Mercury Public Affairs has acquired Chris Mottola Consulting, the home of former media adviser to Sen. Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania, the Republican turncoat.
Philadelphia-based Mottola has worked in the GOP campaigns of former President George W. Bush, Arizona Senator John McCain, former New York City boss Rudy Giuliani, ex-Sen. Bob Dole and two-time New York Gov. George Pataki.
From his Keystone State perch, he will helm Mercury's political advertising unit.
Mercury CEO Kiernan Maloney said in a statement that Mottola's "decade of work in campaign ads and political consulting is known throughout the US." His "leadership is critical as we establish an in-house paid media capability at Mercury,” he added.
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Mottola began his political career in 1980 as press secretary for the Fund for a Conservative Majority. He remained with Spector following his defection to the Democrats.
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