CANDIDATE APPLICATION FORM - PART 2

THIS Form SHOULD ONLY BE completed by candidates that have been contacted to complete part 2.

Name

First Name

Last Name

District # or Municipal Race

Explain how you differentiate yourself from your opposition (100 words)

What are your top 3 issues and your position on those issues? How will you have an impact on each? (100 words)

Outline key points of your election strategy, including: fundraising, staff or volunteer recruitment, social media campaign, print (e.g. direct mail, yard signs), and telephone canvassing

Take the above strategies and add details and goal dates on a 6-month timeline (June - November); chart/define your intermediate success metrics.

Which social media platforms are you planning to engage: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Other?

What portion of your campaign budget do plan to spend on social media, and how?

Please provide the election math for your district for the last 2 elections, and the size of your persuadable universe (100 words)

Election math includes # of registered voters, # of active voters, and your win number

Provide 2 or 3 examples of how you have worked collaboratively in a difficult situation to bring people together. How will you work to hear other perspectives from people who think differently than you? (100 words)

If you are not currently, nor have been, elected to the legislature, then describe how you have participated in the political or advocacy process in the past (100 words)

Which candidate training program(s) did you attend? If you haven’t attended a training program will you attend one? What were your important “take-aways” from the program? (100 words)

What is your campaign budget? How much funding are you seeking from the UWP-PAC (and what percentage is that of your total campaign budget)? How do you plan to use the dollars? (100 words)