Politics is a Team Sport
Political campaigns are a team sport, which require multiple specialists working together in a coordinated manner to implement the campaign’s strategy and game plan.  A typical Congressional campaign will have specialists for television and radio ads, direct mail, digital advertising, polling, voter lists, research, media relations, budget, and fundraising (individual donors and PAC), along with on-the-ground staff that perform grassroots activities, schedule the candidate and implement additional elements of the campaign.  The complexity increases or decreases depending on the office sought and budget.

A general consultant is familiar with all of these elements of the campaign and works with the team to ensure the whole campaign is moving forward, in the same direction, to implement the strategy, game plan, and adjust as the battle intensifies.  Organizationally, the general consultant functions as a primary care physician or head football coach, as both understand each component and guide the big picture, but work with specialists who have mastered their craft.

Joe Wicks is a general political consultant with a proven track record who is able to work with your team, or help you fill out your team with top-notch talent.  He has been privileged to work with the highest level political specialists from Michigan and around the nation.


Joe Wicks Biography
Joe Wicks is a political consultant with a track record of success in highly competitive races, in large part because he has worked with some of the finest minds in politics and for thoughtful, action-oriented clients.  As a general consultant and founder of Flyover Country Strategies, he helps guide and coordinate all aspects of a campaign, to develop and implement the strategy and game plan.  Joe has helped defend and defeat incumbents, along with aiding clients to win open U.S. House and State House seats.  His clients over the years have included Congressman Tim Walberg, Congressman Fred Upton, Michigan House Floor Leader Aric Nesbitt, Supreme Court Justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano, State Representative Bronna Kahle, the Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee, and Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan, among others.

He served as Congressman Tim Walberg’s Chief of Staff, where his main responsibilities comprised strategic planning, team management, and overall communications.  As a political consultant, Joe’s involvement in campaigns includes developing strategy and overall game plan, messaging, targeting and importantly, working with the team to successfully implement and (hopefully) make the right decisions as the opposition attacks and the campaign battle intensifies.  Focus, creativity, learning from team members, research and looking at the big picture are his priorities to help as a part of successful teams.

Joe’s wide range of government and political experience also includes managing a number of campaigns, working as a legislative aide in the Michigan State House of Representatives, and serving on the Island City Charter Academy’s (Eaton Rapids, MI) board of directors.  He earned a B.A. in Financial Management from Hillsdale College.

Contact information:

Joe Wicks

517-202-5114 (mobile)

​Flyover Country Strategies

Winning Tough Campaigns in Middle America