Hot Political News
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
California Congressional District 1 Special Election - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set a special election to serve out the remaining term of the late Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa for Aug. 4, the latest date possible under state law.
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Thursday, 13 November 2025
8 Democratic Senators who voted to re-open government after a 40 day shutdown.
Sen. John Fedderman (D,PA), Sen. Angus King (I,ME), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D,NV), Sen. Jackie Rosen (D,NV), Sen. Dick Durbin (D,IL), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D,NH), Sen. Tim Kaine (D,VA).
Sen. John Fedderman (D,PA), Sen. Angus King (I,ME), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D,NV), Sen. Jackie Rosen (D,NV), Sen. Dick Durbin (D,IL), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D,NH), Sen. Tim Kaine (D,VA).
Monday, 10 November 2025
Monday, 10 November 2025
Eight Senate members are not seeking re-election in 2026.
4 Democrats and 3 Republicans are retiring and 1 Republican is running for governor
They include: Joni Ernst (R,IA), Thom Tillis (R,NC), Dick Durbin (D,IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D,NH), Mitch McConnell (R,KY), Tina Smith (D,MN), Gary Peters (D, MI). Tommy Tuberville (R,AL) is running for Governor.
4 Democrats and 3 Republicans are retiring and 1 Republican is running for governor
They include: Joni Ernst (R,IA), Thom Tillis (R,NC), Dick Durbin (D,IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D,NH), Mitch McConnell (R,KY), Tina Smith (D,MN), Gary Peters (D, MI). Tommy Tuberville (R,AL) is running for Governor.
Monday, 3 November 2025
Monday, 3 November 2025
California 2026: Dem. Nancy Pelosi has been in elective office since 1987. Dem. State Sen. Scott Wiener launched a campaign for her District 11 seat. Also running is Saikat Chakrabarti. Also interested is Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chang and former Supervisor jane Kim. (from Roll Call)
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
NH 2026: Former NH Sen. John Sununu will run for his old seat, after 2 decades out of office. Dem. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is retiring.
Monday, 27 October 2025
Monday, 27 October 2025
November 3, 2025 Elections: NC Republicans approved new redistricting lines. Rep. Don Davis (Dem, 1st district) may be affected. Illinois may add an extra seat- Nov. 3 deadline for the March primaries. VA – Democrats may redraw the districts. In TX, Proposition 50 authorized a state Democratic restricting effort.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
The 2025 New York City mayoral primary will take place on June 24, 2025. Early voting has started. It is a close race between former Governor Mario Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, NY State Assemblyman. Also running are Adrienne Adams, Speaker of the NY City Council and Brad Lander, NY City Comptroller. NYC will use ranked choice voting. If no candidate earns more than 50% of first-choice votes, then counting will continue in rounds.
The General election is November 4, 2025. The incumbent, Mayor Eric Adams, is running for re-election as an independent.
The General election is November 4, 2025. The incumbent, Mayor Eric Adams, is running for re-election as an independent.
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Virginia Gubernatorial Election November 4, 2025. Current Governor Glenn Youngkin is term-limited. Lieutenant Governor Wilsome Earle-Sears is the Republican nominee. Former US Congressional Representative Abigail Spanberger is the Democratic nominee.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Friday, 13 June 2025
New Jersey Gubernatorial election November 4, 2025. Current Governor Phil Murphy is term- limited. Democratic congresswoman Mikie Sherrill will face Republican former state assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. Sherrill won the Democratic nomination with 34% of the vote and Ciatarelli won the nomination with 67% of the vote. Ciattarelli was the Republican nominee in the previous race.
