Campaigns & Elections articles from October 2002

Campaigns & Elections archives from October 2002

Worry globally, vote locally. (On the Record).
October 1, 2002... Think Globally, Act Locally" is an old slogan of the environmental movement. And as we enter into the stretch run of this year's campaign cycle, it's an apt description of how voters are seeing this election. The big political question...

Tom Cole: on the road again. (News Feed).
October 1, 2002... Before U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts Jr (R), announced his retirement, Tom Cole was already quite busy in Oklahoma, working for several Republican campaigns through his successful consulting firm Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates. Now Cole has...

Future of Arizona's "Clean Elections" system cloudy. (News Feed).
October 1, 2002... Supporters of public financing of political campaigns were heartened when Maine voters passed a 1996 "Clean Elections" referendum. But they maybe feeling dismay about a similar "clean" system in Arizona, if a state court's ruling against major...

Fewer politicians? (News Feed).
October 1, 2002... When the Rhode Island Legislature reconvenes in 2003, it will be much smaller than in previous years. The Ocean State underwent a transformation this year by implementing a 1994 constitutional amendment that called for downsizing the number of...

Ballot props in November: pot, politics, pigs and gambling. (News Feed).
October 1, 2002... This November voters in 38 states will get the opportunity to cast a vote on 200 statewide ballot measures -- 53 from the people and 147 from the government. The issues to be decided will be as mundane as taking out obsolete provisions of...

Campaign movements. (People & Organizations).
October 1, 2002... Bob Beckel, manager of Walter Mondale's (D) 1984 landslide presidential campaign loss, resigned from his consulting job with the the Idaho U.S. Senate campaign of Alan Blinken (D) in the wake of a scandal involving a prostitute who allegedly...

New jobs. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Alison McLaurin was hired as a partner at Beser, Lee, Wens & Siegel Group, LLC, a national Democratic direct mail and political consulting firm. McLaurin is a former political director of the Democratic Governors' Association. A Web site...

New firm. (People & Organizations).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Veteran political consultant Monty Warner teamed with political commentator Lewis A. Fein to form Warner-Lewis, a communications business with offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., serving political clients, among others. The firm's...

George Gekas. (Career Paths: How They Got Where They Are).(Biography)
October 1, 2002... Like his opponent in this year's election, Gekas, 72, grew up in the district he currently represents. He went to Dickinson College in Harrisburg for his undergraduate degree as well as his law degree, and eventually became an assistant...

Tim Holden. (Career Paths: How They Got Where They Are).(Biography)
October 1, 2002... Holden, 45, comes from a long line of politicians devoted to working class politics -- his father, Joseph "Sox" Holden, was a four-term Schuvlkill county commissioner, and his great-grandfather, John Siney, was founder of the Miners Benevolent...

Join or start a local chapter! (AAPC News).(American Association of Political Consultants )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The American Association of Political Consultants creates opportunities for political consultants through networking and educational events. One of the best ways to take advantage of these opportunities is through our Chapters. The AAPC has...

Janean Mann named AAPC Scholarship recipient and intern. (AAPC News).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Janean Mann, a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, has been awarded the fall AAPC/Semester In Washington Scholarship. Each semester, the AAPC provides this financial assistance of $2,500 to an incoming Semester in Washington student at the...

Financing the 2000 Election. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Financing the 2000 Election, David Magleby, editor, Brookings, 274 pages. Examines the financing of the last election cycle, which includes spending levels, presidential primary campaigns, the general election, congressional races, party...

Fred Harris: His Journey From Liberalism to Populism. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Fred Harris: His Journey From Liberalism to Populism, by Richard Lowitt, Rowman & Littlegield, 283 pages. Explores the political life and career of former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, from his election in 1964, to her service as DNC...

Ronald Reagan and His Ranch. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Ronald Reagan and His Ranch, by Peter Hannaford, Images From the Past, 115 pages. Provides a tour in photos and commentary of Ronald Reagan's life at Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara, California. Includes the private moments as well as...

The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections. (Books: This Month's Picks).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections, edited by David Magleby, Rowman & Littlefield, 261 pages. Provides a range of data and analysis on how political parties raised and spent "soft money"...

