VA House Democratic Caucus

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Campaign of the Year–Republican

Tom Newhouse, Rob Simms, Corry Bliss, Micah Yousefi, Whit Ayres and Ron Butler
Karen Handel, Georgia 6th

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Campaign of the Year–Democrat

Joe Trippi, Paul Maslin, Giles Perkins, Wade Parry, Tony Parker, Scott Simpson, Mark Putnam, Jesse Stinebring and Doug Turner
Doug Jones, US Senate