CAMPAIGN HOW TO ARTICLE
7 ways to talk to voters (when you can’t talk to voters)
7 ways to talk to voters (when you can’t talk to voters)
Crag Turner, The Campaign Coach
With the exceptions of the Amazons in the world, over the past year almost every brand that exists has had to develop new ways to communicate with their customers in order to stay in business. Without the normal kinds of in-person experiences,
Read More
With the exceptions of the Amazons in the world, over the past year almost every brand that exists has had to develop new ways to communicate with their customers in order to stay in business. Without the normal kinds of in-person experiences,
Read More
The Single Political Marketing Campaign You Need Win Your Election
The Single Political Marketing Campaign You Need Win Your Election
by Jessica Lalau; PostCardMania
Whether you’re a first-time candidate or looking to unseat an incumbent, to generate the winning number of votes, you need to reach your constituents with your message consistently.
And how do you do that without draining your marketing budget?
Read More...
Whether you’re a first-time candidate or looking to unseat an incumbent, to generate the winning number of votes, you need to reach your constituents with your message consistently.
And how do you do that without draining your marketing budget?
Read More...
A campaign’s GOTV guide for getting the youth to vote
A campaign’s GOTV guide for getting the youth to vote
By: Lakshmi Narayanan
The older generation always outperforms the younger generation at the polls. In the 2016 U.S. elections, the elders contributed to 49% of the votes, while being only 43% of the population...
Read More...
The older generation always outperforms the younger generation at the polls. In the 2016 U.S. elections, the elders contributed to 49% of the votes, while being only 43% of the population...
Read More...
How to Build Credibility & Win Your Election in a Fake News Universe
How to Build Credibility & Win Your Election in a Fake News Universe
By Jessica Lalua
It's true — the Internet has changed just about every facet of daily American life. That includes politics and our elections. (For better or worse.)
But here's the good news:
Not all of the fundamentals have changed.
Politics remains first and foremost local. Read More...
It's true — the Internet has changed just about every facet of daily American life. That includes politics and our elections. (For better or worse.)
But here's the good news:
Not all of the fundamentals have changed.
Politics remains first and foremost local. Read More...
4 Election-Winning Postcard Campaigns You Can Copy
4 Election-Winning Postcard Campaigns You Can Copy
By Joy Gendusa
Campaign season is ramping up, and that means it’s high time I explored some of the political successes PostcardMania has experienced. There are a lot of political marketing strategies out there that can help you win, but this article will focus on using direct mail to get your message out. Read More...
Campaign season is ramping up, and that means it’s high time I explored some of the political successes PostcardMania has experienced. There are a lot of political marketing strategies out there that can help you win, but this article will focus on using direct mail to get your message out. Read More...
4 Cutting-Edge Ways To Conduct Political Polls And Surveys
4 Cutting-Edge Ways To Conduct Political Polls And Surveys
By Tony K, CallHub.io
If the 2016 presidential election polling taught us all anything, it was the need for precise polling and survey methods. Poll after poll concluded that Donald J. Trump had no pathway to victory...
Read More
If the 2016 presidential election polling taught us all anything, it was the need for precise polling and survey methods. Poll after poll concluded that Donald J. Trump had no pathway to victory...
Read More
How to Brand your Campaign on Day 1 - NEW
How to Brand your Campaign on Day 1 - NEW
By Mark Macias, Macias PR
If you’re running for office in a larger media market, it will be much more difficult to get your name in the news. The competition for news stories is competitive and if you don’t have a strong editorial angle
READ MORE...
If you’re running for office in a larger media market, it will be much more difficult to get your name in the news. The competition for news stories is competitive and if you don’t have a strong editorial angle
READ MORE...
How to Beat the Trump Candidate
How to Beat the Trump Candidate
How to Beat the Pro-Trump Candidate
By Mark Macias,
Macias PR
You can always spot the pro-Trump candidate from a precinct away. He or she is typically the politician who wants to throw fireballs at the local rally held at the gas station. These
READ MORE
By Mark Macias,
Macias PR
You can always spot the pro-Trump candidate from a precinct away. He or she is typically the politician who wants to throw fireballs at the local rally held at the gas station. These
READ MORE
Why The Best Data In The World Won’t Win You An Election
Why The Best Data In The World Won’t Win You An Election
By Justin Gargiulo, Founder of VoterTrove
To extract the most value, campaigns will have to move beyond the idea of data as a solution.
