THE LINDAHL GROUP
We help organizations earn the public trust, navigate government, build stakeholder support, and execute strategies that make major projects possible.
who we are
Lindahl Group is a strategic public affairs advisory led by Dennis Lindahl, helping organizations navigate the complex intersection of business, government, media, and the public. We partner with companies, associations, and institutions facing high-stakes policy, regulatory, and public engagement challenges, providing coordinated strategies that extend far beyond traditional lobbying.
Unlike firms that focus solely on legislative advocacy, Lindahl Group integrates government relations with strategic communications, media relations, community engagement, economic development, workforce strategy, and issue management. Every conversation, every stakeholder, and every message supports a unified objective: helping clients move important projects from concept to completion.
Whether advancing critical infrastructure, supporting energy development, expanding manufacturing, recruiting investment, or navigating complex regulatory environments, Lindahl Group delivers the strategic counsel and hands-on execution organizations need to build consensus, reduce risk, and achieve lasting results.
Experience — A Strong Foundation
For nearly 20 years navigating the intersection of business, government, and public opinion, from national Fortune 500 campaigns to the committee rooms of the North Dakota Capitol.
Dennis Lindahl's career began at one of the nation's largest public relations and public affairs firms, in a crucial, politically charged, swing state assisting with the managing of national-level campaigns for Anheuser-Busch, AT&T, Philip Morris, Kraft Foods, Diageo, and General Motors.
That national experience came home to North Dakota in 2009, and has since expanded to include regional businesses, public-private initiatives, and organizations navigating the state's most consequential policy environments.
Successful projects are built long before a legislative vote is cast. They advance by earning trust, aligning stakeholders, navigating government, shaping public perception, and bringing business objectives into harmony with community priorities.
Boots on the Ground
That foundation in political campaign management, legislative advocacy, and government affairs sets us apart from firms whose experience runs no deeper than a career inside state government.
From there, Dennis built outward — into issue management, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, and reputation management — developing a broader perspective than lobbying alone provides. He knows how to shape public opinion and build support among policymakers at the same time, because the two are rarely separate problems.
Clients benefit from that full range on every engagement. Whether the goal is advancing legislation, securing a budget appropriation, building a coalition, managing a public issue, or cultivating relationships that outlast a single session, Lindahl Group builds strategies meant to hold up well past the gavel falling on sine die.
The Lindahl Group
Our Expertise
Nearly 20 years navigating government — from national public affairs work with Fortune 500 & Inc. 500 Fastest Growing companies to grassroots advocacy on North Dakota's legislative floor.
We offer government relations built on trust, not generic consulting.
Our Approach
Legislation is won before it's ever drafted — in the relationships built before session, not the eleventh hour. We work face-to-face, understand North Dakota's citizen-legislators, and skip the mass emails and algorithms other firms rely on. We take clients and issues right to decision makers.
Our Team
As a boutique firm, Lindahl Group draws on a network of trusted, local experts. Rather than relying on a fixed team, we assemble the right specialist for each project.
Our network spans experts in social issues, media, international business, education, and technology.
Your Interests. Our Relationships. Real Outcomes.
We understand the nature of politics because we've lived it from the ground up — not from behind a desk.
INTEGRITY & TRANSPARENCY
Trust is earned through consistency, honesty, accountability, and results. We tell clients what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear — because a strategy built on wishful thinking doesn't survive contact with voters, media, or opposition research. We're upfront about timelines, costs, and odds from day one, so there are no surprises when it matters most.
ELIMINATE CONFLICTS-OF-INTEREST
Government relations work depends on trust — and trust depends on knowing exactly who else is in the room.
North Dakota law requires lobbyists to publicly disclose their clients.
Before you hire — or continue with — any lobbying representation, you're entitled to know whether your interests are competing with someone else's.
We encourage you to verify your current representation and ensure your interests are not competing with others.
You can verify current lobbyist registrations directly through the North Dakota Secretary of State's FirstStop system.
Interests We Serve
- Energy & Infrastructure — production, transmission, midstream systems, and energy-linked development
- Advanced Technology — artificial intelligence, data center siting and development
- Critical Minerals & Rare Earth — emerging opportunities and the policy environment around them
- Unmanned Aerial Systems — UAS policy, BVLOS program support, and workforce pipeline initiatives
- Economic Development — public-private initiatives and community-facing projects requiring state-level coordination
Solid Testimonials
Asking the right questions
'What I like about Dennis is he isn't afraid to ask the hard questions and get to the heart of the matter quickly and work to find solutions to problems from angles that many people don't take time to see'
Jeff Holcomb - Larson Engineers/PVE Sheffler
Serving THE HIGHER PURPOSE
As a member of the City Council, Dennis impressed me as a hard working and creative council member. At a time when the City faced so many challenges, Dennis brought fresh ideas to the City Council. I was very impressed with his leadership.
Earl Pomeroy - Senior Counsel, Policy Advisor, Government Relations, Alston & Bird LLP
Hard Work and Pressure-veriance
If you want a person who is passionate about his work and doing the right thing for his customers than Dennis is the person. I work with Dennis on a regular basis and his knowledge of North Dakota and North Dakota business and governmental affairs is second to none. Dakota PR is truly a Public Relations company. Too many marketing and PR companies are nothing more than website developers who lack the human instinct of personal relationships. Dennis has your back and will fight for you.
Tim Fisher - Fisher Enterprises/Bakken Energy Services/Host of Energy Matters
Anyone can explain the process. We built it from the ground
Campaign Management
Campaign Management
Campaign Management
Grassroots organizing and grasstops outreach. Walk-and-talks, door-to-door canvassing, and get-out-the-vote operations. Candidate campaigns, local ballot initiatives, and petition drives. Literature drops, letters of support, fundraising, coalition organizing, and the message development and transmission strategy that ties it all together.
Success rate
Campaign Management
Campaign Management
That ground-level experience is what separates real political instinct from textbook theory. We know how public opinion actually shifts, how a coalition actually holds together under pressure, and how a message actually reaches the people it needs to reach — because we've run those operations ourselves, not just advised on them.
Media That Reaches the Right Audience
Understanding politics also means understanding media — messaging, journalism, and how a story actually reaches the people who need to hear it, whether through terrestrial radio, broadcast, or podcasting.
With seven years as a professional broadcaster on one of North Dakota's most popular political commentary shows, simulcast as a podcast, and as an editorial contributor to some of the state's largest publications — including opinion editorials, letters to the editor, press releases, and countless guest media appearances — we bring direct, working knowledge of how North Dakota's media landscape operates.
That experience means we know how to distribute a message to the right audience, through the right channel, at the right moment.
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Advocacy Advantage
A specialized communications firm delivering customized media relations, brand strategy, and strategic communications with direct senior-level involvement, focused on eliminating risk by eliminating conflicts-of-interest.