Total Spectrum - Steve Gordon & Associates

From Congressional Quarterly’s People on the Move (by Emma Dumain and Anne Kim), May 11, 2009:

“Paul Hatch has been appointed Senior Vice President of Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates. He most recently was Director of Government Relations at McDermott Will & Emery, a law firm. He previously worked at the RNC as chairman of the victory program and as deputy director of the political division. Before that, he was executive director of the Republican Governors Association. Hatch also served as finance director, treasurer and adviser on the gubernatorial campaign of former Gov. Michael O. Leavitt, R-Utah…. Mark Micali joins the firm as vice president. He most recently was director of government relations for Merrill Lynch, as well as treasurer of the Merrill Lynch political action committee. Before that, he was Vice President of Government Affairs at the Direct Marketing Association. Micali previously worked for former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill.”

From The Hill’s Lobbying World, May 12, 2009:

“Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates has hired Paul Hatch and Mark Micali. Hatch, a senior vice president with the firm, is the former director of government relations for McDermott, Will & Emery…. Micali, a vice president with the firm, worked as director of government relations for Merrill Lynch & Co….”

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From Roll Call’s Shop Talk (by Shira Toeplitz), May 7, 2009:

“Steve Gordon’s consulting firm, Total Spectrum, has added two more top names to its expanding masthead. Gordon has fundraised for dozens of well-known Republican candidates over the course of his 30-year career, including Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.).

“Paul Hatch will be a senior vice president. Hatch began his career in Utah, where he did political work for then-Gov. Mike Leavitt, and eventually served as executive director of the Republican Governors Association….

“Mark Micali will be the firm’s new vice president after most recently serving as director of government relations at Merrill Lynch. Micali started off his political career with former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) before becoming the Direct Marketing Association’s principal political strategist.”

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From Politico’s Suite Talk, May 12, 2009:

Ariel Alexovich reported that “Paul Hatch joins Total Spectrum as Senior Vice President from McDermott, Will & Emery, where he was Director of Government Relations. But savvy readers will recognize him as the former Executive Director of the Republican Governors Association and the former Chairman of the Republican National Committee’s Victory Program.

“Mark Micali comes aboard as a Vice President from Merrill Lynch, where he was Director of Government Relations. He got his start with former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), who was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.”

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From May 15th issue of National Journal:

Gregg Sangillo of National Journal reported that “Paul Hatch has just started as a Senior Vice President with Total Spectrum, a government affairs and grassroots firm headed by Republican fundraiser Steve Gordon. Hatch arrives from a gig as Director of Government Relations with the law and lobbying firm McDermott Will & Emery…. Also, joining Total Spectrum is Mark Micali, who was Director of Government Relations for Merrill Lynch.”

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Gregg Keller was quoted in the St. Louis Beacon article “Both Sides in CWIP Debate Gear Up for New Political Push” on April 14, 2009. The article was in reference to the ongoing debate in Missouri over “a bill that would get rid of the state law that bars AmerenUE from charging ratepayers for the financing costs related to a proposed nuclear plant.”

On behalf of the Fair Electricity Rate Action Fund, a group that opposes the bill, Total Spectrum’s Gregg Keller said that his group is made up of “increasingly diverse” companies and also stated that their “anti-Ameren ad campaign has prompted ‘thousands and thousands to call legislators’ in opposition to the Ameren bill.”

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Roll Call – June 19, 2008 – Shop Talk: Total Spectrum of Services
By: David M. Drucker

Veteran Republican operatives Steve Gordon and Gregg Keller have joined forces to launch Total Spectrum, a GOP grass-roots and communications firm.

Gordon, of Steve Gordon & Associates, brings 30 years of experience to the table as a Republican fundraiser, including raising money for Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz).

Keller’s expertise is in grass-roots politics, having previously served as the campaign manager for then-Sen. Jim Talent’s (R-Mo.) losing bid for re-election in 2006 and grass-roots director for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s failed 2008 bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

Among the services provided by the D.C.-based Total Spectrum are grass-roots and communications consulting, fundraising and Federal Election Commission compliance consulting.

