Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...campaign broke down the district's sections into manageable pieces, with field workers and volunteers moving through each...
...folks really do know how to make a campaign work," said the eighth district's current Congressman, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Brighton), who made a surprise appearance at yesterday's stand...
...Latinos--as with all interest groups--the key is winning. The formula for success requires more than just a winnable district. It takes political skills to execute a field plan, and to raise funds. Including Latinos as part of Anglo campaigns helps pass on skills. Including Latinos on municipal committees, boards and private, non-profit organizations cultivates ties to people in positions of power and authority...
Latinos in Massachusetts must strive to create an infrastructure. That means electing school committee members, city councilors, state representatives. Starting with a manageable district is critical, one in which a few dedicated volunteers and a larger group of occasional volunteers can have reasonable prospects for success. As compared to issue-related campaigns (e.g. a community campaign to stop an asphalt plant or to educate on air quality and asthma rates in urban children), the infrastructural advantage of a campaign for elective office is that it must be reactivated with frequency and--at least for the successful ones--that...
...meaty issues on the table in California, of course. The original Meathead himself, Rob Reiner, is fronting for a California proposition that would tack a 50 cent-per-pack increase onto the price of cigarettes. Smoke of another kind -- medical marijuana -- gets a look in five states and the District of Columbia (no, Marion Barry is not behind this), while abortion-limiting proposals come before the voters in two more states. In Hawaii, voters are being asked to decide the fate of same-sex marriages. Our favorite resolution? In four states today, voters are voting on whether to limit...