Creating Meaningful Connections with Voters with Massachusetts Lt. Governor Candidate Kate Campanale

Kate Campanale is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 17th Worcester District. She is the first female representative elected to the district and was appointed to the House Committee of Ways and Means, where she focused on the first-in-the-nation bill to establish a program that incentivizes employers and employees to share and reduce the burden of student loan debt. She also sponsored public safety initiatives to help protect women against domestic violence. On March...

Kate joins me today to share her inspiration for running for office and why she decided to run for a State Representative seat. We discuss how her parents instilled the value of community involvement and the importance of paying attention to current events and how these values impacted her political involvement. We discuss why it’s important for Republican candidates running for an elected office to create meaningful, personal connections with the voters in their community. We discuss how creating th...

“It’s about reaching the voters. Getting them to know YOU.”

— Kate Campanale

This week on Political Contessa:

• Kate’s inspiration for running for office and why she ran for State Representative
• How Kate’s upbringing impacted her political involvement
• The importance of making personal connections with the voters
• Helping voters remove ‘party politics’ from the voting process and voting decisions
• Why Kate decided to run for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts
• How current events have encouraged more women to get involved in politics
• How the pandemic has exacerbated various issues across the U.S.
• The issues voters are most concerned about today
• The top 3 issues Kate and Chris are focusing on, on the campaign trail
• Kate’s advice to other women wanting to run for office

Connect with Kate Campanale:

• Kate Campanale for Lieutenant Governor Website
• Kate Campanale for Lieutenant Governor on Facebook
• Kate Campanale for Lieutenant Governor on Twitter

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