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Midwest Strategies, founded by Hubert “Buck” Humphrey, is the solution for small and large organizations with government or public affairs needs. Mr. Humphrey has worked at the intersection of the private and public sectors on issues at the federal, state and local levels for decades.

Midwest Strategies works primarily with both Hill Capitol Strategies and Forbes Tate Partners. Together, we bring seasoned, bi-partisan, government affairs representation and public affairs services to our clients across the upper Midwest and in Washington, DC. These strategic alliances also provide business development and local jurisdiction government affairs services to our clients.

Lobbying
Buck lobbies full time with his partner Todd HiIl and the team at Hill Capitol Strategies in St. Paul, and often works with Forbes Tate Partners in Washington, DC for clients with national needs. Thanks to our strong network of relationships, there is not an office on Capitol Hill or in a state capital that we cannot reach or an issue on which we cannot strategically advise a client about a successful strategy. We understand who is most important to the legislative and regulatory processes, who decision makers are and how those individuals think, who they listen to, and what influences them. Our goal for lobbying on any issue is simple – success for our clients.

Our diverse practice areas include:
• Health care
• Retail
• Energy
• Appropriations
• Financial services
• Transportation
• Tech and telecommunications
• Tax
• Trade
• Agriculture
• Natural resources
• Regulatory policy

Public Affairs & Client Advocacy
Our work defines client public space and social media strategy, guides organizational public action and where, when and how to intersect with key constituencies and decision makers. Some of the public affairs strategies and tactics we use:

• Thought Leadership—we help you and your organization define and lead
• Managing Grassroots & Grass-Top projects and fulfilling deliverables
• Creative & Digital Services—static, digital and video design, production, ad buys
• Creating and Managing Coalitions
• Strategic Communications and Consulting
• Earned & Paid Media
• Data-Driven Insights & Polling through our strategic partnerships

Business Development
We work with small, medium and large companies and organizations to grow and solidify their business or help solicit and close with specific B to B or B to G targets, from soliciting business in state, county and local jurisdictions to building partnerships with towns and cities across the upper Midwest—especially in Minnesota.

Whether you need an MOU relationship with a city, a services contract with a county or want to build out your organization’s footprint in a given state, Midwest Strategies can help you secure, procure and deliver services to jurisdictions or citizens across the upper Midwest. If your company or product needs placement or a foothold in a given geographic, our business development services, we can help you succeed.

State and Local Government Relations
Midwest Strategies, Hill Capitol Strategies and its partners understand that many policy and legislative battles happen outside of Washington, DC. Our bipartisan team can help you achieve your policy and advocacy goals in state capitals and local jurisdictions across the Midwest and in Minnesota.

Our credentials include decades of state government experience, campaign expertise and involvement with key stakeholders throughout the upper Midwest and across the country.

This experience, combined with our grassroots advocacy, can help you gather intelligence on state level interests that impact your bottom line, your stakeholders, and your decisions.

State Legislative Monitoring
Each year, the governments of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories collectively consider well over 100,000 pieces of legislation and executive actions. In St. Paul, Minnesota, legislators introduced over 4,000+ bills this past session. Any number of these proposals can dramatically impact your business and your decisions, and in some instances, can move through the legislature within hours or days.

Our state legislative monitoring service can provide you with real-time, up-to-date information about new and pending actions in the states. To do this, we combine the best algorithms and state policy analysts to track thousands of proposed bills and executive actions relevant to your business. This tracking incorporates decades of past state work to provide unique insights that are missed by computers, including political viability and the interaction of targeted legislation with ballot initiatives.

With our comprehensive monitoring and deep insights into state legislative activity, our clients receive only the most relevant information they need, enabling them to make timely strategic decisions at state and national levels.

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