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
Local Campaign Manager of the Year–Republican
Brittany O’Neill
Chris Brown for New Jersey Senate
Most Valuable Player
Trent Armitage
VA House Caucus
Public Affairs Campaign of the Year
FWD.us & FP1 Strategies
Reforming Louisiana’s Criminal Justice System
Ballot Initiative Campaign of the Year
FP1 Strategies
Ohioans Against the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
Digital Strategy Team of the Year
Doug Jones Team
David Yankovich, Mothership Strategies, & Trippi and Associates
Pollster of the Year
Joshua E. Ulibarri
VA House Democratic Caucus
Campaign of the Year–Republican
Tom Newhouse, Rob Simms, Corry Bliss, Micah Yousefi, Whit Ayres and Ron Butler
Karen Handel, Georgia 6th
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
