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Guidant Polling and Strategy

Research draft

Polls since 2024: 4
Latest poll ended: October 27, 2026

Polls from the VoteHub polling API, used under CC BY 4.0. Each result links to the pollster's or sponsor's own release. Imported once a day; a poll VoteHub later changes keeps its earlier version on record here.

§1About

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Guidant Polling and Strategy describes itself as a strategic consulting and public opinion research firm with over 30 years of experience, offering research, political campaign consulting and public affairs services.^1,2 Its website lists Brooks Kochvar and Brendon DelToro as founding partners and gives a Washington, D.C. area telephone number but no address.^1,3 It says it has worked with national party committees and super PACs and on issue campaigns for corporations and nonprofits.²

Kind: Commercial firm¹

§2Who it works with

Why this matters: Owners, news partners and the firms behind a poll's interviews shape what gets asked, how, and what gets published.

Polls regularly for

Keystone Renewal PAC (2024–now). Its website says Guidant was chief strategist and pollster for Keystone Renewal, the super PAC that backed Dave McCormick's 2024 Pennsylvania Senate race.^1,3

Founded by

Brooks Kochvar. The Guidant website lists Brooks Kochvar as a founding partner.^1,3
Brendon DelToro. The Guidant website lists Brendon DelToro as a founding partner.¹

Who paid for its polls

Sponsors named on its polls, most polls first⁴. A party-aligned flag is VoteHub's, per poll.
Sponsor	Polls	Between	Flagged party-aligned
Public First Action	4	September 27, 2026 – October 27, 2026	No

§3Whom it works for

Why this matters: A firm that also works for one party's campaigns can still publish accurate polls, but readers deserve to know.

Works for Republican candidates or groups. Its website does not state a party, but the party committees among the select clients on its home page are the NRCC and NRSC, both Republican, and its case studies describe Rob Bresnahan's win in a long-held Democratic seat and Keystone Renewal's support for Dave McCormick. It names no Democratic committees or campaigns. This rests on the clients it names.¹

Rob Bresnahan (2024–now). Its website says Guidant was general consultant and pollster for Rob Bresnahan's U.S. House campaign in Pennsylvania's 8th District.¹
Kelly Armstrong (2024–now). Its website says Guidant was Kelly Armstrong's pollster in the 2024 North Dakota governor's primary.¹
National Republican Congressional Committee. The NRCC logo appears among the select clients on Guidant's home page.¹
National Republican Senatorial Committee. The NRSC logo appears among the select clients on Guidant's home page.¹

Of its 4 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor⁴.

Federal campaigns and committees that paid it

From 2023 through 2026, 27 federal committees reported paying Guidant Polling and Strategy $5,377,766 for polling, surveys or research^5,6,7,8. By the party each committee reports to the FEC: 0 Democratic, 17 Republican, and 10 none (most PACs and super PACs report none).

The largest payers, by amount paid for polling, surveys or research. Only federal committees report to the FEC; state and local campaigns, work paid through another consultant, and polling billed as consulting are not here. Matched by the payee name on the filing: GUIDANT POLLING & STRATEGY; GUIDANT POLLING & STRATEGY; GUIDANT POLLING & STRATEGY LLC; GUIDANT POLLING & STRATEGY, LLC; ….
Committee	Kind	Party it reports	Paid for polling	Between
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS	Super PAC	None reported	$1,044,500	March 1, 2024 – July 23, 2026
FAIRSHAKE	Super PAC	None reported	$883,650	January 12, 2024 – August 14, 2026
KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$674,300	December 5, 2023 – October 30, 2024
SLF PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$605,062	May 11, 2023 – October 31, 2024
LEAD TO SERVE PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$361,300	February 21, 2023 – February 29, 2024
ROB FOR PA	House campaign	Republican	$288,678	December 21, 2023 – November 25, 2025
NRCC	Party committee	Republican	$286,250	April 4, 2024 – September 25, 2026
DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$220,968	April 22, 2026 – May 11, 2026
NRSC	Party committee	Republican	$196,208	July 7, 2023 – September 18, 2024
HEARTLAND RESURGENCE	Super PAC	None reported	$110,750	October 15, 2024
LOUISIANA FREEDOM FUND	Super PAC	None reported	$90,000	April 6, 2026 – May 29, 2026
FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN	House campaign	Republican	$67,000	March 24, 2026 – April 28, 2026

§4Its polls

The 4 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the field	Question	Result	Paid for by	Sample
September 20–October 27, 2026	Governor · 2026 Michigan	Jocelyn Benson 50 · John James 45	Public First Action	800 LV
September 20–September 28, 2026	U.S. Senate · 2026 Texas	James Talarico 46.6 · Ken Paxton 44.2 · Ted Brown 4	Public First Action	800 LV
September 20–September 28, 2026	Governor · 2026 Texas	Greg Abbott 46 · Gina Hinojosa 44 · Pat Dixon 4	Public First Action	800 LV
September 20–September 27, 2026	U.S. Senate · 2026 Michigan	Abdul El-Sayed 48 · Mike Rogers 43 · Lydia Christensen 1 · Tim Long 1 · Douglas P. Marsh 0 · Walter P. Kristy 0	Public First Action	800 LV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

No founding year was found on its website.
No headquarters address or ownership details were found.
No standing news partner or fieldwork vendor was found.
Public First Action appears as a sponsor in our records, but no source about that poll was read.
The Silver Bulletin ratings table and the VoteHub methodology pages could not be read, so aggregator checks rest on published text from aggregators and news searches.
Searches on 2026-11-06 for AAPOR statements, court rulings or settlements, regulator actions, aggregator decisions and retractions or corrections found none naming Guidant Polling and Strategy or its polls, and it does not appear in Silver Bulletin's ratings chart on Datawrapper, updated January 12, 2026.