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I ran for a seat on the my local school board directly out of college that turned into a short lived "career" in politics where I was advisor to the Governor, I was appointed local civil representative and ran political campaigns for other local politicians. I became the go to "guy/kid" because I had the ear of the mayor (future Governor) and could solve problems.
I got to meet a lot of high level politicians in those 3 years, including Bill & Hilary and numerous US Senators and members of the House of Representatives.
Nothing beats door to door canvasing and shaking hands. Meeting people in person, talking to them about the issues they care about and what matters most to them.
Take two people with you whenever you go. They should take notes about the person, their address and anything particular, ie., sick cat, kid just won the swim meet, the vintage car in their driveway. Later have someone from your office type up a personal letter discussing these and hand sign it with a request for their vote.
All politics are local. Flyers and door hangers are good but nothing beats meeting people and letting them get to know the real you.
Go anywhere and everywhere you can to meet voters. Days are long and tiring and you will shake a lot of hands and take a lot of photos, and you will probably lose your first election, but stick with it. And once you win, you are in the driver seat from there on out. Its hard to lose as an incumbent.
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