What Brushfire Strategies LLC does

Brushfire Strategies LLC is a Washington, DC-headquartered political consulting firm founded in 2023 by Partner Jessie Bradley. The firm specializes in phone-based voter contact, texting, and advocacy communication services for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, and political party committees, primarily within the progressive/Democratic ecosystem. Its service portfolio includes live calling programs, automated IVR calls, peer-to-peer texting platforms, live operator texting, telephone town halls, patch-through calling, and fundraising calls, with specialty offerings in bilingual (Spanish/English) voter contact, hybrid scripts combining multiple voter contact objectives, and real-time quality control monitoring. Notable clients include the DSCC, DLCC, AFL-CIO, Obama for America, John Fetterman's 2022 Senate campaign, and multiple state Democratic parties.

The firm operates with a 4-person core team (Partner, Campaigns Director, and two Associates) distributed across Washington DC, St. Louis, Raleigh, and Orlando, supplemented by a nationwide virtual call center network. Technology infrastructure includes an integrated volunteer dialing and peer-to-peer texting platform with Chrome-based calling, automated IVR capabilities, and patch-through routing systems. The firm has executed large-scale programs reaching 3 million+ voters by phone and 1 million+ by text during the 2022 Senate races in Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees tied to call volume, program duration, and complexity, with custom quotes per engagement rather than public pricing tiers. The firm markets itself as a different kind of phones firm, emphasizing strategy integration, behavioral science-informed GOTV scripting, and an all-hands-on-deck boutique service model rather than high-volume transactional call execution. Go-to-market relies on reputation and referrals within the progressive political community, supplemented by industry recognition including consecutive Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political Consultants in 2023 and 2024.

Name

Brushfire Strategies LLC

Legal name

Brushfire Strategies LLC

Website

https://brushfirecalls.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brushfire Strategies LLC is a Washington, DC-based political consulting firm providing phone banking, peer-to-peer texting, and advocacy communication services for progressive campaigns, political parties, and advocacy organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Phone and Texting Consulting Services

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Political/GOTV & Advocacy Calling (Campaigns) (BPAAADAK)

Keywords

• Political phone banking
• Voter contact services
• Electoral consulting
• GOTV phone programs
• Peer-to-peer texting

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Political Phone Consulting Services: Project-based professional services for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, and issue-based groups. Services include live calling programs, automated calls, texting, GOTV operations, persuasion calls, and grassroots advocacy calling. Revenue generated through service fees for program execution based on call volume, duration, and program complexity.

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Core offering

Brushfire Strategies LLC designs and executes phone and texting voter contact programs for progressive political campaigns, advocacy organizations, and Democratic party committees. The firm delivers live calling programs, automated IVR and robocalls, peer-to-peer and live operator texting, patch-through calling, telephone town halls, and fundraising calls. Services are custom-scoped per engagement and bundled with strategy support including script writing, data refinement, list management, and program oversight.

Product overview

Brushfire Strategies LLC offers a suite of phone and texting services for political campaigns and advocacy organizations. The portfolio includes Live Programs (quality-controlled calling with language/regional matching and large capacity), Grassroots Advocacy services (Telephone Town Halls, Patch Through Calls, Fundraising Calls), Texting & Peer-to-Peer Platforms (Live Operator Texting, Peer-to-Peer Texting, and integrated Volunteer Dialing), and Automated Programs (IVR Polls, Robocalls, Auto Interactive IVR Calls). Services are designed to layer into overall campaign strategy, complementing mail, digital, and paid media. The company specializes in bilingual calling, complex variable scripts, hybrid messaging, and GOTV operations with social pressure tactics.