Nowadays we talk about data as a solution to the problem of winning elections. It isn’t. Data is an object, not a technology, and objects by themselves do not solve complex problems. Technology does.
Read More...
To extract the most value, campaigns will have to move beyond the idea of data as a solution.
Nowadays we talk about data as a solution to the problem of winning elections. It isn’t. Data is an object, not a technology, and objects by themselves do not solve complex problems. Technology does.
Read More...
Why Direct Mail About Politics Still Influences Millennials
Why Direct Mail About Politics Still Influences Millennials
By Elena Neely
Let’s say you’re a candidate for elective office, whether local, state or federal, during this political cycle. Suppose, further, that in your quest for public service, you plan to target the much-coveted demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds known as Millennials. (added 9/13/2016)
Read More...
Let’s say you’re a candidate for elective office, whether local, state or federal, during this political cycle. Suppose, further, that in your quest for public service, you plan to target the much-coveted demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds known as Millennials. (added 9/13/2016)
Read More...
Winning Political Elections with Postcards
Winning Political Elections with Postcards
3 Simple Steps to Success and a New Job (or another stint in your current one!)
By Joy Gendusa
You call it “campaigning.” I call it “marketing.” Either way, we’re talking about the same thing: getting the word out and generating real-life results. In your case, those results are votes, and you don’t have the luxury of a long-term
Read More...
By Joy Gendusa
You call it “campaigning.” I call it “marketing.” Either way, we’re talking about the same thing: getting the word out and generating real-life results. In your case, those results are votes, and you don’t have the luxury of a long-term
Read More...
Myth Information: Why Newspapers are more important than ever in the 2014 Elections
Myth Information: Why Newspapers are more important than ever in the 2014 Elections
John Kimball john@johnkimballgroup.com
If you think in this age of “new media” that newspapers are not important to winning elections … think again. Today, no medium hashas a higher correlation with voters than newspapers. In fact, newspapers provide much of the “news” content on the internet
Read More...
If you think in this age of “new media” that newspapers are not important to winning elections … think again. Today, no medium hashas a higher correlation with voters than newspapers. In fact, newspapers provide much of the “news” content on the internet
Read More...
The key to victory: Dogs
The key to victory: Dogs
By Joe Curran www.filpac.com
Think we're kidding? A couple of years ago we decided to predict the election results by surveying the dogs that we noticed sniffing under the tables at our customers' campaign headquarters. (Well, OK. We soon discovered the dogs couldn't
Read More...
Think we're kidding? A couple of years ago we decided to predict the election results by surveying the dogs that we noticed sniffing under the tables at our customers' campaign headquarters. (Well, OK. We soon discovered the dogs couldn't
Read More...
Tips for Hiring an Effective Political Campaign Telemarketing Company
Tips for Hiring an Effective Political Campaign Telemarketing Company
by Doug Kaplan, Gravis Marketing
Tip #1 – Create a Marketing Plan of Potential Targets
There are several different types of telemarketing agencies across the globe. From direct sales associates that use robocalls or overseas agents,
Read More...
Tip #1 – Create a Marketing Plan of Potential Targets
There are several different types of telemarketing agencies across the globe. From direct sales associates that use robocalls or overseas agents,
Read More...
How to Choose Design Colors for a Political Lawn Sign
How to Choose Design Colors for a Political Lawn Sign
by Sheila Maas, Political Lawn Signs
Henry Ford said you can have any color Model T as long as it is black. Awhile back a survey by the University of Florida claimed that a yellow background with black lettering was the best color combination for a sign
Read More...
Henry Ford said you can have any color Model T as long as it is black. Awhile back a survey by the University of Florida claimed that a yellow background with black lettering was the best color combination for a sign
Read More...
