Phillip Stutts

Phillip Stutts (born 1974) is a U.S. Republican Party political consultant, and public relations professional. He is the founder and CEO of Go BIG Media. In February 2015, Stutts’ name-sake company, Phillip Stutts & Company re-branded as Go BIG Media to focus on creative, production, and targeting of digital and traditional media according to Politico.^[1]

Stutts has numerous national media appearances, including co-hosting the Opening Bell with Maria Bartiromo. He has also been a regular guest on MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki. During the 2012 Presidential election Stutts appeared on My Fox DC (WTTG) discussing get out the vote (GOTV) strategies and election results.^[2][3][4] Stutts authored a full analysis on the GOP's early voting efforts in the 2012 election for Campaigns and Elections Magazine.^[5] During the 2014 midterm elections Stutts appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo, Fox News, Al Jazeera America, and One America News Network to discuss the Republican party's chances of gaining the majority in the U.S. Senate and election results.

His past campaign involvement includes: Dan Quayle^[6] and George W. Bush, Senator John Thune 2002,^[7] and Bobby Jindal’s first run for Governor of Louisiana.^[8] He served as a senior get-out-the-vote adviser to George W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign.^[9]

Stutts and colleague Brian Jodice co-authored an analysis of the digital strategies they used for client Garret Graves who was in a twelve-way primary election for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional seat in the 2014 midterm elections.^[10]

Stutts has contributed to blogs,^[11] magazines,^[12] radio interviews^[13] and contributed to a book on campaigns called Voting in America.^[14] In May 2009, he wrote the cover story article for Campaigns & Elections Magazine. The article focused on early vote strategies and lessons learned from past political campaigns.^[15] Stutts also wrote a 5-point plan for GOTV efforts for Campaigns & Elections Magazine in October 2012.^[16] In 2011, Stutts publicly defended media consultant Curt Anderson against Hermain Cain’s accusations of leaking stories about his affair.^[17]

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