Campaigns & Elections, a national media outlet focused on political campaigns and public affairs, last night named Cygnal’s Managing Partner Brent Buchanan a 2015 Republican Rising Star. Ten Republicans – ranging from pollsters to consultants to Party officials – were given the hon
or at a ceremony held last night on the Potomac River in Washington, DC. The award is given annually to a select few under 35 who are up-and-coming movers-and-shakers in American and international politics.
“Who would have thought that starting out eleven years ago running and winning Reed Ingram and Dimitri Polizos’ county commission campaigns would lead to receiving a national political award,” stated Brent Buchanan, Managing Partner. “Those who have won the Rising Star award in the past have gone on to run presidential campaigns and manage multi-million dollar political firms, so it’s an honor to be among many greats in the business.”
Since 1988, Campaigns & Elections has recognized the up-and-comers of the campaign world with its coveted Rising Star award. Over the years, Rising Star recipients have climbed to the heights of politics, launching dozens of successful consulting firms and serving at the highest levels of state and federal campaigns.
It’s one of the most prestigious honors in the campaign world for a reason: industry giants are counted among the ranks of former Rising Stars. C&E Rising Stars have served in senior positions on the presidential campaigns of every major party nominee since 1992.
The 2015 Rising Star awards were presented at the annual Art of Political Campaigns conference held July 27-28, 2015, at the House of Sweden, which is part of the Swedish Embassy complex in Washington, DC. Brent was in attendance to receive the award.