Shawn Steel. (Movers & Shakers).(Biography)
October 1, 2002... Chair, California Republican Party Career Background 1964 Youth For Goldwater, San Fernando Valley; 1966 statewide chair Youth for Ronald Reagan, High Schools; 1967-1969 California chair Young Americans for Freedom; 1972 joined and...

Art Torres. (Movers & Shakers).(Biography)
October 1, 2002... Chair, California Democratic Party Career Background Ran unsuccessfully for the California Assembly in 1972, went to work as the national legislative director for the United Farm Workers Union, AFL-CIO. Served as a John F. Kennedy...

50 hot races to watch Nov. 5. (Special Feature).
October 1, 2002... Gubernatorial races, where voters are frustrated with state fiscal troubles and want change, and U.S. Senate races, where voters will decide if the current one-vote Democratic majority will stand, dominate this year's electoral map of...

Developer vs. developer: how a local ballot issue won a tough, expensive fight in the small California town of El Segundo. (Case Study).
October 1, 2002... Like warriors gearing up for baffle, each developer armed itself with public affairs professionals, political consultants, pollsters and election lawyers, and the race was on. There is an unwritten law in real estate development: don't...

Signing your way onto the ballot: before plotting media buys or slogans, candidates should be finding out how to get on the ballot and what the sometimes monumental effort will take. (Political Adviser).
October 1, 2002... Like the electoral wrangling that followed the 2000 presidential election, the tribulations of Washington, D.C. mayor Anthony A. Williams are doubling as a public lesson in Politics 101. In failing to get enough legitimate signatures to win a...

Direct mail. (Media Mix).
October 1, 2002... Campaign: Sam Page for State Representative, Democrat, 82nd District, Missouri Direct Mail/General Consultant: The Public Response Group Strategy: The "Why Are They Laughing" piece was used to tap into public anger over corporate scandals,...

Wireless messages: high-tech campaign snake oil? (Political Adviser).
October 1, 2002... Until there is an Internet and wireless architecture that identifies the subscriber just as is done today, by cross-referencing addresses and telephone numbers with existing databases (e.g. voter rolls, driver licenses, hunting licenses, etc.),...

Five campaign Web sites that break the mold. (Clicks & Picks).
October 1, 2002... A majority of campaign Web sites look like cookie cutter models of each other, featuring familiar red, white and blue graphics that include the obligatory campaign biographies, press releases and stands on public policy issues. A few Web sites...

Click here to see the speech. (The Online Campaigner).
October 1, 2002... You want more than the sound-bite version of the message. You want the evidence, the backstory, the nuances. You want a sense of the person at the microphone. Sometimes, all you need to get a message across is the sound bite. Professor...

Consulting with an expert. (The Online Adviser).
October 1, 2002... Computer consultants typically specialize in one or more areas. Areas of specialization include specific categories of hardware and software, specific types of clients such as medical or legal offices, general office automation, networking, and...

The big push: the case for political E-mailing. (Strategy & Tactics: Getting out the Vote).
October 1, 2002... Political e-mail is not selling widgets. The free flow of ideas and information is critical to keeping the U.S. political system and First Amendment of the Constitution in tact. It's been dubbed "Spampaigning" by some -- the sending of...

Consultant Q&A: advice on the final push before election day. (Strategy & Tactics Getting out the Vote).
October 1, 2002... As the clock ticks toward Nov. 5, political consultants of both parties make suggestions on what's important in these final, crucial campaign days Campaigns & Elections asked the following political consultants the following question: What...

Questionable endorsements, frequent flyers, automated polls. (Campaign Doctor).
October 1, 2002... Also: How do you budget a local campaign? There is a community-development facility in my district, run by a popular local leader, with an influential board of directors. I would like them to endorse me, but they claim there's a legal...

Off the record.
October 1, 2002... "So Clinton is getting his own show here on CBS -and he thought being impeached was embarrassing." David Letterman "Bill Clinton may get his own talk show here on CBS.... It will be strange once again to hear 'So who is on Clinton...

Buyer's guide: getting out the vote. (Where to Find it, Where to Buy it Getting Out the Vote).
October 1, 2002... Aristotle International, Inc. Washington, D.C. Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan GOTV Products and Services Offered: GOTV Targeting and Planning Quick Turnaround Voter Mailing Lists/Labels Quick Turnaround Voter...