Link: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_155/shoptalk/26084-1.html

Politico - June 17, 2008 – Suite Talk
By: Ariel Alexovich and Jacqueline Klingebiel

Gregg Keller has joined Steve Gordon of Steve Gordon & Associates in the political consulting firm Total Spectrum.

Keller joins founder Gordon as the firm’s new vice president after a stint as national coalitions director for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates offers political consulting from the local and state level to national campaigns.

With the Romney campaign, Keller built a political and grass-roots infrastructure across 21 coalition groups in nearly 25 targeted states.

Over the years, Gordon has helped raise money for candidates including Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and former Sens. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, Bob Dole of Kansas, and Jim Talent and John Ashcroft, both of Missouri.

Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11114.html

Washington, DC — Steve Gordon and Gregg Keller formally announce the launch of Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates LLC.

Total Spectrum (www.totalspectrumsga.com) helps corporations, associations, coalitions, and individuals change the legislative and regulatory environment and achieve their public policy goals by developing and implementing dynamic political programs, grassroots and grasstops campaigns at both the state and federal levels.

Steve Gordon and Gregg Keller, along with their colleagues and business partners, bring a wealth of campaign and political experience to Total Spectrum.

Gordon is one of the pioneers in the field of political guidance, and has 30 years of experience designing and implementing fundraising and political programs for scores of candidates for federal office, corporations, and advocacy groups. These candidates have included Senators Wayne Allard (CO), Christopher Bond (MO), Chuck Hagel (NE), Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), Jon Kyl and John McCain (AZ), Mitch McConnell (KY), Thad Cochran (MS), and John Thune (SD). Steve’s client list has also included former Senators Dirk Kempthorne (ID), Jim Talent and John Ashcroft (MO), Bob Dole (KS), Alfonse D’Amato (NY), Pete Wilson (CA), Rudy Boschwitz (MN), Slade Gorton (WA), Rod Grams (MN), Lauch Faircloth (NC), and Steve Symms (ID), as well as former U.S. Representatives Vin Weber, Lynn Martin, and Ray McGrath.

Gregg Keller is one of the Republican Party’s great young political talents. He has extensive experience in grassroots and grasstops, coalition building, communications, and fundraising – and at every level from state legislatures to presidential campaigns.

Keller joins Total Spectrum from the Mitt Romney for President campaign, where he was National Coalitions Director and built a political and grassroots infrastructure across 21 coalition groups in nearly 25 target states. Keller also managed all of the Romney campaign’s national coalition steering committees.

Before joining Romney’s campaign, Keller was the campaign manager for former U.S. Senator Jim Talent of Missouri. He previously served as Sen. Talent’s State Director and worked on the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign in Missouri and New Hampshire.

Total Spectrum has offices in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO.

National Journal – June 14, 2008 – Consulting Game

Steve Gordon and Gregg Keller have teamed up to found Total Spectrum, a firm helping companies, associations, and grassroots groups on legislative and political work. Gordon, a longtime Republican fundraiser, has run his own firm since 1979. He has worked for then-Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and he is consulting for Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Keller most recently served on the Mitt Romney presidential campaign. The two met when Keller was working on Republican Jim Talent’s 2002 Senate bid in a special Missouri election. Talent beat Jean Carnahan that year but lost to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in 2006.

Gordon, 60, started in his family’s industrial scrap business and held other private-sector jobs in Minnesota. After an HMO he was working for went belly-up, he took a position with Rudy Boschwitz on his 1978 campaign for Senate. “I became finance director, and I had just about zero experience,” Gordon says. But he took to politics naturally and has remained in the field ever since.

Keller, 31, is from St. Louis, worked in finance in Boston, and volunteered for Talent’s exploratory committee before being hired as the “body man,” or personal assistant, for his 2002 race. Keller worked on Talent’s Senate staff, the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign, and Talent’s 2006 re-election bid. “Missouri is the bellwether of bellwethers,” Keller says. “If you don’t learn a lot very quickly in that kind of environment, it will be made clear to you that you’re not cutting it.”

–Gregg Sangillo

PDF: National Journal Profile of Total Spectrum – June 14, 2008

Link:http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/pp_20080614_7062.php