One of the most often overlooked–and under-utilized–political campaign tools are candidate business cards. When you’re running for office in a local election, you’re bound to meet voters in places that you might not expect to . . . and at times when you don’t have your campaign fliers or other materials on you. That’s when [...]
In a local election, your political campaign is the journey; election day–and victory–is your destination. And just like with any trip you take, running a successful political campaign is made immeasurably easier with a good map . . . in this case, maps of the precincts and wards in your district or city. One of [...]
I’ve never recommended any pre-packaged political campaign plans or guides here on Killer Campaigning, although I’ve had several people approach me about promoting their “how to win your local election” products. The problem that I have with most how-to books for new political candidates is that their tips just aren’t thorough enough; it’s tough fit [...]
If you’ve never run as a candidate in a local election before, you might not know that many states have a law that doesn’t let you do any political campaigning whatsoever within a certain distance of polling places on election days. If I remember correctly, that minimum distance is 50 feet here in Ohio. This [...]
David, a Killer Campaigning fan from Nevada, wants to know where he can find a foolproof guide to winning political campaigns and local elections. I don’t think he will like our answer, but his question brings up some great points: “Hi I’m a fan from Nevada who hasnt but is thinking, about running for political [...]
Let’s take our focus away from more advanced local political campaign strategy for a moment and touch briefly on a far simpler–but still important–topic. If you’ve worked or volunteered in more than a few local elections, then you already know what kind of supplies and products you need to buy and keep on hand to [...]
One common mistake made by new candidates in local elections is not including their political campaign committee disclaimer on materials that are paid for from their campaign fund. Let’s take a quick look at political campaign disclaimer requirements to make sure that you don’t run afoul of election ethics laws in your state. A printed [...]