Campaigns & Elections articles from April 2004

Campaigns & Elections archives from April 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... LBJ's 1964 LANDSLIDE helped Democrats pick up 31 seats in the House of Representatives. That provided the margin of victory in Congress for many Great Society programs, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965....

Tax vote in Alabama.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2004... John Pudner's article in the February 2004 issue of Campaigns & Elections misconstrued many factors that contributed to the defeat of Amendment 1, Alabama's recent referendum to overhaul the state's tax system. Pudner attributes the...

Governor's races galore.(On the Record)
April 1, 2004... Unlike mid-term election years when 34 governorships are on the ballot, this year only 11 states elect chief executives. Many of those races are spirited contests. The last few years have been tough for statehouse "ins" across the nation, and...

Louisiana, land of open seats.(Inside Politics)
April 1, 2004... Louisiana has a long history of stability in its congressional delegation, part of an old southern tradition of respect for Capitol Hill seniority. And that has brought the state more than its share of influential Washington players. In the...

California conservative group flexes political muscle.(Inside Politics)
April 1, 2004... The California Republican Assembly (CRA) has no centralized office, and its far-flung political operation is run entirely by volunteers. But the state's oldest and largest GOP volunteer organization is one of the most influential...

Play political trivia.(Inside Politics)
April 1, 2004... Pets-in-Chief 1. What was the name of President Gerald Ford's golden retriever? 2. First Lady Grace Coolidge had an unusual pet named Rebecca. What was she? 3. What was the name of the horse Gen. George Washington rode during...

New jobs: Erik Smith.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... NEW JOBS: Erik Smith, a former spokesman for U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt's failed presidential campaign has joined the Media Fund, a Democratic fund-raising and advocacy group headed by former Clinton advisor Harold Ickes. The Media Fund is one of...

Chrissy Gephardt.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... Gephardt's daughter, Chrissy Gephardt, became the director of the National Stonewall Democrats Grassroots Campaign Corps. Gephardt will lead efforts to organize lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans for the 2004 elections.

Mark Riddle.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... The Nashville, Tenn., media firm of Fletcher Rowley Chao Consulting (FRC), hired Mark Riddle as a new vice president. Prior, he was the Arizona campaign director for retired Gen. Wesley Clark's failed presidential bid. [ILLUSTRATION...

The Republican Governors Association.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... The Republican Governors Association named James Kane as its deputy executive director and chief finance officer. He replaced Terry Amyx, who left the CFO's job in December to work in the private sector.

In other moves at the association, Steve Truebner was promoted to policy director from political analyst.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... In other moves at the association, Steve Truebner was promoted to policy director from political analyst, and Alex Strong, a former press assistant, is now deputy press secretary.

Toby Chaudhuri.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... Toby Chaudhuri has taken a new job as communications director for the Campaign for America's Future and the Institute for America's Future, a liberal advocacy group and think tank in Washington. Before joining the campaign, he was national...

Carolyn Tieger.(People and Organizations)
April 1, 2004... Porter Novelli, a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C., hired Carolyn Tieger to lead the public affairs practice. Tieger was an original partner of the former Goddard Claussen firm, which merged with Porter Novelli and Nelson Communications...

Campaign consultant client sign-UPS.
April 1, 2004... Adams and Co./R- general and direct mail Goli Ameri, OR, H01 '04 Ben Westlund (in), OR, St. Sen. '04 Karen Minnis (in), OR, St. Rep. '04 Wayne Scott (in), OR, St. Rep. '04 Linda Flores (in), OR, St. Rep. '04 Tootie...

Bob Bauer.(Movers & Shakers)(Interview)
April 1, 2004... Partner and chair of the political law group at Perkins Coie, a Washington, D.C., political law firm representing federal officeholders, federal candidates, and others. Bauer has practiced law for 28 years, 24 of them with Perkins Coie, almost...

Cleta Mitchell.(Movers & Shakers)(Interview)
April 1, 2004... A partner in Foley & Lardner's public affairs practice group in Washington, D.C., she focuses on political law, federal affairs and strategic communications. Mitchell received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of...

Riding coattails: how the presidential election will--or will not--affect congressional races.(Feature)(Cover Story)
April 1, 2004... Roosevelt had them, as did Truman, Kennedy and Johnson. Reagan had them once, but not again. Nixon never had them at all, and neither did Clinton or his bracketing Bushes. They are coattails--winning presidents pulling large numbers of...

Switching sides: the political conversion of a direct mail guru.(Feature)
April 1, 2004... Most staff members and volunteers for Howard Dean's presidential run were die-hard Democrats eager to beat the Republicans. But his direct mail fund-raising consultant, credited with helping to raise millions, was until recently a veteran...

Appearances do matter: how makeup and clothes can affect the outcome of elections.(Feature)
April 1, 2004... Natalie Davis never wore makeup until she ran for the U.S. Senate in 1996. The college dean and political science professor from Alabama wanted the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin. And her consultants told her she needed makeup. ...

Traitor! Enemy! (Listen to me!).(Campaignland)
April 1, 2004... The electorate consists of two evenly divided and sharply polarized camps. Campaign talk and visuals are turning nasty. Thanks to the Internet, a lot more people are getting into the act, and campaign invective is going farther and longer than...

