Patrick Sebastian

About Patrick Sebastian

Patrick Sebastian has been an intricate part of political campaigns, legislative advocacy campaigns, and business advertising efforts in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and New Jersey. Patrick’s understanding of the role data and media plays in shaping public opinion has been an asset to local, state, and federal candidates as well as entities who seek to influence lawmaking. He was named one of the top political consultants in North Carolina by a media publication.Patrick has held roles within campaigns at the presidential, gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and legislative levels, including as the North Carolina RNC state director for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and New Jersey RNC state director for Chris Christie’s reelection campaign for governor. During both of those cycles, state records were achieved for the number of voter contacts made.Patrick served as communications director for the South Carolina House Majority Caucus in 2018 and has been a longtime advisor to former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.Among Patrick’s current clients is Citizens For Tax Reform, an advocacy organization seeking to pass legislation in states to eliminate tax on overtime and bonus pay.Patrick has appeared on local and national outlets including Politico, National Journal, National Review, Roll Call, McClatchy Newspapers, the Raleigh News & Observer, WRAL-TV, WTVD, WNCN, Spectrum News, and The Pat McCrory Show. He has also been a panelist on UNC-TV’s NC SPIN and Spectrum News’s Capital Tonight, statewide television programs that cover North Carolina politics; and has appeared on Flashpoint, a weekly show on WCNC out of Charlotte.Patrick is a member of two boards: The East Carolina University Board of Visitors, and the East Carolina University Survey Research Center. He most recently served nearly four years as a member of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.

Experience

1. Partner

   Opinion Diagnostics

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Providing clients with cutting edge tools to discover, analyze, and affect how their target market thinks and feels.Design, execute, and interpret public opinion polls to inform corporate executives and develop effective communication strategies.Collaborate closely with PR firms to develop and execute strategic communication strategies.

Education

• East Carolina University

  Arts and Sciences, Political Science

  2006 — 2010

• Republican National Committee

  Campaign Victory School