Great campaigns are great adventures
You’re going to need a good crew.
Matthew “Mudcat” Arnold
Managing Partner
Matthew “Mudcat” Arnold has worked on every type of political campaign imaginable. In grocery referendums in towns with 400 voters and European National Elections, from city council advocacy to national independent expenditures, Matthew has created programs that changed behavior and won.
Notable clients have included SEIU, League of Conservation Voters, New Georgia Project, and legislative caucuses in New Mexico, Washington, Nevada, and Michigan.
Before beginning his career as a media consultant, he created organizing programs and managed campaigns for progressive institutions like CREDO Superpac, Moveon.Org, Sierra Club, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, and was a trainer for Democracy for America.
He has a particular expertise in crafting media programs for voter mobilization. His deep roots in the progressive movement are reflected in his approach to media strategy, which focuses on impact, transparency, and accountability.
Matthew has been featured in publications from the Henry County (KY) local to the Washington Post and is a frequent speaker at progressive meetings and trade association conventions. In 2020, he was named one of the American Association of Political Consultant’s 40 under 40. He and his family live in Nashville.
Robert West
Partner
Robert West is a nationally recognized democratic strategist who has worked across the country on campaigns from city council to President. He integrates organizing best practices with first rate media programming to create campaigns that break barriers and make history.
He built program among native communities to elect Sen. Jackie Rosen and Sen. Jon Tester. He led African American outreach efforts in key states for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ insurgent presidential campaign in 2016. He elected the first Muslim woman in Tennessee, Councilmember Zulfat Suara and the first black mayor of Montgomery, AL Steven Reed.
Robert comes from a union household in Pittsburgh, and credits his parents for teaching him that real change happens when you lift up the voice of a community. He’s a proud graduate of Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville, TN. He and his wife live in Charlotte, NC.
