Townsend Calkin Tapio wins with a simple, powerful approach: highly experienced professionals at the top of their game working directly with clients. No junior staff or account executives needed.

David Townsend has created and directed winning multimedia, communications, political and public affairs campaigns for more than 35 years. He is widely considered one of California’s top political strategists and was a founding force behind the legislature’s Moderate Democratic Caucus.
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Kelly Calkin is a leader in a new generation of game-changing political strategists who are redefining how to win in high-stakes candidate, ballot measure, and legislative campaigns. Recent successes include racking up a historic 58-county win for Prop 52 while serving as a senior strategist behind one of California’s most competitive come-from-behind legislative wins.
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Chris Tapio has worked in and around California’s Capitol for two decades. He’s a trusted advisor to the influential and growing caucus of moderate Democrats in the Legislature, and has twice been named to Capitol Weekly’s list of the Top 100 most influential non-elected people in the state Capitol.
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Bob Magnuson uniquely combines high-level journalism and high-stakes public relations experience, having worked as a reporter, editor, publisher, CEO and communications consultant. A member of the L.A. Times newsroom staff that won 2 Pulitzer Prizes (Northridge Earthquake and L.A. Riots), he understands how journalists think as only an insider can.
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