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Your #1 Campaign Calendar Priority: Family
Family? Yeah, fellas, that’s right! In case you haven’t noticed, family is important to me, even especially on the campaign trail. In fact, your wife should subscribe to this blog, because I often...
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Campaign Calendar Planning: Campaign Finance
Naturally following a discussion on fundraising, we must cover our bases on campaign finance. A missed deadline for a political candidate at any level will most certainly leave you open to criticism...
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Political Technology: Why You Probably Shouldn’t Care
Quick story: One fine day, I was managing a campaign for a typical Republican candidate in a slightly left-leaning district when, about 48 hours before Election Day, I was informed that I’d need to...
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It’s January – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Right Now
Happy New Year! Welcome to a brand new election cycle. Even though the national media has already completely blown off the 2014 elections in favor of covering the eating habits of every potential...
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How to Run for City Council – Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Chandler for Borough President! Now that you’ve gotten your paperwork in, you’re really running for city council! Except not really, at all. Anybody can slap their name on some forms and drop them...
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It’s March – 5 Things You Should Be Doing Right Now
Top o’ the month, to you, my faithful politicos! I’ve got another monthly update for you. Let’s touch base with what your campaign should be doing now that spring is nearly upon us…we hope. It’s time...
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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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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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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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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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