Red Sea, LLC

Red Sea, LLC was co-founded in 2001 by Jonathan M. Baron, a former Communications Director for former House Majority Whip Thomas D. DeLay (R-Texas), and Jon Lerner. [1][2][3]

Red Sea offers "advertising, polling, and strategic communications." Red Sea's polling subsidiary is Basswood Research.

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Facts

• "Former DeLay Director of Communications Jonathan Baron's Red Sea LLC handles polling and media relations for ARMPAC, Republican candidates, and the Club for Growth." [4]

• For U.S. presidential election, 2004, Red Sea, LLC received $8,245,748 from 527 committees. [5]

• "DeLay's PAC donated $50,000 to the Club for Growth in the last election." Club for Growth "funnelled $3,285,742 dollars in advertising spending through Red Sea LLC, a business owned by one of his former aides." --Sisyphus Shrugged, August 23, 2004.

Portfolio

• Club for Growth
• Concerned Women for America
• Trent Franks (R-Arizona) for U.S. Senate
• Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina) for Governor; Citizens Against Government Waste
• Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) for U.S. Senate; anti-Arlen Specter ad

Vendor for:

• Colorado Conservative Voters (527 Committee) [6]
• Softer Voices (527 Committee) [7]

Contact Details

Red Sea, LLC
1111 19th Street, NW
Suite 211
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 822 1900 Phone
(202) 822 3750 Fax
URL: http://www.basswoodresearch.com

External links

• Nan Gao, Dylan Marks, Andrew Peterson and Chester Shiu, "Political Action on the Internet," Stanford University, undated.
• "Mark Sanford Just Can't Tell the Truth. Sanford: Continues Campaign of Deception. Today's Greenville News article reveals more Sanford lies," SCDP.org, April 15, 2002.
• "Laffey’s Finance Report," Rhode Island's Future, July 26, 2005.
• "Chaffee: 'I've Got a Target on My Back'," Rhode Island’s Future, August 21, 2005: "Red Sea LLC connection between Laffey and Toomey."