We helped the labor movement turn out Ohio working families for Issue 3 to bring casinos—and 34,000 good jobs—to Ohio. Campaign Manager Tom Whatman engineered one of the biggest upsets of the year, winning a race that came after four defeats for Ohio gaming initiatives. Research-driven interactive GOTV calls boosted turnout in union households high above the rest of the electorate.
We helped stop an anti-immigrant ballot initiative that would have forced police to impose extreme penalties on anyone they pulled over without a license. Working with ACORN, SEIU, We Are America and others to oppose it, Winning Connections ran live GOTV calls, and used WinDialer, our innovative predictive dialer system for volunteer and staff calls. WinDialer helped the No on 300 Campaign efficiently reach thousands of people.
We are currently beta testing WinDialer, if you are interested in testing the system, please contact Ari Appel at aa@winningconnections.com.
Winning Connections worked with the DCCC to turn out voters in this hotly contested special election. The DCCC and the Bill Owens campaign painted the 23rd District Blue for the first time in generations.
Our English and Spanish language GOTV programs helped Mayor Bloomberg buck a national anti-incumbent trend. Our live calls helped deliver the Mayor’s message and mobilize supporters in diverse communities all over the Big Apple.
Over the summer, with the national Mayors Against Illegal Guns campaign, we took on the NRA and won. We developed a strategy to mobilize constituents in key states to contact their Senators and urge them to kill the Thune amendment, which sought to undermine state and local gun control laws all over the country.
Damara Catlett has joined Winning Connections as a research associate. She is a native of Philadelphia and graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a B.A. in History and Africana Studies. Damara served as a canvassing supervisor for Obama for America in Pennsylvania, an interviewer for the Floyd Institute of Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College, and interned with State Representative Dwight Evans. Damara also developed extensive grassroots experience as a regional director for Better World Books in Philadelphia.