Campaigns & Elections articles from June 2003

Campaigns & Elections archives from June 2003

Best political radio and television ads are showcased online. (American Association of Political Consultants).
June 1, 2003... The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), host of the annual "Pollie Awards" for the best political and public affairs work for the previous years campaigns, will showcase the first and second place winners in 14 television and...

AAPC Midwest Chapter annual meeting. (American Association of Political Consultants).
June 1, 2003... The Midwest Chapter of the MPG held a very successful event in Chicago, Illinois on May 2, 2003 at Monday's Restaurant. Approximately, 45 attendees consisting of mostly Illinois-based political consultants and students came to hear panelists...

The 30-30 nation. (On the Record).(voter commitments)
June 1, 2003... There is a false notion in political circles that America is a 50-50 - or, more precisely, a 48-48--nation. Based on the close 2000 presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore, many election observers believe most voters are spoken...

Meeting up with Dean fans. (Inside Politics).(Howard Dean, presidential candidate)
June 1, 2003... Web sites for singles to meet potential mates are growing increasingly popular, as busy people of all ages look to the Internet to pair them with people of similar interests. Now the campaign of presidential candidate Howard Dean (D) is using...

Campaign finance rules in Limbo. (Inside Politics).
June 1, 2003... On May 1, the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia released its long-awaited decision on challenges to the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), commonly known as McCain-Feingold. The court...

Ten things you should know about Hispanic voters: a Cuban-American Republican and a Mexican-American Democrat suggest key strategies for attracting the Hispanic vote. (News Feed).
June 1, 2003... Though we come from different ends of the political spectrum, we have learned that the strategies used to reach Hispanic voters are non-partisan. Of course, some efforts only go so far. There's little we can do for you if you are Gerald...

Political calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... JUNE May 31 - June 2 20th Annual National Campaign Training Seminar and Trade Show, sponsored by Campaigns & Elections magazine, Washington, DC 3 Denver Mayoral Race Run-off 14 Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame...

New firms. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bellweather Consulting Group has opened its doors as a Republican full-service consulting firm, based in Alexandria, Va. The firm was started by Monica Notzon, a former PAC director for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and...

New jobs. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Jim Crounse joined Winning Directions, the San Francisco-based Democratic direct mail network, as senior political strategist and vice president. He previously served as president of Crounse Maichow Schlackman & Hoppey, also a direct mail firm,...

Campaign movements. (People & Organizations).
June 1, 2003... The presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) has hired a number of senior staff members. Former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Executive Director Paul Johnson will be Graham's campaign manager. Johnson was an adviser on...

Party lines. (People & Organizations).(Missouri, Wyoming)
June 1, 2003... Missouri Republican Party Executive Director John Hancock officially stepped down from his post after serving since 1997. As the state party's top staff member, Hancock often acted as a liaison between Republican elected officials and the...

Career paths: how they got where they are.(Biography)
June 1, 2003... Mario Diaz-Balart U.S. Representative, Florida 25th District, Republican Though Diaz-Balart had an obvious advantage over other candidates for Congress in 2002 - his older brother Lincoln is a six-term member of the U.S. House - his...

Investor Politics: The New Force That Will Transform American Business, Government and Politics In the Twenty-First Century. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Investor Politics: The New Force That Will Transform American Business, Government and Politics In the Twenty-First Century, by John Hood, Templeton Foundation Press, 308 pages. Traces America's economic and political history and makes a...

Jefferson's Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Jefferson's Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase, by Charles A. Cerami, Sourcebooks Inc., 309 pages. Looks at the international intrigue, political strategy, interesting economics...

Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, by James Moore and Wayne Slater, Wiley, 395 pages. Chronicles the life and career of GOP strategist Karl Rove from his days as an influential general/direct mail consultant in...

The Passions Of Andrew Jackson. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... The Passions Of Andrew Jackson, by Andrew Burstein, Knopf, 292 pages. Shows how a "frontier bully" was transformed into a military hero and then to the presidency. Profiles Jackson's personal life, trials and tribulations, military and...

Deby Snodgrass. (Movers & Shakers).(Biography)
June 1, 2003... Founding Partner, Cole Hargrave Snodgrass and Associates, a Republican political consulting firm. Career Background Finance director for the Oklahoma Republican Party (1985-1989); aide to U.S. Rep. Mickey Edwards (1984); aide to the...

Erica Walters. (Movers & Shakers).(Biography)
June 1, 2003... Partner, Terris Barnes Walters, a Democratic direct mail firm. Career Background Served as Montana state House and Senate Caucus director (1995); Wyoming Democratic coordinated campaign director (1996); joined her current firm in 1998...

The long running election. (Movers & Shakers).
June 1, 2003... When a primary is held in September, the winner often picks up momentum for the general election contest in November. But in Baltimore, because of a quirk in state law and bickering among top Democratic politicians, the next mayoral election is...

Southern trilogy: how Republicans captured governorships in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. (Case Studies).
June 1, 2003... "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, we're free at last!" Sonny Perdue had a right to gloat on election night. Outspent 6 to 1, he had ousted a heavily favored incumbent to become Georgia's first Republican governor in 130...

The town hall meeting: a useful model for '04. (Political Adviser).
June 1, 2003... "When we started this, we were at 3 percent, and the poll had a 5 percent margin of error. We may have been at minus two." -John McCain It happened more than 100 times in late 1999 and early 2000. Perhaps at a Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Ten common mistakes novice candidates make: myths and facts to help new candidates get off to a sound start. (Political Adviser).
June 1, 2003... Every year a new flock of would-be politicians enters the electoral fray, often unprepared and inexperienced in what it takes to run a credible campaign. When they lose, they are often frustrated, burned out and disillusioned with the system....

'04 Illinois Democratic senate candidates. (Clicks & Picks).
June 1, 2003... Even before Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.) announced he would not seek re-election in 2004, Democrats were lining up for the right to challenge him. Now with the independent-minded senator out of the race, the Democratic and Republican fields...

Project 5104: the DNC's net strategy. (The Online Campaigner).(Democratic National Committee )
June 1, 2003... In my April 2003 column I asked whether the Democratic Party grasped the potential of the Internet to help them close the hard money chasm ($182 million in 2002) that separates them from the Republicans. That question has lost some of its...

The nation's two hottest media consultants talk about campaign advertising. (Strategy & Tactics Political Advertising).(question and answer)
June 1, 2003... C&E: What are the big trends in political advertising from a production standpoint? HOWELL: Digital technology is changing everything from the way we deliver commercials to the equipment we use to shoot and post-produce them. More powerful...

Using smart mobs, changing campaign staff; also: should a candidate dumb down his or her vocabulary for the common touch? (Campaign Doctor).(question and answer)
June 1, 2003... I went to an organizing meeting the other day, and the speaker kept referring to smart mobs like I should know the term. What are smart mobs? "Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution" is a book by Howard Rheingold about people worldwide who...

Off the record.(quotes from political personalities)
June 1, 2003... "A conservative group is asking Americans to boycott all companies who advertise on Monica Lewinsky's new reality show. The conservative group is made up of several right-wing Republicans and one female Democratic senator." -- Conan...