Dr. Politics: Pre-Campaign Schedules & Schedule Priorities
By Dwight Patel Let’s do a Brief Review So, it is now September 2017, you have likely gone through the process of do I run or not, possibly got your donor list together ready to go. You have your domain, Facebook, Twitter Handle secured, IF NOT SHAME ON YOU GO DO IT NOW, (STOP READING […]
Dr. Politics: Stepping out of Your GOP Comfort Zone & Your August To Do List
By Dwight Patel It is August, most of us are on vacation and for those of you running for office, this will be your last vacation until November, 2018. Why no vacations next year? Well, since most of you will be challenger candidates, you will need to maximize your time in front of the electorate. […]
Dr. Politics: Digital Campaigning Part III – Twitter & Instagram Recap
By Dwight Patel We are now covering Part III in the study of digital campaigning. We have done the overview and covered Facebook for campaigns and setting up campaign blogs. Now we embark on Twitter and Instagram. Twitter is akin to the elevator speech. Get your message out in 140 characters or less. Instagram demonstrates […]
Dr. Politics: Digital Campaign Part II – FACEBOOK AND BLOGS
By Dwight Patel Recap Last time Dr. Politics covered the importance of a digital campaign plan. Spoke on various social media platforms from Facebook to LinkedIn. Now let’s focus on Facebook and Blogs. FACEBOOK CAMPAIGNS: First create a separate campaign Facebook page. You do that by going to https://www.facebook.com/pages/create/ . You will be at the […]
Dr. Politics: Digital Campaigning, Part 1
By Dwight Patel Campaigning has changed a bit from when I first ran for MD House of Delegates in 1994. At that time, if I wanted to connect with voters, I had three options. Direct Mail, Door Knocking and Doing Media Buys. For the most part media buys are just too expensive, and when running […]
Dr. Politics: Campaign Collaterals Dos, Don’ts and ARE YOU CRAZY?
By Dwight Patel Let’s Review What We Have Covered So Far You’ve filed for candidacy, put your finance team in place, and finished your first campaign event. You likely have a small core group of volunteers now as well. Hopefully, you also have a war chest of $5,000 to $10,000 in cash on hand, a […]
Dr. Politics: Establishing your Campaign Leadership Team
By Dwight Patel Let’s Review What We Have Covered So Far You have filed for candidacy, put your finance team in place, and you’ve just finished your first campaign event. You likely have a small core group of volunteers now as well. Hopefully, you also have a war chest of $5,000 and $10,000 dollars in […]
Dr. Politics: Planning Your First House Party
By Dwight Patel First Vice Chairman So, for a quick recap, you have found a treasurer, filed your papers to become a candidate for office, and sent out your first direct mail to raise money from your Christmas card list. Now you are ready to have your first House Party. The first thing you need […]
Dr. Politics: Developing Your First Donor File
By Dwight Patel So, you have now filed as a candidate, gotten a treasurer and put together a Facebook Live video when you went to Annapolis to file your papers to run for office. Now you need to start raising money! For a first-time candidate, it’s a struggle to find donor lists, since other campaigns […]
Dr. Politics: So You Want to Run for Office in 2018
By Dwight Patel Congratulations on your decision to run for elected office in Maryland in 2018. I have run twice myself, and wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the world. The offices we need to field candidates for in Maryland in 2018 include the entire State Senate and House of Delegates as well as […]