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>> So, I'm the field organizer
with the Tom Wolf campaign.

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And what that means is I really work on
the ground level with Tom Wolfe's efforts

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to win election in Pennsylvania here in the
City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

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More specifically, my role entails a lot of
outreach to the various community groups,

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the democratic committee, as well
as a lot of volunteer recruitment.

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The basic premise of our job and what we
try to do as a field staff in Pittsburgh is

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to boost turn out making sure that we're getting
in touch with as many voters as possible,

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making sure that people know where their
polling location is, and then come election day,

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turning out all of those supporters to vote.

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A busy day is one where we have multiple
volunteers coming into the office.

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They're coming into the morning shift to make
sure that we're reaching out to as many folks

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as possible during that time of day.

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But, it also means that a lot of emails
are coming in, establishing our precincts

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and targets for the coming weekend and making
sure that we have all the materials coming

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up for a weekend of door
knocking and day of action

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that we might have with the
coordinating candidate.

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So, it means coordinating with
the people coming into the office,

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making sure that the volunteers feel welcome
and are being set up on their tasks for the day,

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but also, making sure that I'm keeping in touch
with the people that I'm going to be working

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with for the coming weekend and making sure

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that any upcoming events are
handled and kept on top of.

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It changes in every election cycle.

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Obviously, come election day, there's a
new set of priorities, there's new targets,

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and, often times, there's a new boss.

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I was very fortunate that I was brought onto
this campaign immediately when I graduated

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in April which meant that I served throughout
the rest of the primary election cycle

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with the Tom Wolfe campaign and I'm
now on the general election cycle.

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So, in that case, I've been with a campaign
through multiple elections first the primary

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and I'll continue with them through the general.

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But, for folks that want to pursue campaigning

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as a full time career beyond
just one cycle it means

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that you might be working with a new candidate.

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But, a lot of times you'll
be working with people

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who you know before from previous campaigns.

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For example, in this case, it's a new
candidate that we're working for, Tom Wolfe.

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But, many of the staff members on the
campaign with me are folks that I've worked

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with on previous campaigns on the local level.