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Back in the olden days, political candidates would travel from area to area to campaign. When they arrived in a town, they would try to...

The engine of grassroots campaigns is the hoard of volunteers doing the work. They are knocking on doors, making phone calls, sitting at...

What do you stand for? What do you believe in? What do you want to get accomplished? What’s your platform? Over and over again throughout...

Very few first-time candidates are prepared for the emotional toll of campaigning. It is more difficult and more rewarding than anyone...

Few things have reshaped American politics like social media. It’s the place where so much of our political discourse lives. And it’s a...

The average cost of running a successful congressional campaign in 2018 was $2 million. That’s a big number. Local races are a lot less,...

“There is no silver bullet.” My wife says that sentence a lot. It’s true in so many aspects of life. There is no secret that makes things...

I’ve got some bad news for you. Most first-time candidates lose. According to Open Secrets, in every congressional election since 1964,...

None of us will ever forget 2020. It was a crazy year that seemed to change everything, including political campaigns. When candidates...

In 2018, I was recruited to run a long-shot, grassroots campaign for the United States Congress. I had never run for office before, but I...