Campaign Tips for Winning the Political Game
Campaign Guru: The Basic Elements of a Political Campaign
The 2011 municipal election year is upon us, and many people are deciding whether to run for a municipal office. Others have decided to take the plunge and are already starting to develop a campaign plan. The municipal election, in terms of numbers of candidates, is actually larger than a general...
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Campaign Guru: How to Run Voting Precinct Mini-Campaigns
Successful candidates in all elections must learn how to run effective grassroots campaigns. This means conducting mini-campaigns in each voting precinct in their city or election district. This applies to both the municipal election this year and partisan races in 2012, although the objectives o...
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Campaign Guru: How to Work with News Reporters
Dealing with reporters is hard for many candidates and public officials. Politicians and reporters live in two very different worlds, but they are thrown together in the realm of campaigns and public policy. Some reporters pride themselves in taking an adversarial approach to their jobs, treating...
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Campaign Guru: Obtain Accurate Political Data
Successful candidates in all elections must learn how to run effective grassroots campaigns. This means conducting mini-campaigns in each voting precinct in their city or election district. This applies to both the municipal election this year and partisan races in 2012, although the objectives o...
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Campaign Guru: 100 Day Action Plan
Voters want to know what a candidate will do once he or she has taken office. Thus, it makes sense to make some campaign promises. The most effective way to communicate priorities and promises to voters is to create and release, in the last months of the campaign, a bold 100-day action plan or so...
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Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Teacher mentors: Bill would encourage excellence

Editorial: Driver training: Leave existing law alone

FBI releases Salt Lake Olympic file and Romney’s letter

Roads earmark nabs 20 percent of revenue growth

Utah Legislature passes school supply bill

Bill to replace Utah trooper memorial crosses advances

‘We can’t wait’: Utah lawmakers ratchet up fight for federal lands

Bill to let cyclists run red lights stalls

Obama nearly tops Huntsman in Utah fundraising

Utah lawmakers taking no chances on gambling

Matheson bemoans lack of bipartisanship

Senate resolution pushes ski interconnect

Rolly: Orrin Hatch says the darnedest things in St. George

Bill would allow judge to consider adultery, abuse in alimony cases

Bill could mean donations to elementary schools

Judge delays ruling on Utah immigration law

House votes to ban hookah, e-cigarettes in public

Tanning regulation moves to final Senate vote

House passes open-carry gun bill

Utah task force has ideas to help women be college grads

Deseret News

Robert Bennett: Entitlement spending must change

Op-ed: Is the Utah Legislature listening?

Legacy of 2002 Winter Olympics lives on in Utah's economy

Senate committee approves new GRAMA bill

Utah lawmakers honor Utah-Israeli ties

Legislative bills tell federal government to give up public land in Utah

Joseph Cramer: Addressing emotions about immigration key to solving the problem

Rep. Jim Matheson says Congress won't be addressing immigration any time soon

Utah's immigration enforcement law on hold until Supreme Court rules on Arizona law

LDS Church toughens stand against 'improper' proxy name submissions

Bill to ban e-cigarettes, hookah smoking passes House

Other

Editorial: Good results on GRAMA (Daily Herald)

State revenues up $14 million (Daily Herald)

State group would look into local ethics complaints under bill (Daily Herald)

Open carry bill passes the House (Daily Herald)

Internet gambling bill passes House, headed to Senate (Daily Herald)

Changes to open records law approved by Senate committee (Daily Herald)

Editorial: A popular vote push (Standard-Examiner)

Utah lawmakers eye federal control of state lands (Standard-Examiner)

House passes bill to limit disorderly conduct for open carry (Standard-Examiner)

Bill would restrict teens’ tanning salon use (Standard-Examiner)

Utah County lawmaker targets Internet gambling (Standard-Examiner)

Bill would allow memorial signs for fallen UHP officers (Standard-Examiner)

Utah agricultural bill would limit filming, photographing livestock (Logan Herald Journal)

Republicans celebrate rise at annual fund raiser dinner (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Editorial: If you care about politics, don’t miss caucus meetings (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Op-ed: House Bill 49 will protect law-abiding gun owners (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Bill close to shifting environmental committees' power (Park Record)

Barrus’ energy bills seen as ‘priority’ for state (Davis County Clipper)

Legislature battles for control of public lands (Davis County Clipper)

European troubles affect Utah (Davis County Clipper)

Changes to county auditor bill lauded (Davis County Clipper)

Beattie: US Chamber voice of business for entire country (Davis County Clipper)

Legislative Notes: Pilot program could help improve testing in schools (Davis County Clipper)

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