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Varoga & Associates provides public affairs assistance and campaign services to a select group of public, private and non-profit organizations. We offer clients strategic guidance in analyzing public opinion and developing strategies to achieve long-term goals. Our expertise and bottom-line approach enable clients to succeed with tested, cost-effective strategies.



Craig Varoga is a national political strategist whose presidential experience includes managing former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s campaign for president, serving as national field director for retired Four Star General Wesley Clark, managing the Texas Truth Squad in 2000 and running the state-research program for the Clinton-Gore re-election. Varoga began his political career in Louisiana in the 1980s, where he was a campaign aide to former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs and press secretary to New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy. During the 1990s, Varoga served as communications director to Senator Harry Reid and managed campaigns throughout the United States, including the victories of Texas Congressman Ken Bentsen (1994) and Houston Mayors Bob Lanier (1991) and Lee Brown (1997, 1999 and 2001). A graduate of Princeton University and native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Varoga has worked with the National Democratic Institute and the U.S. State Department to train political activists and elected officials in Europe, South America and the Middle East. Partner at Independent Strategies and founder of the Patriot Majority, Varoga writes a monthly column ("Ask the Campaign Doctor") for Campaigns & Elections magazine.

Nan Powers Varoga has 30 years experience in journalism and public affairs. As former Director of Public Affairs for The Houston A+ Challenge, she directed all internal and external communications, media relations, technology, government relations and fundraising. She is a Houston native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. She is a co-founder of The Friends of the Times-Picayune Relief Fund and served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Public Relations Association from 2002-2009, where she served as Treasurer and chaired the Communications Committee. She is the 2008 winner of the Alan Scott Rising Star Award from TPRA. Nan previously served as Director of Communications with the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the March of Dimes. As a newspaper reporter for 15 years, Nan covered the Senate, House and the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.; economics and personal finance for the New Orleans Times-Picayune; and wrote for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

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