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Best Bare-Knuckled Street Fight Victory
Bud Jackson, Jackson Group Media; Lead Attorney Timothy Wright, III and the entire Burris legal team; Fred Lebed, The Prairie Group; Jason Erkes
March on the Capitol: Defeat the Blocking of Roland Burris
Best Bare-Knuckled Street Fight Victory
San Francisco Association of Realtors Residential Resale Inspection
Best Campaign Comeback
Mission Control, Inc.
Scott Murphy for Congress
Best Earned Media Around a Single Event
Wilson Strategic Communications, Inc.
Not That Joe Wilson
Best GOTV Plan and Execution
WebStrong Group
Kasim Reed Everywhere
Best International Campaign
Newlink Political / Filmik Group
Box in Theaters
Best Public Affairs Campaign (three winners)
• Communications Counsel, Inc.
My School, My Choice Ohio
• DAVIES
Rosemont Copper A Bridge To A Sustainable Future
• Penn Schoen Berland
UnfairCreditCardFees.com
Best Special Election Campaign
Mission Control Inc.
Owens for Congress
Best Use of a Printed Communication (non-mailed)
Communications Counsel, Inc.
Get to Know Bill Johnson
Best Use of Data Mining (sponsored by Aristotle)
DAVIES
Rosemont Copper - A Bridge To A Sustainable Future
Best Use of New Technology (sponsored by Aristotle)
The Prosper Group
Republican Party of VA: Voter ID
Best Use of Targeting Technology
TargetPoint Consulting
SmartTarget: Date Daggett, but marry Christie
Best Use of Twitter (sponsored by Aristotle)
ProjectVirginia, Inc.
Giving Candidates “The Bird”
Most Daring (and Successful) Tactic
Devine Mulvey
City of New York: Gun Show
Most Innovative Product of the Year
David All Group
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The second annual Campaigns & Elections’ Politics magazine Reed Awards were presented on January 29, 2010 in Washington, D.C. to political and public affairs professionals at the top of their game. The awards, named after Politics magazine's founder Stanley Foster Reed, embody his mission to strive for excellence in political campaigning.
Judges for the 2010 Reed Awards sponsored by Aristotle included: James Carville, Eleanor Clift, Adam Conner, Ben Dworkin, Ron Faucheux, Julie Germany, Taegan Goddard, Peter Greenberger, Shane Greer, Mike Hennessy, David Keene, Kevin Madden, Mark McKinnon, Bernie Morton, Terry Nelson, Grover Norquist, Christine Pelosi, Mark Penn, James Pindell, Tom Rath, Larry Sabato, Santo Santoro, Bill Schneider, Con Sciacca, Steve Scully, Bob Shrum, Michael Smerconish, Princella Smith, George Stephanopoulos, Roger Stone, Chuck Todd, Christine Todd Whitman, Robert Traynham, Joe Trippi, Mike Turk, Suzanne Turner, Amy Walter, Juan Williams and Judy Woodruff.