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. 

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

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."


 * For U.S. presidential election, 2004, Red Sea, LLC received $8,245,748 from 527 committees.


 * "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)
 * Softer Voices (527 Committee)

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