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In 2013, Teepell and OnMessage, Inc., worked in the campaign of state Senator (now state Representative) [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in Louisiana's 5th congressional district [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Rodney Alexander]], who left Congress to join the Jindal administration as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>"Riser claims FEC mistaken," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' October 14, 2013.</ref> On November 16, 2013, Riser was handily defeated in a runoff election with fellow Republican Vance McAllister, a businessman in Ouachita Parish who previously unknown politically. According to the office of then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]] in Baton Rouge, McAllister defeated Riser, Teepell's candidate, 54,449 (59.7 percent) to 36,837 (40.3 percent), with all 981 precincts reporting.<ref name=novreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2013.</ref> McAllister served less than a year in office, caught up in a crippling sex scandal.
In 2013, Teepell and OnMessage, Inc., worked in the campaign of state Senator (now state Representative) [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in Louisiana's 5th congressional district [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Rodney Alexander]], who left Congress to join the Jindal administration as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>"Riser claims FEC mistaken," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' October 14, 2013.</ref> On November 16, 2013, Riser was handily defeated in a runoff election with fellow Republican Vance McAllister, a businessman in Ouachita Parish who previously unknown politically. According to the office of then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]] in Baton Rouge, McAllister defeated Riser, Teepell's candidate, 54,449 (59.7 percent) to 36,837 (40.3 percent), with all 981 precincts reporting.<ref name=novreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2013.</ref> McAllister served less than a year in office, caught up in a crippling sex scandal.
In 2016, Teepell managed the unsuccessful campaign of [[Moderate Republican]] [[Scott Angelle]] in the race for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat vacated by Dr. Charles Boustany of [[Lafayette]]. Though an early favorite, Angelle lost to the more conservative [[Clay Higgins]] of St. Landry Parish, who is a candidate for a third term in 2020.
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