Your first 30 days: from filing to first knock
The order of operations that keeps a brand-new campaign from spinning its wheels — and the two things to do before you print anything.
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Field notes for first-time candidates
Practical guides from people who have run local races — canvassing, fundraising, signs, and the parts nobody warns you about.
How many doors can one volunteer actually knock?
Real planning numbers for local races: doors per hour, conversations per shift, and how to size your walking teams for the precincts that matter.
Yard signs: where they work, where they're wasted
A placement map beats a pickup truck full of good intentions. Which sign locations are worth asking for, and how to track who has one.
The thank-you note is a campaign tool
Donors who get thanked give again. How to keep thank-yous on time when you're also holding down a job and a family.
Reading your first How Are We Doing? summary
What favorable, against, undecided, and unknown actually tell you — and why a race with 80% unknown is an opportunity, not a crisis.
Volunteers are neighbors first
Who Do You Know? in practice: why a personal introduction beats a cold knock, and how to ask supporters to map their own streets.
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