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Democratic operative · ran for U.S. Congress
I build campaigns that scare the establishment.
I'm Colby Shock, a Democratic operative who put my own name on the ballot for Congress. Strategy, digital, field, and design for candidates who refuse to wait their turn. No consultant-class markup. No safe losing.
I get sh*t done.4
Active clients
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Races this cycle
2 + 1
State & federal
In the arena
Colby ShockFounder, Shock the Polls
The races I take
U.S. House
State Legislature
County & Local
Working-class districts
First-time candidates
The race they told you to skip
Florida campaign consulting
One operative. The whole campaign.
Big firms hand you junior staff and a recycled plan. I do the work myself, end to end, and I price it like a human being.
Digital Strategy
Email, SMS, social, and paid media that grow your list and compound small-dollar money instead of burning it.
Field Strategy
Turf, doors, phones, and a volunteer program that shows up. I knock the doors I tell my clients to knock.
Fundraising
Call-time systems and online programs that actually move money. Built and run by someone who has made the asks and hit the goal, not just managed a spreadsheet.
Campaign Strategy
The plan, the budget, the win number, and a message that lands with the people whose votes you actually need.
General Consulting
The senior operative most first-time candidates can't afford. That is me, on your race, picking up the phone when it matters.
No agency. No backers. Just the work.
Killing it without the consultant class.
I started with nothing but a list of doors and a reputation for showing up. Here is where that has me right now.
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Clientson the books right now
3
Racesthis cycle
2 + 1
State & federaltwo state, one federal
FL-08
Ran for Congressmy own name on the ballot
Age 14The year I knocked my first door for a Democrat.
Who I am
Built by a union family. Sharpened on the doors.
I'm a Democratic campaign consultant on Florida's Space Coast, and I am not from the consultant class. I am the youngest of five, raised here since I was seven, from a blended family that held itself together through grief. Both of my grandfathers were UAW men, one at GM and one at Ford. That is the politics I run on.
I started canvassing for Democrats at 14 and never stopped. I led the Young Democrats of Indian River County, organized and fundraised up and down the Treasure and Space Coasts, and became a full-time caregiver for my grandfather. I learned this work from the bottom up, not from a firm's training deck. When candidates hire me, they get someone who has actually done every job on the campaign.
- First door at 14. Organizing since 2016.
- Paid on campaigns since 2018. Not a hobby, a craft.
- Young Dems chair, 2019. Indian River County.
- Ran a State Senate race at 18. In 2020.
- Union and working roots. UFCW member, caregiver, manager.
- Ran for U.S. Congress. FL-08, as a Democrat.
In the arena
I don't just run campaigns. I've run for Congress.
I ran for U.S. Congress in Florida's 8th District as a Democrat, taking on a Republican incumbent on universal healthcare, a VA hospital in Viera, a ban on congressional stock trading, and a government that puts working families first.
I have stood exactly where my clients stand. My own name on the ballot, in a race the establishment wanted handed to someone safer. I knocked the doors, I made the calls, I lived the timeline. Most consultants never have, so when I tell you a plan works, it is because I have lived it myself. I get it more than most.
How I work
The rules I run by.
Four promises. If a firm won't make them to you, you already know why.
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You get me.
The senior person on your race is the person doing the work. No bait and switch, no junior staff learning on your dime.
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No retainer games.
I price honest, I move fast, and I tell you straight when a dollar is better spent somewhere else.
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Built for the underdog.
I take the race the big firms told you to skip. The long shots are the ones worth winning.
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Working families first.
Every plan ties to people, every dollar ties to a vote. I am in this to move power, not to bill hours.
Get in touch
Tell me about your race.
If you are a Democrat ready to fight for a seat that matters, send me the details. I read every email and I get back fast.
colby@shockthepolls.comSpace Coast, Florida · Available where the fight is.