# Rapp Strategies, Inc.

> Rapp Strategies is a privately held Minneapolis public affairs and communications consultancy built for projects that meet the public in uncomfortable places: school referendums, energy infrastructure, policy fights, reputational risk and crises. The firm pairs strategic counsel with opinion research, community engagement, media relations, digital work and campaign materials, selling experienced judgment and execution rather than a packaged software product.

- **Founded:** 1982
- **Headquarters:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Founders:** John Himle (Founder)
- **Products:** Strategic counsel, Risk and reputation management, Crisis scenario planning, Public information and referendum communications, Community and grassroots engagement
- **Notable:** Built a continuous firm history dating to 1982 through three name changes and a generational ownership transition., Supported 123 local referendum elections by November 2024, with clients successful 70% of the time according to South Central Service Cooperative., Won ClearWay Minnesota's competitively bid public affairs contract beginning in January 2017.

## Products & services

- **Strategic counsel** — Advice for organizations navigating public issues, decisions and reputational stakes.
- **Risk and reputation management** — Assessment, mitigation and counsel for public-facing organizations and executives.
- **Crisis scenario planning** — Preparation, message development and response planning before a crisis arrives.
- **Public information and referendum communications** — Research, engagement plans, ballot-question counsel and materials for school districts, cities and counties.
- **Community and grassroots engagement** — Stakeholder outreach and coalition work around infrastructure, policy and civic projects.
- **Media, digital and content services** — Media relations, web development, social media management and campaign materials.
- **Opinion research** — Public-opinion analysis used to inform messages, engagement and decisions.

## Achievements

- Built a continuous firm history dating to 1982 through three name changes and a generational ownership transition.
- Supported 123 local referendum elections by November 2024, with clients successful 70% of the time according to South Central Service Cooperative.
- Won ClearWay Minnesota's competitively bid public affairs contract beginning in January 2017.
- Turned a failed 2022 geographic-expansion push into a Minnesota-focused strategy that Todd Rapp described as producing a successful final eight or nine months of the year.
- Todd Rapp serves as a Minnesota Public Radio political analyst.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — KAXE reported that Rapp Strategies was helping Pequot Lakes and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley with referendum communications.
- **2026-08** — The firm's LinkedIn updates described community engagement work for Xcel Energy transmission projects, including eight events and more than 600 miles of travel by one team member.
- **2026-05** — Rapp Strategies announced Mya Temanson as an assistant account executive focused on research, writing, project management and multimedia production.
- **2025-05** — Todd Rapp presented a school referendum with Baird Public Finance to the Hibbing school board.
- **2024-09** — The firm moved from downtown Minneapolis to 1300 Godward Street NE, Suite 4500.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rappstrategies.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rapp-strategies-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RappStrategies
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/rapp-strategies-1766085130308399

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Last updated: 2026-09-20