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A Student Plan, A Citywide Victory — And a National Recognition First Tuesday Strategies is proud to announce that Lillie Smith, an Associate in our campaign practice, was awarded a Gold Pollie Award at the 2026 Pollie Awards for Best Campaign Plan i...

First Tuesday Strategies was proud to bring home three Gold Pollie Awards at the 2026 Pollie Awards, one of the most respected recognitions in political communications. Often referred to as the Oscars of political advertising, the Pollie Awards ...

First Tuesday Strategies is proud to announce that we’ve been named a 2026 Reed Award winner for our work on behalf of Senator Lindsey Graham — recognized as Best Canvassing or Literature Piece (Republican) in the Northeast & ...

First Tuesday Strategies today announced the addition of Briana Bateman as a Director, where she will lead public affairs initiatives and campaign projects across the firm’s growing portfolio. Bateman joins First Tuesday Strategies from the office of...

08 . 22 . 25 First Tuesday Strategies (FTS) is a leading political and public affairs consulting firm based in South Carolina. We help campaigns, causes, and companies achieve victory through strategy, innovation, and relentless execution. We’re grow...

Our firm has won a Campaigns & Elections Reed Award for work in the 2024 election cycle: Television > Best TV Ad for Independent Expenditure Campaign – State Legislative The Campaigns & Elections Reed Awards are the most exacting awards in...

First Tuesday Strategies (FTS), South Carolina’s top political and public affairs consulting firm, has welcomed Slayten Carter Sapp as Director, Public Affairs. Sapp joins an experienced team of public affairs professionals at FTS that is dedicated t...

04 . 22 . 24 Big news! FTS just won THREE 2024 Pollie Awards for work completed last year, showcasing our skills in the following areas: 📺 Best Television Ad, Local Ballot Initiative“Keep the Penny,” First Tuesday Strategies with Outlaw Media 🛑 Colla...

05 . 22 . 23 Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign is tapping two longtime South Carolina political consultants to run his 2024 operations in the Palmetto State. Political consultants Luke Byars and his wife, Drea, and Phillip Habib will run the sen...

04 . 21 . 23 Our team won THREE Pollie awards at the 2023 American Association of Political Consultants Annual Conference! We’re proud of our team AND the victorious clients that make such wins possible. The awards include Best Use of Radio (Public A...

04 . 03 . 23 A super PAC backing U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has hired two South Carolina political operatives ahead of the senator’s potential 2024 presidential run. Matt Moore, who previously chaired the South Carolina Republican Party… joined the Opportun...

03 . 01 . 23 Columbia, S.C. – First Tuesday Strategies (FTS), South Carolina’s top political and public affairs consulting firm, today announced Hunter Sox as Director, Public Affairs. Additionally, the firm announced the promotio...

08 . 03 . 22 Columbia, S.C. – First Tuesday Strategies (FTS), South Carolina’s top political and public affairs campaign firm, today announced Phillip Habib as Vice President of Campaigns and promoted Angela McCallum to Director o...

04 . 11 . 22 FIRST TUESDAY STRATEGIES ANNOUNCES EXPANSION, ADDS NICK MURRAY AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Murray brings wealth of public affairs, advertising, and business development experience to FTS team Columbia, S.C. – Nick Murray has join...