Since its inception in 1985, AKP&D Message and Media (formerly Axelrod & Associates) has produced winning media for candidates, ballot initiatives, and voter education campaigns at the local, state, and national levels.

As one of the pre-eminent Democratic media consulting firms in the nation, AKP&D provides more than award-winning television and radio commercials. We provide day-to-day consulting on all aspects of message delivery, working closely with our clients to generate free press and grassroots mobilization strategies that amplify our argument.

Led by David Axelrod, John Kupper, David Plouffe, and John Del Cecato, our team of seasoned professionals has worked with candidates across the country to produce clear, consistent, winning messages.

This approach has helped our clients achieve victories from coast-to-coast, both at the polls and in legislative chambers.

Our roster of clients has included John Edwards for President; Senator Barack Obama of Illinois; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York (DSCC); Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut; Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa; New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer; and the mayors of many of America’s largest cities.

The firm served as national media consultant to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the historic 2006 election cycle, the independent expenditure campaign of the Democratic National Committee in the 2004 presidential campaign, and the international AFL-CIO.