advertising founded 1982 2 number of locations pittsburgh pennsylvania washington d.c. harrisburg pennsylvania area served pennsylvania united states key people john brabender founder rob aho brian nutt kent gates hogan gidley website http www.brabendercox.com brabendercox is a nationally recognized republican political consulting firm with offices in pittsburgh pennsylvania washington d.c. and harrisburg pennsylvania . 3 founded as brabendercox inc. in 1982 brabendercox s pittsburgh office is located on mount washington which overlooks the skyline of pittsburgh pennsylvania and contains a mock electric chair that was once used in a prop for a political commercial . 4 founder john brabender is managing partner and chief creative officer of brabendercox . brabender has been dubbed political guru 5 to rick santorum s political career . brabender worked five of santorum s pennsylvania congressional races starting with his first house bid in 1990 and ending with his unsuccessful senate re election campaign in 2006 . 5 brabender acted as rick santorum s senior strategist for his unsuccessful 2012 republican party presidential nomination bid . 5 charlie cook announced that brabendercox has become one of the hottest republican media firms and in 1995 george magazine called brabendercox the premier republican spin doctors . 6 7 8 brabendercox also represents corporate clients including the newly launched pittsburgh power arena football team . during the 2010 election cycle brabendercox was successful in six of the top races across the country . 2 references edit business entity filing history database . corporation filings . pennsylvania department of state . 2009 . retrieved 2009 10 15 . a b new jobs . campaigns and elections . february 2004 . republican dream team . politicspa . the publius group . 2001 . archived from the original on 2002 06 07 . green joshua july august 2004 . dumb and dumber why are campaign commercials so bad . the atlantic . a b c santorum sticks with trusted strategist . rollcall.com . retrieved 7 march 2013 . tascarella patty may 5 2000 . brabendercox founders go separate ways . pittsburgh business times . brabendercox to split into 2 companies . direct marketing news . haymarket media . may 8 2000 . zito salena august 23 2007 . brabendercox joins giuliani media team . pittsburgh tribune review . external links edit brabendercox homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brabendercox & oldid 739099304 categories political campaignsrick santorumpolitics of pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 19 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view