AL Political Reporter: “In the wake of a disappointing few months on the campaign trail, Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, has announced several additions to his campaign for U.S Senate, including the pollster who predicted former President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 and a Republican operative who called the former president a “short-fingered vulgarian.”
According to the most recent internal polls, Brooks is narrowly behind fellow U.S Senate candidate Katie Britt, a former chief of staff for outgoing U.S Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama. Britt also lapped Brooks in campaign contributions, raising nearly $1.5 million in the third quarter of fundraising, while Brooks’ raised less than $670,000 in the same period, according to third-quarter fundraising numbers reported in October.
Jon Jones and Terry Allen, the two original campaign consultants for Brooks, were fired in the previous weeks, according to Vice, with Jones stating he “left on very amicable terms” with Brooks.
The new group consists of Robert Cahaly, a member of the Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group, who will serve as senior advisor and pollster; Fred Davis, a veteran ad maker previously connected with U.S. Sen Richard Shelby’s last campaign for Senate, who will serve as media strategist; Ethan Elion, a former campaign staffer for Brook’s in 2017, who will serve as senior advisor “with an emphasis on digital strategy and voter contact,” according to the campaign; and Forrest Barnwell-Hagemeyer, a Republican political operative from Tennessee who helped Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee move into the governor’s mansion in 2018, who will serve as campaign manager.”