Hot Political News
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
California Congressional District 1 Special Election - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set a special election to serve out the remaining term of the late Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa for Aug. 4, the latest date possible under state law.
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Thursday, 13 November 2025
8 Democratic Senators who voted to re-open government after a 40 day shutdown.
Sen. John Fedderman (D,PA), Sen. Angus King (I,ME), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D,NV), Sen. Jackie Rosen (D,NV), Sen. Dick Durbin (D,IL), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D,NH), Sen. Tim Kaine (D,VA).
Sen. John Fedderman (D,PA), Sen. Angus King (I,ME), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D,NV), Sen. Jackie Rosen (D,NV), Sen. Dick Durbin (D,IL), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D,NH), Sen. Tim Kaine (D,VA).
Monday, 10 November 2025
Monday, 10 November 2025
Eight Senate members are not seeking re-election in 2026.
4 Democrats and 3 Republicans are retiring and 1 Republican is running for governor
They include: Joni Ernst (R,IA), Thom Tillis (R,NC), Dick Durbin (D,IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D,NH), Mitch McConnell (R,KY), Tina Smith (D,MN), Gary Peters (D, MI). Tommy Tuberville (R,AL) is running for Governor.
4 Democrats and 3 Republicans are retiring and 1 Republican is running for governor
They include: Joni Ernst (R,IA), Thom Tillis (R,NC), Dick Durbin (D,IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D,NH), Mitch McConnell (R,KY), Tina Smith (D,MN), Gary Peters (D, MI). Tommy Tuberville (R,AL) is running for Governor.
Monday, 3 November 2025
Monday, 3 November 2025
California 2026: Dem. Nancy Pelosi has been in elective office since 1987. Dem. State Sen. Scott Wiener launched a campaign for her District 11 seat. Also running is Saikat Chakrabarti. Also interested is Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chang and former Supervisor jane Kim. (from Roll Call)
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
NH 2026: Former NH Sen. John Sununu will run for his old seat, after 2 decades out of office. Dem. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is retiring.
Monday, 27 October 2025
Monday, 27 October 2025
November 3, 2025 Elections: NC Republicans approved new redistricting lines. Rep. Don Davis (Dem, 1st district) may be affected. Illinois may add an extra seat- Nov. 3 deadline for the March primaries. VA – Democrats may redraw the districts. In TX, Proposition 50 authorized a state Democratic restricting effort.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
The 2025 New York City mayoral primary will take place on June 24, 2025. Early voting has started. It is a close race between former Governor Mario Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, NY State Assemblyman. Also running are Adrienne Adams, Speaker of the NY City Council and Brad Lander, NY City Comptroller. NYC will use ranked choice voting. If no candidate earns more than 50% of first-choice votes, then counting will continue in rounds.
The General election is November 4, 2025. The incumbent, Mayor Eric Adams, is running for re-election as an independent.
The General election is November 4, 2025. The incumbent, Mayor Eric Adams, is running for re-election as an independent.
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Virginia Gubernatorial Election November 4, 2025. Current Governor Glenn Youngkin is term-limited. Lieutenant Governor Wilsome Earle-Sears is the Republican nominee. Former US Congressional Representative Abigail Spanberger is the Democratic nominee.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Friday, 13 June 2025
New Jersey Gubernatorial election November 4, 2025. Current Governor Phil Murphy is term- limited. Democratic congresswoman Mikie Sherrill will face Republican former state assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. Sherrill won the Democratic nomination with 34% of the vote and Ciatarelli won the nomination with 67% of the vote. Ciattarelli was the Republican nominee in the previous race.
