3 ▁and ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁general ▁consult ant ▁to ▁the ▁David ▁P erd ue ▁campaign ▁for ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁in ▁Georgia , ▁gu iding ▁it ▁to ▁success ▁through ▁three ▁hot ly ▁cont ested ▁primary , ▁run off ▁and ▁general ▁elections . ▁ ▁His ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁independent - exp end iture ▁efforts ▁a ided ▁winning ▁candidates ▁in ▁Illinois ▁and ▁Tennessee ; ▁further , ▁Ben ne cke ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁R GA ' s ▁IE ▁campaign s ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁G OP ▁g ubern atorial ▁nom ine es ▁in ▁Massachusetts , ▁Kansas , ▁Id aho , ▁and ▁Georgia ▁( all ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁elected ▁that ▁November ). ▁ ▁R GA ▁Executive ▁Director , ▁ 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 8 ▁ ▁Ben ne cke ' s ▁initial ▁year ▁as ▁R GA ▁Executive ▁Director , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁saw ▁a ▁win ▁in ▁Kentucky ▁( by ▁out s ider ▁Matt ▁Be vin ) ▁and ▁an ▁unexpected ▁loss ▁in ▁Louisiana , ▁as ▁Senator ▁David ▁V itter ▁fl amed ▁out ▁in ▁sc andal ▁after ▁a ▁content ious ▁all - party ▁primary , ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁recover . ▁ ▁The ▁follow - up ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁was ▁the ▁challenge ▁of ▁a ▁president ial ▁year , ▁when ▁behavior al ▁Democr ats ▁typically ▁sw ell ▁the ▁voting ▁elect or ate , ▁and ▁the ▁wild - card ▁of ▁the ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁candid acy . ▁ ▁R GA