​Flyover Country Strategies

Winning Tough Campaigns in Middle America​​

Contact information:

Joe Wicks

517-202-5114 (mobile)

Client Successes in Tough Races
(served as general consultant or campaign manager)

Defending Incumbents:
* Defeated Democrat challenger by 15% in swing district, despite the highly-touted Democrat raising $2.4 million and Nancy Pelosi’s SuperPAC pouring in $350,000 for the final two weeks. [2016]

* Won by 16% in swing district despite facing $3.5 million in attacks from a SuperPAC. [2014]

* Working for the Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee as general consultant, helped successfully defend every incumbent (some seats were lean Democrat and many were highly expensive). [2016]

* Won U.S. House primary by 34%, and then the General Election by double digits, even though the Republican at top of the ticket won district by only 1%.  The same primary election candidate challenged the incumbent in the previous election cycle and came within 14%. [2012]

Open Seats:
* Won open U.S. House seat by 14% in a hotly contested, multi-candidate primary, and then won the General Election by 23%. [2010]

* Working for the Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee as general consultant, part of team that won almost every competitive open seat, and by a substantial margin.  The one loss was in a lean Democrat area. [2016]

* State House candidate, in first run for elected office, won primary by 34% and then the general election by 13%.  The primary opponent was active and the general election was an expensive, competitive race against a Democrat who started with high name ID. [2016]

* Involved in Independent Expenditure effort in U.S. House Republican primary; candidate won by 660 votes. [2010]

Defeating Incumbents:
* Client defeated incumbent Democrat Congressman in a race that totaled $15 million in spending.  Client won the Republican primary by 25% in a race pundits predicted would be close and then defeated Democrat Congressman in the General Election despite being significantly outspent. [2010]

* Client defeated incumbent Republican Congressman in a primary, despite being outspent by over $1 million, and then won General Election even though the Republican at the top of the ticket lost in the district. [2006]