Writing your campaign plan: the seven components of winning an election.(Feature)
April 1, 2004... Your campaign plan is your roadmap to victory. It is the starting point. Writing a comprehensive plan forces campaign managers and strategists to think through their options. It imposes a sense of order on a process that otherwise can be...

The art of political campaigning 21st annual national campaign training.(Seminars)
April 1, 2004... Three full days of the best, most practical, cutting-edge political campaign advice, demonstrations, tips and information ever presented! If you're running for office, managing a campaign, directing a political committee or advocating a cause...

Where do these ideas come from?(Opinion)
April 1, 2004... Every election cycle, citizens are faced with casting their vote on the 200 or so statewide initiatives or referendum that appear on the ballot around the country In 24 states, people are faced not only with issues that state lawmakers...

Bugs are not quite worked out of online voting.(Voting Matters)
April 1, 2004... As technology marches forward, the idea of casting ballots through the Internet seems hopelessly frozen in time. In January, three of 10 technology whizzes contracted by the Pentagon to study security risks associated with a $22 million...

Advances in polling: lifestyle cluster targeting.(Opinion)
April 1, 2004... As Election Day nears, every campaign faces the same difficult question: How do we reach or target persuadable voters? This becomes paramount, especially for campaigns with limited resources. Winning a race often comes down to persuading...

A changing Europe? Ten new member states and parliament elections could change the focus of the European Union.(International Politics)
April 1, 2004... Between June 1[0.sup.th] and 1[3.sup.th], almost 400 million European citizens will be eligible to vote in what could be the largest simultaneous multinational election in history. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Europeans will elect members to...

South Africa votes 2004.(International Politics)
April 1, 2004... On Feb. 11, South African President Thabo Mbeki announced that there would be a national election on April 14. This would be the fourth parliamentary election since the dissolution of apartheid in 1994, when Nelson Mandela was elected. ...

Elections on the radar screen.(International Politics)
April 1, 2004... Japan Heads for a Two-Party System? For the better part of the last 50 years, one party dominated Japanese politics. In the last decade, that gave way to a multiplicity of parties briefly. Then, last autumn's election may have given the...

The Two Americas.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It, by Stanley B. Greenberg, Thomas Dunne Books, 400 pages. Analyzes how and why American politics are so divided and polarized, and provides an examination of the historical...

The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion and Politics in the Nation's Capital, by C. David Heymann, Atria Books, 389 pages. Looks at the Georgetown social and political scene through the lives of five famous, influential women:...

Lincoln's Sanctuary.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldier's Home, by Matthew Pinsker, Oxford University Press, 257 pages. Focuses on the Lincoln family and the small cottage outside Washington they used to escape the gloom of the White House...

Bush Country in 2004?(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane, by John Podhoretz, St. Martin's, 288 pages, February 2004 There are two popular depictions of President George W. Bush. The first, put forward by political...

Author mines for political thrillers.(Books)(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Brad Meltzer looked down at the black suit he was wearing. "Ruined" was the first word that popped into the mind of the best-selling author. What else could he expect after crawling around the dirty bowels of the U.S. Capitol? But he had to get...

Buyer's guide: direct mail.(Directory)
April 1, 2004... WHERE TO FIND IT, WHERE TO BUY IT DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS Raleigh, NC Phone: 919-834-8994 Fax: 919-834-8740 URL: www.campaignconnections.com Years in Business: 22 Party Affiliation: Mostly...

Winning through the mail: the traditional campaign medium can still win races.(Media Mix)
April 1, 2004... Eileen Watt (R) ran for Allegheny County, Pa., County Council in November 2003 against incumbent Rick Schwartz (D). On Watt's behalf, Political Solutions of Washington, D.C., worked for the Republican Council Campaign Committee, which was the...

In the December 2003 San Francisco mayoral runoff, Democrat Gavin Newsom, a county supervisor, barely survived a scare from the insurgent campaign of Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez, president of the Board of Supervisors.(Media Mix)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... In the December 2003 San Francisco mayoral runoff, Democrat Gavin Newsom, a county supervisor, barely survived a scare from the insurgent campaign of Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez, president of the Board of Supervisors. Newsom had the...

Jack Ryan won a hotly contested republican primary for the seat of retiring Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. Creative Direct produced seven pieces of direct mail for Ryan.(Media Mix)
April 1, 2004... Jack Ryan won a hotly contested Republican primary for the seat of retiring Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. Creative Direct produced seven pieces of direct mail for Ryan. This one emphasizes his decision to give up a lucrative career as a partner...

Keeping your candidate rested; do not call lists and campaigns.(Campaign Doctor)
April 1, 2004... My candidate complains that we don't schedule enough personal time for him. I've argued that he won't win if he sticks to a Monday-through-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule. What's the solution? Exhausted candidates screw up. They get sick, flub...

Off the record.
April 1, 2004... "A California state senator has proposed an amendment to the California state constitution that would lower the voting age to 14... Do you know what would happen if we allowed 14 year olds to vote? We'd end up with someone like an action hero...