Capitol Outdoor digital unit, Washington, DC
The new Washington. Reach who decides.
In January, Democrats take the gavel in both chambers of Congress. Capitol Influence reaches the new majority and the communities it answers to through ConnectBlue, a network of Democratic-aligned publishers, newsletters, podcasts and creators, alongside independent media and Capitol Outdoor's landmark boards in 28 markets. One instant RFP. Rapid-response proposals in hours. One verified report.
combined monthly reach (modeled)
network partners
one buy
Reach is a modeled, non-deduplicated aggregate across partner audiences. Partner count as of August 2026.
A new majority in January. The network already in its conversation.
"You don't have to be a Democrat to understand the importance of communicating with a changing Washington."
Public affairs and government relations
Reach incoming committee leadership, their staff and the constituents they hear from, alongside the relationships you already hold.
Associations
Put members' voices in front of the right offices before a markup or a deadline, on infrastructure that has moved in 36 hours.
Brands and agencies
Be present in the media Washington reads and on the streets it travels while the new Congress forms its views, added to the plan you already run.
Three networks. One buy.
ConnectBlue
Democratic-aligned publishers, newsletters, podcasts, creators and action platforms - the network behind the 36-hour campaign.
Among others.
Visit connectblue.orgThe independent network
Local news, live sports and video, cause communities and creators.
Capitol Outdoor
Landmark billboards and digital displays - 28 markets, 840+ locations, 35 years.
Independent media is the media people chose for themselves: the newsletter they open, the podcast they follow, the creator they trust, the local outlet they read, the community they joined. We hold the agreements, so one request reaches all of it.
EVERY MEDIUM
Live video + sports
Interactive live event video at major-event scale
Local news - 28 markets
Independent newsrooms, newsletter-first readers
Podcasts
Host-read integration in deeply engaged shows
Cause + community
Millions of members, declared first-party data
Influencers
Creators activated by interest cluster, not follower count
Email newsletters
Broad reach across leading independent publications
Verified SMS
Opted-in, engineered for sustained deliverability
Social + organic
Native brands and platforms for organic amplification
Plus search, display, streaming and CTV - one relationship across all of it.
36 hours.
In August 2026, a national agricultural trade association needed every member of the Senate Agriculture Committee to hear from constituents before a Thursday markup. Budget was authorized Monday evening; the RFP entered the platform that night; partners proposed; the campaign was live in hours - because the infrastructure already existed. The ConnectBlue network coordinated it, alongside Lever Communications, the advocacy firm founded by Joe Trippi.
people activated
constituent messages to U.S. Senators
action takers, counted per partner
committee offices reached - complete coverage
channels in one coordinated flight
network partners executing
Measured figures, except people activated, which combines measured and partner-stated counts. Reporting from nine platforms normalized into one schema, tiered by evidence quality.
"I've worked in politics for more than 40 years, and I've never seen an effective advocacy campaign mobilized this quickly. We got the green light Monday night, were live Tuesday morning, and within 36 hours had reached every member of the Senate Agriculture Committee."
Speed is infrastructure
Hours to market is possible only because agreements, integrations, and reporting exist before the phone rings.
Coverage is verifiable
Every one of 23 committee offices, confirmed.
Attribution survives an audit
Per-target reporting across nine partners and seven channels, measured and modeled kept separate.
The model generalizes
A markup, a rulemaking, a reputation moment - the same platform runs the same play on any objective.
Speed + innovation = exceptional results.
Your message matters. The medium should honor that.
You have done the work: the research, the coalition, the case your issue deserves. Where it runs shapes how it lands. Placed by third-party models into pages nobody chose, it loses that weight. Placed inside a relationship the audience chose, it keeps it.
Illustrative
PROGRAMMATIC CANNOT SEE QUALITY
how often third-party data providers agree with one another
CIMM / Go Addressable, 2025
of AI-generated "slop" inventory graded premium by verification tools
TAG / ANA, 2026
annual programmatic waste, up 34% year over year
ANA, 2025
of every dollar entering a DSP reaches a consumer
ANA Transparency Study
Media has decentralized. Advertising infrastructure hasn't. Not a buying failure - an infrastructure gap, and no amount of better buying closes it.
The digital version of a billboard. You cannot miss it.
