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5. Design a Winning School Board Campaign

Season 1, Ep. 5

In this episode of Learn Right, Ron Nehring walks through how to design a winning school board campaign. He presents some points to consider when running such as political climate and hot button issues. Ron also describes what is important in building out your campaign theme and strategy, as well as assembling your pathway to victory, key functions of successful campaigns, and how to avoid common mistakes in your campaign.


Many school boards around the country are captured by the left. This includes large urban districts where leftists are expected to control local politics, as well as more suburban areas where the “non-partisan” nature of school board elections lead many conservative voters to cast ballots for leftist candidates


The Leadership Institute has put together a comprehensive online, on-demand course to reach as many potential conservative school board candidates as possible this year and next. If you are interested, you will receive more than 20 hours of the best LI training on topics like how to create a compelling message, how to rally voters, how to handle the media, and much more for a winning campaign. To learn more about how you can run for your local school board click here. Learn Right is a production of the Leadership Institute (LI).

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