Cardinal Contact

Voter Contact | General Consulting | Targeted Messaging

About Us

Founded by Megan Umlauf after over a decade of working with candidates at the Federal, State, and local levels, Cardinal Contact is a full-service campaign consulting firm capable of providing the expertise and strategic guidance necessary to assist your campaign team navigate the election cycle and position your campaign for victory.

Who We Are

What We Do

Our Clients

Megan Umlauf

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

When working with Cardinal Contact candidates and campaign teams can expect to work directly with Megan Umlauf, Principal Consultant.

Megan began her career in Republican campaigns leading voter identification and turn-out operations in Hamilton County, Indiana as a part of Governor Mitch Daniels's 2008 re-election campaign. Over the past sixteen years, Megan has acquired experience at every level of political campaigns ranging from town council to US Senate. Throughout her career, Megan has played a role in over 80 campaigns across the Midwest, either as a full-time employee, consultant, or vendor.

A native of Lake County, Indiana, Megan is a graduate of Purdue University - Calumet, where she studied political science and communication. Megan is an alumna of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series. She lives in Warren Township in Indianapolis with her husband, Andrew Umlauf, and their two sons, Elliott and Vincent.

Our Services

Cardinal Contact offers a variety of custom voter contact and strategic campaign solutions to meet the needs of campaigns, no matter how big or small.

When you make Cardinal Contact a part of your campaign team, we offer ongoing guidance to help you stay on track with your campaign plan and strategic advice to navigate the numerous critical decisions leading up to Election Day.
It starts with a plan. How many votes will it take to win and where will those votes come from? Cardinal Contact's campaign plans are customized to your race and intended to give your campaign the strategic and tactical guidance necessary to be successful.
Your advertising dollars are a precious and limited resource. Cardinal Contact can help you make the most of them with voter-targeted direct mail and digital advertising. When you advertise with Cardinal Contact, your message is delivered directly to the targeted voter via mail, social media, or web advertising. Our team takes care of everything from copywriting, creative design, production, and delivery.
Volunteer grassroots voter contact is invaluable, but sometimes your campaign needs additional layers of voter contact to be successful. Cardinal Contact can assist your campaign with various forms of paid voter contact, including phone calls and text messages. When deployed correctly, these tools can provide a campaign with an additional competitive edge and complement volunteer grassroots activity.

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Our Clients

Cardinal Contact has worked with candidates running for Congress to Town Council. Making professional campaign services attainable for campaigns of all sizes is our priority.

OUR WINNING RECORD

In our first five years, Cardinal Contact has worked with over 40 unique campaigns, in a combined 57 Primary and General Elections, and established a winning record of over 63% for all races where we have been involved.