A campaign operative by training, Kevin Walling has advanced progressive policies on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures and on the municipal level for over a decade. He is the co-founder of Celtic Strategies, and has advised the Democratic National Committee, congressional campaigns, Democratic state parties, and progressive organizations on communications efforts, digital engagement programs and targeted voter contact strategies. In 2020, he led the paid media efforts that successfully passed Medicaid expansion in both Oklahoma and Missouri and elected a handful of new Democratic Members of Congress.
Since 2016, Kevin has logged over 500 hours of commentary and political analysis on national news programming across the Fox News Channel (FNC), Fox Business Network (FBN) and Bloomberg TV and Radio. In the lead up to the 2020 election, Kevin served as an official Biden Campaign surrogate, delivering key messaging to conservative audiences across all programming, including during Fox’s record-breaking election night coverage. He is also an opinion contributor to the Hill Newspaper where he writes extensively on campaign tactics, trends and elections.
