Armed with unparalleled experience, key relationships across every industry, and a multi-dimensional infrastructure, WinCo is able to provide efficient, targeted, and highly personalized service that yields immediate results for clients.
Meet Our Team
Principal
Brandon W. Winfrey
Founder & CEO, WinCo Fundraising LLC
Winfrey’s path to the nation’s capital started in the Lone Star State, where he attended the University of Texas at Austin, interned in the State Legislature, and was a fundraising assistant for the Republican Party of Texas. After graduating in 1993 with a B.S. in Government, Brandon moved to the Washington, DC area to further pursue his interest in politics. He worked on Capitol Hill for a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, became an independent contractor for multiple fundraising firms, and launched his own firm, Winfrey & Company (now WinCo Fundraising) in 1995.
While growing his business and family in Alexandria, VA, Winfrey earned an M.A. in Political Management from the George Washington University with a focus on leadership training and emerging trends in political advocacy. The program equipped Winfrey with the tools and relationships to build a successful brand in a new era of campaign finance reform and social media.
WinCo has since become one of the most successful and reputable names in political fundraising. The firm has raised more than $100 million for Republican campaigns, leadership PACs, State Party Committees, and RNC events. WinCo has represented House, Senate, and Gubernatorial candidates in more than 20 states and is proud to be engaged in its 15th election cycle.
Winfrey currently serves as the DC and National Finance Director for Senator Deb Fischer (NE) and Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-4). He also serves as the Executive Director of the GOP Farm Team and Bipartisan Inaugural Agriculture Committee, raising funds and producing events that promote American agriculture and GOTV efforts in Rural America.
Brandon and his wife Shazalynn split time between Austin, TX and Washington, DC maintaining their respective businesses and supporting their two kids in their own entrepreneurial pursuits.
Annette Vinton Johnson
Director of Operations, WinCo Fundraising LLC
A Nebraska native, Annette has called the nation’s capital home for nearly a decade. Annette graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs (concentration in political-military relations) and moved to DC to pursue a career in the private sector. Over the past decade, she has held various client relationship management, fundraising/sales, business development, and operations roles at a large Fortune 500 company and a start-up technology company with considerable experience managing executive client relationships, overseeing events, marketing/outreach, and operations, and developing and executing marketing and sales campaigns. Vinton joined WinCo in May 2024.
A proud Nebraskan, Annette’s ties with the agricultural community run deep as the 5th generation of a family of cattle ranchers that have called the Nebraska Sandhills home since the late 1800’s. Vinton’s interest in politics started at an early age. In college, she served on the executive board of multiple on-campus political organizations and was involved in multiple Wisconsin state campaigns, including supporting Scott Walker’s team during the 2012 Gubernatorial recall election.
In her free time, Annette sits on the steering committee of the Jeté Society, the young professional group supporting The Washington Ballet, and is a member of The Junior League of Washington. She and her husband Cole reside in DC and enjoy traveling the world together.
Federal Campaign Clients
Senator Deb Fischer
Nebraska’s Senior Senator
OUR WORK
WinCo has been burning through shoe leather, phone calls, chicken dinners, airline miles and rental cars with Deb Fischer since her first U.S. Senate race in 2012. That year, WinCo helped build a kitchen cabinet of consultants, PACs and individual donors that propelled Fischer through a competitive Primary and on to become the only Republican to flip an open U.S. Senate seat. Since then, WinCo has significantly expanded that foundation and continues to manage Senator Fischer’s DC and national fundraising. The firm played an integral role in her 2024 victory, a race that caught national attention and was the most expensive in Nebraska’s history.
In addition to WinCo’s work for Senator Fischer’s campaign, the firm founded and runs her federal leadership committee, Nebraska Sandhills PAC. Since 2013, NSP has contributed more than $2 million to Republican candidates and is actively working to strengthen the GOP majority in the U.S. Senate.
SENATE COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security
Rural Development and Energy
Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Financial Services and General Government
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Legislative Branch
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Armed Services
Airland
Readiness and Management Support
Strategic Forces (Chair)
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Communications, Media, and Broadband
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security
Space and Science
Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports
Rules and Administration
Select Committee on Ethics
For more information or to make a donation, visit Senator Fischer’s campaign page by clicking below:
Congressman Mike Ezell
Mississippi's 4th Congressional District
OUR WORK
Sheriff Mike Ezell ran for Congress in 2022 as an underdog challenger in a competitive Primary. Though he prevailed, he entered Congress carrying a campaign debt of more than $250,000 and an early Primary looming in March 2024. Within a year of hiring WinCo, the Ezell campaign was able to retire all of its debt and raise an additional $500,000 to fend off a self-funder in his first Primary as a Freshman Member. Congressman Ezell was well-positioned and the heavy favorite to win the 2024 General Election and WinCo was there to ensure his fundraising remained strong throughout the successful campaign.
WinCo is proud to continue building the Ezell fundraising network in DC and beyond as the 2026 cycle gets underway. With Congressman Ezell’s rise to a subcommittee Chair in the 119th Congress, his fundraising and giving expectations have doubled. Part of WinCo’s focus will be to grow his leadership committee, New Sheriff PAC, which the firm helped establish in 2023.
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Natural Resources
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Vice Chair)
Energy and Mineral Resources
Transportation and Infrastructure
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (Chair)
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
CAUCUSES
Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
Congressional Sportmen’s Caucus
Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
Republican Study Committee
Rural Health Caucus
For more information or to make a donation, visit Rep. Ezell’s campaign page by clicking below:
WinCo helps clients expand their fundraising base by creating unique giving programs and signature events that build goodwill, enhance the client’s profile, and attract and keep donors.
The Lighter Side
Corporate & Non-Profit Clients
$890,000
The amount WinCo raised for a 2014 event honoring Senator Thad Cochran, setting a record for a Member event held at the NRSC.
Contact WinCo
All client contributions and correspondence can be mailed c/o WinCo Fundraising to:
949 First Street SE Suite 260
Washington, DC 20003
703-582-3619