Campaigns & Elections articles from July 2002

Campaigns & Elections archives from July 2002

New campaign law: whose ox? Unsophisticated interest groups and state parties will get buried in the increased complexity of the process. Resourceful pros will benefit while amateurs will be left behind. (On the Record).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Right after a bill to increase legislators' pay had barely passed the Louisiana House, I remember the Speaker quipping, "There were more people voting no and praying yes than anytime in the state's history." The exact opposite was true...

A little help from my friends. (Inside Politics).(gay congressional candidate Henry Perritt, Illinois)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... An openly gay Democratic congressional candidate in a potentially tight race could reasonably be expected to win the endorsement of prominent gay rights groups. But such support has not been forthcoming for Henry "Hank" Perritt, who is...

The political junkie's road trip. (Inside Politics).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Cain Pence has given himself a full-time job through an effort to visit all 435 congressional districts, in addition to five territories. But the 26-year-old's trips are not aimed at meeting politicians or handicapping candidate prospects....

A new swing vote? (Inside Politics).(Native Americans)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The voting patterns of Native Americans are often hard to quantify and in many places do not show a partisan tilt toward Democrats or Republicans. But political strategists in both parties are eyeing this group as a potential swing voting bloc...

Election protection project: targets voting. (News Feed).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Woody Allen once suggested that 80 percent of what it takes to be successful in life is just showing up." But life, much like voting, depends very much on what happens after you show up. Just ask the several million voters who arrived at the...

Felons voting? (Inside Politics).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The 2000 presidential election demonstrated that Florida is an almost evenly divided state politically, where the slightest change of voter turnout can increase the electoral chances of Republicans or Democrats. Now a pair of politicians,...

Party lines. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Nicki Patton resigned as chairwoman of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Her father, Gov. Paul Patton (D), named Jerry Johnson, a longtime Eastern Kentucky aide, to succeed her. Johnson will head efforts to help Democrats win control of the state...

Campaign movements. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges (D) appointed his spokesman, Jay Reiff, to be his re-election campaign manager. Reiff managed Democrat Mike Easley's successful 2000 gubernatorial campaign in North Carolina. Before that, he worked for Easley in...

Diane Watson. (Career Paths: How They Got Where They Are).(representative from 32nd District of California)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Member of Congress Diane Watson represents the 32nd District of California, which is located in western Los Angeles. She grew up in the district, and worked there as an elementary school teacher and school psychologist prior to her entry...

J. Randy Forbes. (Career Paths: How They Got Where They Are).(representative from 4th District of Virginia)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Member of Congress Randy Forbes represents Virginia's 4th District, which is located in the southeast-- ern part of the state. He won the seat in June of 2001, after the March 2001 death of tenterm Democratic U.S. Rep. Norm Sisisky. ...

Save the date. (AAPC News).(American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The AAPC's Political Pollie Awards and Annual Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. on January 15-18, 2003. Along with the great attractions Washington has to offer, the conference will include numerous panels featuring the most respected...

Mid-Atlantic Chapter hosts knockout event in the Big Apple. (AAPC News).(American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On May 9, 2002 the Mid-Atlantic Chapter held a fabulous event titled "Campaigning Post 9-11: The Campaigns of NY, NJ, and CT." Approximately 50 people attended the event held at TRUE in NYC. Speakers included: Doug Schwartz, Lee Miringoff, Joel...

Pickett named summer AAPC scholarship winner. (AAPC News).(Ben Pickett, American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Ben Pickett, currently attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was named the summer AAPC/Semester In Washington Scholarship winner. Each semester, the AAPC provides this financial assistance of $2500 to an entering Semester...

Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns. (Books: This Month's Picks).
July 1, 2002... Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns, by Robert Friedenberg, Praeger, 263 pages. Examines speeches made by John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush during their...

Global Political Campaigning: A Worldwide Analysis of Campaign Professionals and Their Practices. (Books: This Month's Picks).
July 1, 2002... Global Political Campaigning: A Worldwide Analysis of Campaign Professionals and Their Practices, by Fritz Plasser with Gunda Plasser, Praeger, 400 pages. Explores the global reach of political consultants, including the proliferation of...

Missed Opportunity: Gore, Incumbency and Television in Election 2000. (Books: This Month's Picks).
July 1, 2002... Missed Opportunity: Gore, Incumbency and Television in Election 2000, by E.D. Dover, Praeger, 203 pages. Discusses the idea of "elections with surrogate incumbents" in terms of vice presidents who win nominations and then lose general...

Where We Stane: 30 Reasons for Loving Our Country. (Books: This Month's Picks).
July 1, 2002... Where We Stane: 30 Reasons for Loving Our Country, by Roger Rosenblatt, Harcourt, 193 pages. Reaffirms the core values of the Unites States and provides comfort for America in a time of threat and war. Based on the idea that 9/11 gave us...

Arthur Hackney. (Movers & Shakers).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Arthur F. Hackney, President, Edmonds Hackney and Associates, a Washington, D.C. Republican media consulting firm. Career Background Since 1978, president of three firms handling corporate and political strategy and media in Alaska, a...

