The Eleison Group, formed in late Summer of 2008, won 3 Pollies at the 2009 Pollie Awards for their work in 2008.  The Pollies are a bi-partisan award given each year by the American Association of Political Consultants in recognition of the most influential and transformative work by a political consulting firm.  There were more than 6,000 submissions to this year's competition with 600 Pollies awarded. 

In their inaugural year, the Eleison Group made only 6 submissions and walked away with an astounding 3 Pollies.  The Eleison Group is also one of the very few firms to win in categories as diverse as Field/Phone, Internet/New Technology and TV/Radio.

 
The winning submissions are:
 

CATEGORY:  Field/Phone Campaign: Democrat

(the only “overall campaign” award listed in this category)

TITLE:  Volunteer Tithing Initiative

FIRM:  The Eleison Group, LLC

CLIENT: Tom Periello for Congress, Virginia

AWARD:  Silver

CATEGORY:  Internet/New Technology Campaign: Democrat

TITLE:  I Believe in God

FIRM:  The Eleison Group, LLC

CLIENT: Kay Hagan for Senate, North Carolina

AWARD:  Bronze

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CATEGORY:  TV/Radio Campaign - Radio Ad

TITLE:  Real Abortion Solutions

FIRM:  The Eleison Group, LLC

CLIENT: RealAbortionSolutions

AWARD:  Honorable Mention

[listen here]