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After our client
and another Democratic opponent received a favorable rating from the state AFL-CIO in the primary, CFG was retained to formulate and implement a labor PAC
strategy. A former U.S.
senator was actively promoting our primary opponent with the PACs in Washington, DC. CFG immediately went to work. After
finding that our opponent used non-union
printed material, that very same day, we broadcast faxed the campaign materials to every union in Louisiana and their
headquarters’ in Washington, effectively killing any chance the opponent had of receiving union PAC contributions – even though
the opponent received an
AFL favorable rating as well.
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After further research, we discovered that the former U.S. Senator, as a
lobbyist, was representing China.
We communicated that information as well.
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we went to work with an aggressive union relations strategy targeted to every individual union in the state and in DC. We raised over $240,000 in
labor donations and our primary opponent
received $0. We raised $612,238 in total PAC money. We
went on to face the Republican, Billy Tauzin,
Jr.; the son and namesake of the very powerful congressman and committee chairman. We raised over $1.7 million and won the
election by 619 votes.
