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Atlas Strategic Communications

2 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-15

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About Atlas Strategic Communications

Watson is independently identified by Atlas Strategic Communications and public records as Atlas’s founder/president; Atlas’s own materials describe the firm as an issues-centric communications/public-affairs agency specializing in strategic communications, public engagement, media, paid media and stakeholder work.

From Idaho Leaders United content/personnel route intersects Atlas Strategic Communications (2026-09-15). Recorded status: Verified authorship/personnel-history overlap; paid vendor/client relationship between Atlas and Idaho Leaders United NOT established. This sourced excerpt establishes the research context; it is not a completed biography or identity determination.

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After the election, the Second Annual report records $2,500 paid to Atlas Strategic Communications on Nov.
Primary Idaho filings map the 2018 Medicaid campaign’s Fairness Project, Reclaim-founder, health-system and Atlas relationships · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: PRIMARY VERIFIED campaign-finance relationships; no cross-cycle control or continuing vendor relationship inferred.

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Other names appearing in the same research (6)

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People

Amanda Watson · 1 shared record
Bill Shawver · 1 shared record
Emily Strizich · 1 shared record

Organizations

Idaho Leaders United · 1 shared record
Idahoans for Healthcare · 1 shared record
The Fairness Project · 1 shared record

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Connection research · 2026-09-15Idaho Leaders United content/personnel route intersects Atlas Strategic Communications

Recorded status: Verified authorship/personnel-history overlap; paid vendor/client relationship between Atlas and Idaho Leaders United NOT established.

Idaho Leaders United’s own updates page attributes numerous 2024 posts to Amanda Watson, including member profiles and issue statements. Watson is independently identified by Atlas Strategic Communications and public records as Atlas’s founder/president; Atlas’s own materials describe the firm as an issues-centric communications/public-affairs agency specializing in strategic communications, public engagement, media, paid media and stakeholder work. Idaho Leaders United’s current leadership separately includes retired Brig. Gen. Bill Shawver. Contemporary Idaho Business Review reporting from 2017 says Shawver retired from Idaho Power and co-founded a public-relations firm, Atlas Communications, while later/current Atlas materials describe Amanda Watson as founder. The precise historical ownership/formation sequence therefore needs corporate-record reconciliation. The evidence establishes (1) Watson personally authored substantial ILU website content, (2) Watson leads Atlas, and (3) ILU leader Shawver has a documented historical Atlas connection. It does NOT establish that Atlas is or was a paid Idaho Leaders United vendor, that Watson authored the posts in her Atlas capacity, or that Shawver currently owns/works for Atlas.

Sources

Idaho Leaders United — Updates — 2024 update bylines
Atlas Strategic Communications — About Atlas — About Atlas
Idaho Business Review — Debra Leithauser hired to lead Idaho Power communications — Shawver retirement/Atlas reference

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