Over 20 Years of Experience You Can Trust...
Brad Bannon is President of Bannon Communications Research, a Washington DC based political polling and consulting firm that helps Democratic candidates, labor unions and progressive issue groups win political and public affairs campaigns. Campaigns and Elections magazine named Brad a “mover and shaker” in the political consulting industry. He is also one of the “Democratic Insiders” in the biweekly National Journal pundit poll.

Brad appears frequently as a guest and political analyst for the cable TV networks, CN8 and the New England News Channel. He is also a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated radio show hosted by Leslie Marshall and on WHJJ AM talk radio in Providence, RI.

He is a columnist for Winning Campaigns, a magazine for political professionals and has written a numbers of articles for a variety of publications including Political.com, Roll Call and The Hill which cover national politics from Washington, DC.

Brad earned an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. from Syracuse University. He grew up in Rhode Island and in New York. He has two children. His daughter, Meighan teaches high school English and is a proud member of the National Education Association. His son, James is a college student and a political science major.

Strong Foundations...
Before starting his company in 1984 when he helped Booth Gardner become the governor of Washington, Brad worked for two other prominent Democratic consulting firms as a staffer on several political campaigns and as a researcher for the Almanac of American Politics.

Brad started Bannon Communications Research in Boston and his clients in Massachusetts include Congressman Stephen Lynch, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Mayor Joseph Curtatone of Somerville and District Attorneys Bill Keating of Norfolk and Dan Conley of Suffolk. In 1988, Brad worked with the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in its successful campaign to defend the state’s prevailing wage law.

Trusted Authority...
Brad has done considerable speaking on politics and training in polling, communications and message development for a number of organizations including Campaigns and Elections magazine, the Democratic National Committee, the National Federation of Women Legislators, the Brown-Tully Institute for Political Action, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Education Association.