BrabenderCox

{{Infobox company

| name = BrabenderCox

| logo =

| foundation = 1982

| type = Corporation{{cite web| title = Business Entity Filing History| work = Corporation Filings| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State| year = 2009| url = https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?1484988| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201050/https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?1484988| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2011-07-21| format = database| access-date = 2009-10-15}}

| locations = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

| area_served = Pennsylvania
United States

| key_people = John Brabender Founder
Rob Aho
Brian Nutt
Kent Gates
Hogan Gidley

| industry = political consulting and advertising

| homepage = http://www.brabendercox.com/

}}

BrabenderCox is a nationally recognized Republican political consulting firm, with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite web| title =Republican Dream Team|work = PoliticsPA| publisher =The Publius Group| year = 2001| url = http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/dreamteamgop.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020607174440/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/dreamteamgop.htm|archive-date=2002-06-07}}

Founded as BrabenderCox, Inc. in 1982, BrabenderCox's Pittsburgh office is located on Mount Washington, which overlooks the skyline of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and contains a mock electric chair that was once used in a prop for a political commercial.{{cite news | last = Green| first = Joshua| title = Dumb and Dumber: Why are campaign commercials so bad?| newspaper = The Atlantic| date = July–August 2004 | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200407/green}}

Founder, John Brabender is managing partner and Chief Creative Officer of BrabenderCox. Brabender has been dubbed 'political guru'{{cite web|url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_81/Santorum-Sticks-With-Trusted-Strategist-211598-1.html |title=Santorum Sticks With Trusted Strategist |publisher=rollcall.com |access-date=7 March 2013}} to Rick Santorum's political career. Brabender worked five of Santorum's Pennsylvania Congressional races, starting with his first House bid in 1990 and ending with his unsuccessful Senate re-election campaign in 2006. Brabender acted as Rick Santorum's senior strategist for his unsuccessful 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination bid.

Charlie Cook announced that "BrabenderCox has become one of the hottest Republican media firms", and in 1995 George magazine called BrabenderCox the "premier Republican spin doctors."{{cite news | last = Tascarella| first = Patty | title = BrabenderCox founders go separate ways | newspaper = Pittsburgh Business Times | date = May 5, 2000| url = http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2000/05/08/story4.html}}{{cite news | title = BrabenderCox to Split Into 2 Companies| newspaper = Direct Marketing News | publisher =Haymarket Media| date = May 8, 2000| url = http://www.dmnews.com/brabendercox-to-split-into-2-companies/article/66174/}}{{cite news| last = Zito| first = Salena| title = BrabenderCox joins Giuliani media team| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune Review| date = August 23, 2007| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_523745.html}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

BrabenderCox also represents corporate clients, including the newly launched Pittsburgh Power Arena Football team. During the 2010 election cycle, BrabenderCox was successful in six of the top races across the country.{{Cite news | title = New Jobs| newspaper = Campaigns and Elections| date = February 2004}}