Robert Autry (VA)
Rob Autry is a Partner of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies and major associations. Rob serves as a pollster and political strategist for numerous mayors, state legislators, statewide officeholders, and Members of Congress, including the former Republican House Majority Leader.

In the 2006 elections, Rob was the pollster for two open seat Republican Congressional victories – Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-6) and Congressman David Davis (TN-1). Rob also polled for independent expenditure efforts in over a dozen swing Congressional Districts on behalf of the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Glen Bolger (VA)
Glen Bolger is one of the Republican Party's leading political strategists and pollsters. He is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies, and major associations. Public Opinion Strategies has 20 U.S. Senators, eight governors, and more than 50 Members of Congress as clients.

Roll Call newspaper, a newspaper that covers Capitol Hill, noted Glen “has quickly emerged as the pollster of choice for House and Senate Republicans.”

Elizabeth Harrington (VA)
Since joining POS in 1998, the major focus of Elizabeth's work has been public affairs and public policy research, managing over 20 million dollars of both qualitative and quantitative research projects. Elizabeth's research experience extends to a variety of issues such as health care, Medicare, Medicaid, children's issues, crisis management, mergers & acquisitions, litigation/tort reform, corporate image research, media testing and public education campaigns.

Stephen M. Kinney (CA)
Stephen M. Kinney is a partner of Public Opinion Strategies, L.L.C., one of the nation's premier political and public affairs survey research firms. His institutional knowledge, critical insight, and expertise in survey analyses contribute to his reputation as a highly respected pollster and strategist on the current scene.

In his home state of California, Kinney's political clients include or have included former Governor Pete Wilson, former State Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Matthew K. Fong, Congressman Doug Ose, Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte, Assembly Republican Leader Dave Cox, and LA County Supervisor Don Knabe. In the Corporate/Public Affairs realm, Kinney's California clients include the Association of California Insurance Companies, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the California Restaurant Association, and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. Kinney works extensively with statewide candidates, legislative candidates, and local and statewide initiative campaigns. Since 1992, Steve Kinney has conducted research in 48 of the state's 80 assembly districts and 22 of the state's 40 senate districts. Whether on behalf of individual candidates, the Republican caucus, or independent organizations concerned with the outcome of the elections, we have been involved in virtually every competitive state legislative race in the last decade.

Patrick Lanne (NY)
Patrick Lanne is a Partner at Public Opinion Strategies and is based in upstate New York.  Called by The New York Times, "the leading Republican polling company," Public Opinion Strategies currently represents seventeen U.S. Senators, eight Governors, and over 50 Members of Congress.

In the 2006 elections, Patrick polled for three winning statewide initiative campaigns, helped five legislative caucuses defend their majority and completed research for several successful state and local officials.  He polled for state party organizations in Indiana, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Nicole McCleskey (NM)
Nicole McCleskey is a Partner with Public Opinion Strategies, a leading national political, public affairs, and trial consulting research firm. Since joining the firm in 1998, Nicole has directed the research for hundreds of individual projects covering a wide spectrum of opinion research of both a quantitative and qualitative nature.

Based in Albuquerque, NM, Nicole has increasingly focused her attention on Western politics and issues. In the 2006 elections, Nicole polled on behalf of the effort to re-elect Jon Kyl to the U.S. Senate, directed the research for the National Association of Realtors' multi-million dollar in vestment in campaigns around the country, and was the lead pollster for the Republican State Leadership Committee. In the 2002 and 2004 cycles, Nicole polled in a number of competitive open-seat congressional races and for numerous successful state legislative candidates.

Bill McInturff (VA)
Bill McInturff is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm. Since its founding in 1991, the firm has completed more than 4 million interviews with voters and consumers in all fifty states and over a dozen foreign countries, and conducted more than 3,500 focus groups. Called by The New York Times, "the leading Republican polling company," Public Opinion Strategies currently represents nineteen U.S. Senators, eight governors, and over 50 Members of Congress.

Bill is actively engaged in American politics, conducting national survey research on behalf of the Republican Governors Association. Currently, Bill is the lead pollster for John McCain 2008.

Neil Newhouse (VA)
Neil Newhouse is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies and major trade associations.

Public Opinion Strategies has been described by the New York Times as "the leading Republican polling company" in the country and the firm was named "Pollster of the Year" by the trade publication "Campaigns and Elections" for its work in the 2002 election cycle.

Gene Ulm (VA)
Gene Ulm is one of the Republican Party's leading political strategists and pollsters. Gene has extensive experience polling on behalf of successful U.S. Senate, gubernatorial, congressional and state legislative campaigns since 1990. His political clients include Members of Congress, mayors, legislative caucuses and business and trade-oriented independent expenditure committees.

In 2004, Gene was the pollster for huge campaign wins including Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, who made history by becoming the first Republican U.S. Senator from Louisiana in all while avoiding a run-off, and Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont, who held his opponent to fewer votes than George W. Bush in one of Kerry's best states (58.9%).

Lori Weigel (CO)
Lori Weigel is a Partner with Public Opinion Strategies, the largest Republican polling firm in the nation, with offices in Washington, Denver and Los Angeles. Public Opinion Strategies' clients include 54 Members of Congress, 11 governors, 17 U.S. senators and numerous Fortune 500 companies. The firm is proud to have won the 2002 "Pollster of the Year" award from the American Association of Political Consultants, for its work polling in some of the "toughest campaigns in the country" according to National Journal. The firm also conducts corporate image, crisis management and public policy polling for numerous national associations and Fortune 500 companies, such as Delta Airlines, American Express, Proctor & Gamble, Conoco, Pfizer, and the National Association of Realtors.

Weigel served as the pollster for the Rocky Mountain News and News 4. Her polling regarding a dozen races across the state pegged the final Colorado outcomes within the margin of error. She also conducts polling for the national news media with her partner Bill McInturff, a co-director of the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.