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- Consultant for Governor John Bel Edwards
Dr. James T. Kitchens is an attitude and mass persuasion specialist with a Ph.D. in political communication from the University of Florida. Dr. Kitchens is the author of The Four Pillars of Politics: Why Some Candidates Don't Win and Others Can't Lead, published in 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield Books.
In 1983, Dr. Kitchens founded The Kitchens Group, now one of the longest operating public opinion research and political consulting firms in the country. Dr. Kitchens has served as a pollster and strategist for campaigns at all levels of American politics, including Governor, U.S. Senate, fifty Members of the U.S. Congress, state-wide offices, referenda campaigns, legislative caucuses, associations and political parties, and corporate clients.
The Kitchens Group has interviewed more than five million Americans on a wide spectrum of topics including Presidential elections, environmental concerns, legal issues, health care, education, marijuana, gender and equality issues, and corporate concerns. Dr. Kitchens served on the faculty of Texas Christian University and the Graduate Program in Political Science at the University of Florida. He has guest lectured at the University of Kansas, the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Mississippi State University, Western Kentucky University, and Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of more than twenty academic research papers.
In 2015, Dr. Kitchens was one of the lead consultants on the successful Gubernatorial campaign of John Bel Edwards in Louisiana. The Times-Picayune called Edward's win the biggest upset in the history of Louisiana politics. The story of this campaign has been chronicled in the book Long Shot, written by Tyler Bridges and Jeremy Alford, published by the Lisburn Press.
The Kitchens Group is based in Orlando, Florida and, dating back to 1986, has extensive experience working in the state of Florida. The firm has conducted survey research and focus groups for coordinated campaign efforts, legal cases, referenda issues, legislative, and state-wide office elections.
Elizabeth L. Kitchens has worked as a professional consultant since 1980. Ms. Kitchens is a specialist in focus group research and polling. She has designed and facilitated focus groups for legal issues, marketing strategies, political campaigns, referenda issues, and public relations campaigns.
Ms. Kitchens has also served as a pollster and strategist for a variety of campaigns including legislative, judicial, mayoral, and statewide races. She also has extensive experience working with environmental initiatives throughout the country.
She has provided consultation for coordinated campaigns for the Florida Democratic Party, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Ms. Kitchens was one of the first women to be a partner in a nationally recognized polling and focus group firm. She is an Advisory Board member of Ruth's List Florida and the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida. She was a recipient of the Orlando Business Journal and Orlando Regional Health Care 2004 Women Who Mean Business award. She is a specialist in Baby Boomer women issues and is a frequent contributor to Boomer Café, an online magazine for Baby Boomers, and Vibrant Nation, the leading online community for women over the age of 45. Her site, Be Brave. Lose the Beige blog can be found at http://bebravelosethebeige.com
Contact Elizabeth Kitchens at her email here: Liztkg@cfl.rr.com
Dr. Jim Kitchens served as pollster and message consultant for Governor John Bel Edwards campaign. John Bel Edwards election was called the biggest upset in Louisiana political history by the Baton Rouge Advocate. It is the first time in modern Southern politics that a candidate elevated himself from the State House of Representatives to the Governorship.