The formats that carry a serious message are unmissable by design - full-screen, host-read, hand-delivered. None of them is easy to reach through an exchange.
The host-read podcast
a voice the listener chose
The dedicated newsletter
to named, paying readers
The trusted SMS message
on a device a person reads
The community activation
among members who belong
The creator post
inside a real relationship
The local news placement
in journalism people trust
A full-page takeover - the billboard, delivered to the desk. Illustrative.
Capitol Influence bridges it.
We do what you cannot do programmatically - programmatically.
You're in the feed and the exchange. Here's the rest of their day.
7:00 AM
The feed
Social and programmatic - where the plan already runs
7:30 AM
The inbox
Premium newsletters, named readers
8:15 AM
The commute
Landmark boards in 28 markets
12:30 PM
The podcast
Host-read integration in trusted shows
3:00 PM
The hometown
Local news readers where they live
6:00 PM
The community
Creators, verified SMS, cause networks
The feed is one touchpoint with the people who decide. We add the rest of their day - and the audiences behind it.
Three layers. One relationship. One report.
1 Premium environments
Independent newsletters, host-read podcasts, local news, live video - the audience segment beyond the feed, in environments people chose.
2 The physical layer
Landmark out-of-home across 28 markets and 840+ locations - the message on the commute, in the week that matters.
3 Activation
The layer that turns awareness into measurable action: signups, leads, participation.
Instant RFP in. Rapid-response proposals in hours. Live in days - or in hours when the calendar demands it.
How the marketplace works. Every player. Your control.
Instant RFP
Objective, audience, geography, budget - in minutes, not meetings.
Rapid-response proposals
Partners respond in hours: what they would run, to whom, and what it delivers.
You coordinate
Everyone who fits can be in the plan. Nothing runs unchosen.
Native execution
Each partner delivers inside the environment its audience already lives in.
Verified delivery
One normalized report, evidence-tiered figures, settlement on delivery.
Rapid-response proposals in hours - you coordinate the plan
Place the offer. The network responds.
This is not vendors fighting over a budget line. Every partner that fits your goal can propose, negotiate, and win - and you coordinate all of them from one screen, in real time.
What it looks like in market.
Full-screen mobile interstitials
Unmissable, editorially adjacent, frequency-capped.
Illustrative
Desktop takeovers
Premium creative inside premium editorial environments.
Illustrative
High-impact display
Brand-scale canvases across the network.
Illustrative
Creative adapted to each environment - delivered by the publishers who own the relationship.
Brand safe by construction.
No open exchange to filter. The network is closed. In a market where verification grades AI slop as premium 70%+ of the time, "we filtered it" is no longer a safety claim. "We built it closed" is.
An approved member list. Every property is named, vetted, and contracted. We hold the agreement, so we can vouch for the environment - page by page, send by send, episode by episode.
Plain about who we reach. ConnectBlue is Democratic-aligned, and we say so. Capitol Influence works with corporations, associations, agencies and public affairs teams that need to reach the new Washington. Every audience is first-party and consented at the source.
THREE ENGINES UNDERNEATH
First-party data
Owned identity, consented at the source, durable against platform change.
Integrated AI
Matches RFPs to partners, adapts creative, normalizes reporting.
Purpose-built platform
RFP to settlement in one system - because nothing else could do this.
Three ways to say yes.
The surround
Premium environments and landmark boards wrapped around the plan you already run.
The people who decide, reached in the ways they actually notice.
The moment
A markup, a vote, a launch - add the activation layer: verified SMS, email, creators, community, timed to the calendar.
Awareness that turns into measurable action.
The standing partner
The network on call for the year, with creative and review paths pre-cleared and partners ready to move in hours.
Speed when the calendar moves without you.
Every option: one relationship, one buy, one verified report. Proposals come back sized to the objective.
For public affairs teams and associations
Tell us who needs to hear it, where, and by when. The network proposes; you choose; the platform executes and proves it.
For agencies
Work directly inside the platform. Place the RFP, receive partner proposals, approve the roster, watch delivery in one dashboard - alongside everything you already run.
Speed counts. Let's go.
Request a proposal - rapid-response proposals come back from the network in days, not quarters. Or schedule a meeting first. The infrastructure is standing. The next flight is yours.
Delight your customers - and your customers' customers.