PPB May 2018

Po l i t i ca l Campa i gns Getting InOn The Ground Floor Want to know more about the candidates in your neighborhood and beyond? Check out these sites for election information and guidelines. • Federal Election Commission www.fec.gov • VoteSmart — http://votesmart.org • League of Women Voters — www.lwv.org • U.S. Vote Foundation www.usvotefoundation.org It Keeps You Running 2018 is an election year for local, state and federal government positions. As of March 19, the majority of candidates filing or declaring congressional runs are Democrats (1,249). Republican candidate numbers were at 966, while 228 third-party candidates had filed or declared by that time. In the U.S. Senate, 23 Democratic seats, eight Republican seats and two seats held by independents are up for election. All 435 U.S. House seats are up for election this year. The Republican Party holds the majority of seats, at 238, so Democrats will need to win back 24 seats to win the chamber. At the state level, 87 of the 99 legislative chambers are holding general elections this year to fill 6,066 seats— approximately 82 percent of the total number of state seats. Currently, the majority of state chambers are held by Republicans. At the local level, nearly all states are holding municipal elections in 2018. Seats for city government, law enforcement, school boards and officers of the court are among those on November ballots. Source: Ballotpedia Market Snapshot Clients can pen their victory speeches in a memo book with full-color cover . Customize the cover with voter information or a candidate’s photo. Tru Art Advertising Calendars / PPAI 113720 www.truart.com Celebrate the greatness of the United States all year round with a Celebrate America spiral calendar featuring high-quality patriotic imagery on gloss paper stock. The U.S.-made calendar has a UV-coated cover that can be customized with a one-color, one-location imprint. BIC Graphic USA / PPAI 114187 www.bicgraphic.com Get the message out on full-color plastic hang tags with glossy lamination on both sides. Add custom options such as barcoding, consecutive numbering and a second-side imprint for memorable leave-behinds. Beacon Promotions, Inc. / PPAI PPAI 113702 www.beaconpromotions.com Outfit staff and volunteers in U.S.-made men’s and ladies’ oxford dress shirts . The men’s shirt features a button-down collar and the ladies’ version has a spread collar. Customization options include short sleeves, 3/4 sleeves, and buttons or collars in different colors. Shirt color options are white, light blue, light blue stripe, French blue, gray and black. Men’s shirts are available in sizes S-4XL, while ladies’ shirts come in sizes S-3XL. AKWA Apparel / PPAI 205981 / www.akwa.com 26 | MAY 2018 | GROW