Darren, a Killer Campaigning fan from Michigan, wants to dress for political campaign success, and has a question for us regarding what clothes are appropriate to wear for candidates in local elections: “Hi great blog, I’m a subscriber and have a question that I hope you don’t think is too strange! I’m running for City [...]
Here’s an important note to all political campaign candidates, whether you are running in a small local election or a national election: before you make comments that you don’t want voters and the media to hear, always check and make sure that your microphone is off first. This story from the UK about Prime Minister [...]
Did you know that political incumbents, if they decide to run for re-election, actually win local campaigns in the vast majority of instances? Most political newcomers and casual observers might not realize how powerful incumbency is, but there are several reasons why it’s so difficult to run a winning political campaign and beat an incumbent [...]
Dave from Ohio sends Killer Campaigning an interesting question about how local candidates can revive their political careers following a scandal: “Hi Killer Campaigning, I’m a fan and maybe you can help give me advice with a problem that I have. I was a City Councilman but had some personal problems in my life and [...]
One of the reasons we started Killer Campaigning was to show potential political candidates of all demographics how to serve their communities by running for office. As a former political consultant and campaign manager, however, I’m especially interested in encouraging women to get into politics–particularly because I know how effective they can be as candidates [...]
We’ve covered a lot of different political campaign strategies and tactics here on Killer Campaigning, but one important element that we haven’t talked about is often overlooked by new candidates: personality. If you’re the type of political candidate who’s working hard and making an effort to actually meet the voters in your district, then personality [...]
One of the first political candidates I ever volunteered for was a great guy who was running for county commissioner against an unpopular incumbent. Our candidate ran a great political campaign, raised lots of money and inspired plenty of grassroots support. On election day, though, he ended up losing by just 100 votes . . [...]