CAMPAIGN HOW TO ARTICLE
7 ways to talk to voters (when you can’t talk to voters)
7 ways to talk to voters (when you can’t talk to voters)
Crag Turner, The Campaign Coach
With the exceptions of the Amazons in the world, over the past year almost every brand that exists has had to develop new ways to communicate with their customers in order to stay in business. Without the normal kinds of in-person experiences,
Read More
With the exceptions of the Amazons in the world, over the past year almost every brand that exists has had to develop new ways to communicate with their customers in order to stay in business. Without the normal kinds of in-person experiences,
Read More
The Single Political Marketing Campaign You Need Win Your Election
The Single Political Marketing Campaign You Need Win Your Election
by Jessica Lalau; PostCardMania
Whether you’re a first-time candidate or looking to unseat an incumbent, to generate the winning number of votes, you need to reach your constituents with your message consistently.
And how do you do that without draining your marketing budget?
Read More...
Whether you’re a first-time candidate or looking to unseat an incumbent, to generate the winning number of votes, you need to reach your constituents with your message consistently.
And how do you do that without draining your marketing budget?
Read More...
A campaign’s GOTV guide for getting the youth to vote
A campaign’s GOTV guide for getting the youth to vote
By: Lakshmi Narayanan
The older generation always outperforms the younger generation at the polls. In the 2016 U.S. elections, the elders contributed to 49% of the votes, while being only 43% of the population...
Read More...
The older generation always outperforms the younger generation at the polls. In the 2016 U.S. elections, the elders contributed to 49% of the votes, while being only 43% of the population...
Read More...
How to Build Credibility & Win Your Election in a Fake News Universe
How to Build Credibility & Win Your Election in a Fake News Universe
By Jessica Lalua
It's true — the Internet has changed just about every facet of daily American life. That includes politics and our elections. (For better or worse.)
But here's the good news:
Not all of the fundamentals have changed.
Politics remains first and foremost local. Read More...
It's true — the Internet has changed just about every facet of daily American life. That includes politics and our elections. (For better or worse.)
But here's the good news:
Not all of the fundamentals have changed.
Politics remains first and foremost local. Read More...
4 Election-Winning Postcard Campaigns You Can Copy
4 Election-Winning Postcard Campaigns You Can Copy
By Joy Gendusa
Campaign season is ramping up, and that means it’s high time I explored some of the political successes PostcardMania has experienced. There are a lot of political marketing strategies out there that can help you win, but this article will focus on using direct mail to get your message out. Read More...
Campaign season is ramping up, and that means it’s high time I explored some of the political successes PostcardMania has experienced. There are a lot of political marketing strategies out there that can help you win, but this article will focus on using direct mail to get your message out. Read More...
4 Cutting-Edge Ways To Conduct Political Polls And Surveys
4 Cutting-Edge Ways To Conduct Political Polls And Surveys
By Tony K, CallHub.io
If the 2016 presidential election polling taught us all anything, it was the need for precise polling and survey methods. Poll after poll concluded that Donald J. Trump had no pathway to victory...
Read More
If the 2016 presidential election polling taught us all anything, it was the need for precise polling and survey methods. Poll after poll concluded that Donald J. Trump had no pathway to victory...
Read More
How to Brand your Campaign on Day 1 - NEW
How to Brand your Campaign on Day 1 - NEW
By Mark Macias, Macias PR
If you’re running for office in a larger media market, it will be much more difficult to get your name in the news. The competition for news stories is competitive and if you don’t have a strong editorial angle
READ MORE...
If you’re running for office in a larger media market, it will be much more difficult to get your name in the news. The competition for news stories is competitive and if you don’t have a strong editorial angle
READ MORE...
How to Beat the Trump Candidate
How to Beat the Trump Candidate
How to Beat the Pro-Trump Candidate
By Mark Macias,
Macias PR
You can always spot the pro-Trump candidate from a precinct away. He or she is typically the politician who wants to throw fireballs at the local rally held at the gas station. These
READ MORE
By Mark Macias,
Macias PR
You can always spot the pro-Trump candidate from a precinct away. He or she is typically the politician who wants to throw fireballs at the local rally held at the gas station. These
READ MORE
Why The Best Data In The World Won’t Win You An Election
Why The Best Data In The World Won’t Win You An Election
By Justin Gargiulo, Founder of VoterTrove
To extract the most value, campaigns will have to move beyond the idea of data as a solution.
