Vincent Harris
Vincent Harris has advised campaigns at the most senior level of politics and public affairs. His nationally acclaimed firm, Harris Media, has worked alongside numerous notable political, public affairs, and business clients from across the country. Vincent is a strong believer in the power of the internet as a tool to reach targeted audiences, and his firm has a proven track record of knowing how to use innovation to succeed online.
Digital before digital was cool
Vincent began his online activity in 2004 where he created a popular blog that was soon read by politicians and notables across Virginia. His blogging experience led him to the campaign of Governor Mike Huckabee, when he hopped on board his Presidential campaign, serving as one of two staffers specializing in online communications. Vincent traveled with the Governor from (as Gov. Huckabeee would say) “an asterisk in the polls” to Iowa Caucus winner, where he worked to organize blog interviews, gather content, and help the Governor’s campaign become one of the first to ever utilize Twitter. He organized the Iowa “Blogger Bash” on the eve of the Caucus that received national attention.
Introducing Gov. Huckabee at the “Blogger’s Bash” on the eve of the Iowa Caucus
“Vincent was one of those special young men in whom I see remarkable potential. Humble and polite to the point of being over the top, he was incredibly talented in understanding the power of the Internet and the potential of using a blog to create a daily log of activities and information and to build an online community.”
~ An excerpt from Do the Right Thing (2008) by Gov. Mike Huckabee
Vincent on the Huckabus with Governor Huckabee
After Governor Huckabee bowed out, Vincent spent two years working for Texas Senator John Cornyn where he oversaw an aggressive web outreach program on Sen. Cornyn’s re-election campaign, before being brought to direct the NRSC’s web operations.
Vincent led Harris Media to run daily operations for Governor Bob McDonnell in Virginia, a campaign which was noted by many in the press to be the first Republican campaign to embrace new media technology. Under his watch, the campaign raised over $1.4 million online.
During the 2010 cycle, Harris Media ran successful digital initiatives in 7 states, including having an instrumental role in the win of dark horse Rick Scott, who overcame all odds to narrowly win Florida’s gubernatorial race.
At the Governor’s mansion with Governor and First Lady Scott
With Governor Rick Scott, and Harris Media VP Amy Brown on victory day.
An expert
Vincent’s expertise concerning online advertising and communications has been noted in numerous publications including the Examiner, CNN, the front page of the Washington Post, AdAge and Advertising Weekly. Having traveled internationally to teach activists how to communicate online, Vincent has been a guest lecturer at American University, the University of Texas, and has spoken to the New Politics Institute at the University of Texas, National Federation of Republican Women, Association of Attorneys General, International Republican Institute in Turkey, Leadership Institute, Conservative Political Action Conference, and at the annual Shift Summit among others. He has participated in numerous radio interviews discussing the impact of technology on government. Recently Vincent had the privilege of traveling to post-Mubarak Egypt to train newly formed political parties on ways to mobilize and raise money online.
Off the clock
Following in his grandfather’s footsteps, Vincent majored in religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he met his wife Chelsea. A native Virginian, Vincent has adopted Texas, and enjoys listening to Texas Country music, floating down the Guadalupe, and going to Galveston Island. He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Riverbend Church, and the Austin Chamber of Commerce.