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Products and services

• Electoral Consulting Services Strategic voter ID, persuasion, and behavioral-science-based GOTV programs for candidate campaigns from presidential to local races, including Congress and Senate contests.
• Public Affairs Calling Patch-through calling, telephone town halls, and catch-and-release technology used to mobilize constituents around issue advocacy campaigns and drive contact with elected officials.
• Live Calling Programs Quality-controlled live calling programs with call center management, language and regional variability matching, and large-scale capacity for voter contact campaigns reaching millions of voters per cycle.
• Telephone Town Halls Interactive telephone events enabling real-time communication with audiences through Q&A, polls, and issue discussions, with add-ons including text messages, website integration, and audio/video streaming.
• Patch-Through Calling Service facilitating live conversations between constituents and elected officials through educated callers who deliver quality messages once connected by phone.
• Inbound Patch-Through Calls Toll-free number service allowing constituents to call in and be patched to their elected officials using zip-code-based routing and provided issue background.
• Fundraising Calls Live fundraising call programs in which call center representatives place high-volume calls and input credit card information directly into campaign donation pages.
• Live Operator Texting Paid operator texting service delivering thousands of texts per hour to scale SMS programs beyond volunteer-only efforts.
• Peer-to-Peer Texting Platform Self-service platform enabling volunteers to conduct peer-to-peer texting campaigns with integrated script management and data loading capabilities.
• Volunteer Dialing & Peer-to-Peer Platform Integrated platform combining scripts, data management, landline and cell phone dialing, and texting under a custom dashboard with Chrome-based calling requiring no additional hardware.
• IVR Polls Cost-effective automated polling with an SMS polling option for gathering public perception snapshots and recommendations at scale.
• Traditional Robocalls Automated voice broadcasts for quickly disseminating information to large audiences to supplement paid media, respond to attacks, or conduct voter outreach.
• Auto Interactive (IVR) Calls Interactive automated calls for gathering RSVPs, yard sign requests, or additional project information through voter keypad responses.
• Bilingual Calling Program Bilingual voter contact program using operators trained to identify a voter's preferred language in real time and conduct seamless English-Spanish transitions, eliminating language-barrier callbacks.
• GOTV Ballot Chase and Vote-by-Mail Programs Scripts walking voters through ballot return procedures with additional social pressure for household members of vote-by-mail voters to maximize ballot retrieval and turnout.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached over 3 million voters by phone and 1 million by text during 2022 Senate races in Pennsylvania and Georgia
• +3 more outcomes

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Emerging players

• Grassroots Analytics: Data-driven progressive targeting and voter contact firm offering modeling and outreach support; partial overlap with Brushfire on data-driven phone program targeting for Democratic campaigns.
• Public Policy Polling: Political polling firm providing automated IVR polls and survey research; directly comparable on automated polling and IVR service lines offered by Brushfire.

Direct peers

• The Prosper Group: Political consulting firm offering phone, texting, digital, and direct mail programs to Democratic and progressive campaigns; comparable full-service voter-contact positioning with overlapping client types.
• Mothership Strategies: Progressive phone banking and texting firm providing live calling, P2P texting, and GOTV services; closest direct peer on phone-and-text vendor services for Democratic campaigns and advocacy organizations.
• Scale to Win: One of the largest peer-to-peer texting and phone vendor platforms for progressive campaigns and organizations; directly comparable to Brushfire on live calling, P2P texting, and GOTV program delivery to the same Democratic client base.
• Empower: Leading peer-to-peer texting and digital organizing platform serving Democratic campaigns and progressive nonprofits; competes head-to-head with Brushfire on texting-driven voter contact and GOTV.
• Trilogy Interactive: Progressive digital and phone-based voter contact agency offering P2P texting, SMS, and integrated campaign programs; comparable on technology stack and Democratic-aligned client base.
• Rising Tide Interactive: Progressive digital fundraising and online advertising agency; comparable as a Democratic-aligned campaign vendor with overlapping client roster, though more digitally oriented than Brushfire.

Broad incumbents

• Bonterra (NGP VAN / ActBlue ecosystem): Dominant progressive campaign technology platform providing voter file, fundraising, and organizing software underpinning many Democratic campaigns; adjacent competitor and ecosystem partner for phone/text vendors like Brushfire.
• Catalist: Progressive data and analytics provider serving many of the same Democratic committees and advocacy organizations; comparable client base though focused on data infrastructure rather than execution.

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