Nicole Schlinger is the founder and president of CampaignHQ, a national Republican phone vendor based in Iowa and an office in Washington, D.C.. She has spent more than 30 years working in Republican politics and campaigns, including early campaign roles, work at the Iowa GOP and four presidential campaigns.
Nicole founded CampaignHQ in 1999 after seeing how difficult it could be for campaigns to find reliable help reaching voters and bringing supporters to events. What began with calls for Iowa campaigns has grown into a national operation serving Republican campaigns and conservative organizations.
Today, CampaignHQ handles live persuasion and Get Out the Vote calls, patch-through programs, telephone town halls, full-service texting, live ringless voicemails and Pulse Check surveys. Nicole’s team focuses on making those programs fast, accurate, and easy for clients to manage, especially when timing is tight and there’s little room for error.
Nicole has spent decades watching campaign communication change. She remains convinced that direct outreach matters when it reaches the right people with a clear message and is executed well. Her experience and perspective on campaigns, voter contact and Iowa politics have been featured in national and Iowa news coverage. Nicole in the News →
Away from work, Nicole is an avid reader, president of the Casey’s Pizza fan club and the proud owner of Martha Waffles, CampaignHQ’s Chief Canine Officer.
