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Lunch is on Orrin
I believe that Sen. Orrin Hatch is running harder for re-election this campaign cycle than any other election, save his first one, in his nearly 30 years in politics. He’s pulling out all the stops. Some 15 months before voters go to the polls, he is campaigning at a frenetic pace. This week he sent a letter to all current state delegates inviting them to “a light breakfast and lunch of hamburgers” at the GOP organizing convention on Saturday. “So come hungry and we hope to take care of you there.”
Hatch makes a direct pitch to the delegates for election support, listing challenges to Utah and adding, “I believe that with your support and counsel I am in a position to deal with those challenges in the most effective way.” Hatch also mentions his new campaign Web site at www.orrin2006.com, but as of early Wednesday morning it was still under construction.
Blog Watch
Utah Bloggers Are Busy
New blog: Oblogatory Anecdotes features the conservative opinions of Ken Bingham on local and national issues. . . . Rep. John Dougall
invites readers to suggest who should run for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District on the GOP ticket. . . . SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson really should become a blogger. I’m serious. He has strong opinions about nearly every topic imaginable, is articulate, and could quickly develop a local and national following. A Rocky blog would create more fodder for his detractors, but that’s part of the fun. . . . . Wilf Sommerkorn
says the Wasatch Front needs to start planning and acting as a region. . . Paul Allen writes about how to build a blogging business.
Washington Watch
US DOT Grants Utah $3.7M
Utah is set to receive $3.7 million in emergency relief funds from the US DOT to repair roads and bridges damaged by January flooding in Washington County, DOT Secretary Norman Mineta announced Monday. The Utah money is part of $80 million in DOT emergency relief funds for 18 states and U.S. territories, much of which is directed toward highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding.
Energy Watch
Utah Oil Exploration
Wentworth Energy Inc., a Fort Worth-based oil and gas exploration and development company, has announced plans to buy an initial 600-acre lease in the Uinta Basin and estimates 100 million to 500 million barrels of recoverable oil within the project area, says the Dallas Business Journal.
Campaign Communications Tip
Create a Media Kit
If your campaign will be covered at all by the news media, you should put together a media kit that provides the background information reporters will need for current and future stories about your campaign. Copies of the media kit should be delivered to all reporters, including print, radio, TV and bloggers, anyone who might in some way cover your campaign. You can also give a copy of the media kit to key opinion leaders and/or contributors. A media kit is important because you’re giving reporters information that would take a lot of time for them to research. They will produce better profiles and coverage of your campaign if you give them the right information.
A media kit is essentially an overview of you as a candidate and your campaign. It can be professionally-written and designed, or it can be put together by a campaign volunteer and enclosed in a manila envelope.
A media kit could include:
- Cover letter introducing the candidate and campaign
- Campaign announcement press release
- Candidate bio
- Campaign contact information, including Web address
- Short issue statements on 3-5 key campaign issues
- A copy of your generic campaign literature or brochure
- B&W and color photos of the candidate
- List of key endorsements
- Recent newspaper articles on your campaign
- Candidate’s announcement and/or stump speech
- List of campaign staff (only provide contact info for your press person)
- White papers on key issues
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