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9 Reasons Why You Should Run for Local Office in 2019
You have been thinking about it for a long time. There are some issues in your community that really bother you. You have ideas about how problems could be solved, but you don’t have a platform for...
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Carol Way – Doing GOTV Right
It’s Friday before Election Day and I get a text from my husband at 6:30am – “Hey, guess who’s at the train station!” Followed by this pic: It’s my hubby Matt with Connecticut State Representative...
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How to Run for City Council – Finding the Magic Number
If you’re super lucky, you’re running for city council in a district that has embraced technology and has all the election data for the past several election cycles, broken down by precinct and in...
View ArticleWhy You Should Campaign Like Neel Kashkari
Guest post by Matthew P. Today, the GOP candidate for Governor of California, Neel Kashkari, released a documentary video and accompanying WSJ op-ed detailing his experiences as a homeless man in...
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How to Run for City Council – Know Your District
Guess what! It’s time for a geography lesson! Clearly, you need to know where your district actually is if you are going to run and win a political campaign there (duh). But district boundaries can...
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Calling All Mommies – Why YOU (Yes, YOU!) Should Run for Local Political Office
We need more women in government leadership. More specifically, we need more MOMMIES in government leadership, and not just because Congress looks like a play date gone horribly wrong. Think about...
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What I Learned Running for Political Office (Part 1)
Yep, you read that right. I, the behind-the-scenes political consultant type, ran for a local political office this past year. And I learned a TON. I also RELEARNED a ton as well. I almost don’t...
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It’s October – The One Thing You Should Be Doing
October is about one goal, and one goal only: talking to voters. You need to be walking your district as much as possible. For you that may be every single day, three weekday afternoons and the...
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It’s September – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Now
It’s September! Welcome to the semi-official beginning of “Campaign Season!” “What?!?” you say? “But I’ve been working my tail off for eight months already!?!?” Yes, yes you have. But not highly...
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It’s Summer! – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Now
By now your campaign should be in full swing, and hopefully your family isn’t missing you yet, because it’ll be a loooong time before you can sit down and have a regular meal with them again. July...
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It’s June – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Now
June is the eye of the political hurricane in most parts of the country. Up to now, it probably feels as though your campaign’s momentum has been steadily building, excitement is bubbling, the...
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Three Keys to Successful Political Fundraising
Fundraising plays a very important part in getting a candidate elected into public office. Political campaigns and events are critical for raising awareness among voters, and often take large sums of...
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It’s May – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Now
May is quite possibly my favorite time of the campaign year; It’s warm and sunny but not blazing hot like mid-summer, and the campaignable (I totally made that word up) events are starting. “But the...
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Can I Win? Analyzing Voter Data
Now that we know how to mine the data we need, it’s time to put it to work for us. Analyzing voter data is not much fun. It’s mind-numbing, in fact. But it’s the type of thing where if you stare at it...
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Hat in the Ring, Not on Your Head!
Political candidates should not wear hats. Apparently, this is a thing. I’m amazed I made it this long without discovering this hard and fast campaigning rule. But really, it’s probably rarely an...
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Carol Way – Doing GOTV Right
It’s Friday before Election Day and I get a text from my husband at 6:30am – “Hey, guess who’s at the train station!” Followed by this pic: It’s my hubby Matt with Connecticut State Representative...
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How to Run for City Council – Finding the Magic Number
If you’re super lucky, you’re running for city council in a district that has embraced technology and has all the election data for the past several election cycles, broken down by precinct and in...
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Why You Should Campaign Like Neel Kashkari
Guest post by Matthew P. Today, the GOP candidate for Governor of California, Neel Kashkari, released a documentary video and accompanying WSJ op-ed detailing his experiences as a homeless man in...
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Doing Political Campaign Opposition Research on Yourself
Guest Post by Phil Van Treuren If you plan on running in a local election and there is publicly available information about you that might be a hindrance to your campaign, it’s best if you can identify...
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How to Run for City Council – Know Your District
Guess what! It’s time for a geography lesson! Clearly, you need to know where your district actually is if you are going to run and win a political campaign there (duh). But district boundaries can...
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