Bill Burges. (Movers & Shakers).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Bill Burges, president of Barges & Barges Strategists, a Democratic general consulting firm based in Cleveland, OH. Career Background "I've spent the last 20 years building a terrific team at a regional community, political, and...

The new federal campaign finance act -- in a nutshell.(Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2002... The Act raises the limit from $1,000 to $2,000 per election from individuals for both house and Senate candidates. This limitation is indexed to inflation and adjusted in odd-numbered years. THE FOLLOWING IS A detailed summary of the...

The devil's in the details: new words and new concerns for associations and unions.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Since the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) was amended in 1976, the political community has become rather accustomed to the concepts and jargon it created. Words such as "PAC" and "hard/soft dollars" have found there way into all of our...

Maiden voyage: a 21-year-old bay state republican takes the plunge -- and wins. (Case Study).(Chris Pereira, Dartmouth School Committee, Massachusetts)
July 1, 2002... To win one of two open seats in the April election, Republican Chris Pereira, 21, would have to defeat long-time Democratic school board incumbents in Dartmouth, a Southeast Massachusetts town between Rhode Island and Cape Cod, about 62 miles...

Better ethnic targeting: new methodology enhances voter files. (Political Adviser).
July 1, 2002... This methodology, which has been developed by a company of ethnologists and gender-identity scientists, expands the pool of ethnic voters and at the same time increases the accuracy of identifying them. It also improves targeting by gender and...

New jobs. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Moxie Media, Inc., a Pacific Northwest political consulting firm, hired Dana Robinson as its new director of public affairs. Robinson was previously an account executive with PRR, Inc., a Seattle marketing firm, where clients included Seattle...

Firm change. (People & Organizations).(Shirley & Banister Public Affairs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Craig Shirley & Associates became "Shirley & Banister Public Affairs," adding more prominence to the name of partner Diana Banister. She has been with the conservative Alexandria, VA-based public relations firm for five years. Banister became...

New relationship. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Eddie Mahe, a long-time GOP political consultant and former Republican National Committee deputy chairman, and his business partner, Ladonna Lee, joined up with Foley & Lardner, a law and government relations firm. Mahe is founder of the...

What's driving the vote? Looking at Key Association Analysis. (Political Adviser).
July 1, 2002... Key Association Analysis measures the strength of descriptive attributes or performance ratings in relation to a strategic characteristic...a critical issue which campaigns wish to understand and affect. THE CAMPAIGN IS beginning. The...

Scott Garrett (R). (Media Mix).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Election: Scott Garrett for Congress -- November 2002 Consultant: Red Zone Communications, Mall Leonardo These pieces were produced for Scott Garrett, who is in a hot primary for Marge Roukema's 5th CD open seat in New Jersey. Garrett...

Campaign reform: is there a consensus? (Political Adviser).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... We asked candidates about a range of reform proposals....The candidates' responses show that some reforms enjoy broad-based support, whereas others have no real constituency or provoke deep partisan conflict. CANDIDATES FOR public office...

5 effective GOP congressional campaign sites. (Clicks & Picks).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... CANDIDATE WEB SITES are essentially extended marketing tools For compaigns. Among the most effective campaign Web sites are those that build upon a candidate's specific campaign strategy to emphasize issues or circumstances that are unique to...

Make your Web site accessible to everyone: federal rules now require that all federal agencies use technology (including telephones and Web sites) that is readily accessible to individuals with all forms of disabilities. (The Online Campaigner).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... THERE ARE TWO GROUPS of citizens who require special accommodations to access your Internet campaign: those with disabilities and those whose primary language is not English. You should take extra steps to ensure that you have access to their...

Announcement sites: a simple way to launch your Web campaign. (The Online Adviser).
July 1, 2002... Instead of launching a poorly-executed, full-scale official campaign site, marred by empty pages and apologies for the lack of information, you should launch a simple, effective "Announcement site" consisting of only one or two pages. EACH...

Trends in political media buying: consultant Q&A. (Strategy & Tactics Media Buying Services).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Bruce Mentzer, president, Mentzer Media Chris Werner and Chris Brimer, president and media strategist, LUC Media Jim Farwell, president, The Farwell Group TO GET A HANDLE ON RECENT trends in political media buying, Campaigns &...

Media Buying Services Buyer's Guide. (D-S).(Buyers Guide)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... DENSON & ASSOCIATES Nashville, TN Phone: 615-383-9400, Fax: 615-383-2016 E-mail: john@densononline.com Years in Business: 36 Party Affiliation: Democratic Services Offered: National TV Placement, National Radio...

Media Buying: hiring the right consultant. (Strategy & Tactics Media Buying Services).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Buying media time is a skill, or perhaps even an art, that requires experience. To do it right -- which means to get the most TV spots, running at the right times, for the least amount of money -- is a full-time lob. Unfortunately,...

Data codes, call-times, media polls, model releases for ads. (Campaign Doctor).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... ALSO: How to prioritize counties for scheduling and media placement? How should we code our campaign database so we can print lists for fundraising and block walks? Match the database to information on volunteer cards: precinct or...

Off the record.(political humor)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... "President George Bush has been talking about global warming. Or, as he likes to call it, summer." Jay Leno "Here's how hot it was today: Catholic priests were actually defrocking themselves." David Letterman "Good news. The...