Nowadays we talk about data as a solution to the problem of winning elections. It isn’t. Data is an object, not a technology, and objects by themselves do not solve complex problems. Technology does.
Read More...
To extract the most value, campaigns will have to move beyond the idea of data as a solution.
Nowadays we talk about data as a solution to the problem of winning elections. It isn’t. Data is an object, not a technology, and objects by themselves do not solve complex problems. Technology does.
Read More...
Why Direct Mail About Politics Still Influences Millennials
Why Direct Mail About Politics Still Influences Millennials
By Elena Neely
Let’s say you’re a candidate for elective office, whether local, state or federal, during this political cycle. Suppose, further, that in your quest for public service, you plan to target the much-coveted demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds known as Millennials. (added 9/13/2016)
Read More...
Let’s say you’re a candidate for elective office, whether local, state or federal, during this political cycle. Suppose, further, that in your quest for public service, you plan to target the much-coveted demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds known as Millennials. (added 9/13/2016)
Read More...
Winning Political Elections with Postcards
Winning Political Elections with Postcards
3 Simple Steps to Success and a New Job (or another stint in your current one!)
By Joy Gendusa
You call it “campaigning.” I call it “marketing.” Either way, we’re talking about the same thing: getting the word out and generating real-life results. In your case, those results are votes, and you don’t have the luxury of a long-term
Read More...
By Joy Gendusa
You call it “campaigning.” I call it “marketing.” Either way, we’re talking about the same thing: getting the word out and generating real-life results. In your case, those results are votes, and you don’t have the luxury of a long-term
Read More...
Myth Information: Why Newspapers are more important than ever in the 2014 Elections
Myth Information: Why Newspapers are more important than ever in the 2014 Elections
John Kimball john@johnkimballgroup.com
If you think in this age of “new media” that newspapers are not important to winning elections … think again. Today, no medium hashas a higher correlation with voters than newspapers. In fact, newspapers provide much of the “news” content on the internet
Read More...
If you think in this age of “new media” that newspapers are not important to winning elections … think again. Today, no medium hashas a higher correlation with voters than newspapers. In fact, newspapers provide much of the “news” content on the internet
Read More...
The key to victory: Dogs
The key to victory: Dogs
By Joe Curran www.filpac.com
Think we're kidding? A couple of years ago we decided to predict the election results by surveying the dogs that we noticed sniffing under the tables at our customers' campaign headquarters. (Well, OK. We soon discovered the dogs couldn't
Read More...
Think we're kidding? A couple of years ago we decided to predict the election results by surveying the dogs that we noticed sniffing under the tables at our customers' campaign headquarters. (Well, OK. We soon discovered the dogs couldn't
Read More...
Tips for Hiring an Effective Political Campaign Telemarketing Company
Tips for Hiring an Effective Political Campaign Telemarketing Company
by Doug Kaplan, Gravis Marketing
Tip #1 – Create a Marketing Plan of Potential Targets
There are several different types of telemarketing agencies across the globe. From direct sales associates that use robocalls or overseas agents,
Read More...
Tip #1 – Create a Marketing Plan of Potential Targets
There are several different types of telemarketing agencies across the globe. From direct sales associates that use robocalls or overseas agents,
Read More...
How to Choose Design Colors for a Political Lawn Sign
How to Choose Design Colors for a Political Lawn Sign
by Sheila Maas, Political Lawn Signs
Henry Ford said you can have any color Model T as long as it is black. Awhile back a survey by the University of Florida claimed that a yellow background with black lettering was the best color combination for a sign
Read More...
Henry Ford said you can have any color Model T as long as it is black. Awhile back a survey by the University of Florida claimed that a yellow background with black lettering was the best color combination for a sign
Read More...
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