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Spring 2007 How to Win an Election with Ed Sullivan.  

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Spring 2007

How to Win an Election with Ed Sullivan.

Retired Assemblymen Ed Sullivan is interviewed for half an hour. He speaks about his wide and varied experiences running for office in New York City. He covers in detail all the basic facts you will need to know to run for office.

  • The most important thing you have to know before you run.
  • Important points for evaluating your chances and improving them,
  • How to build a winning team for your campaign.
  • Important steps you will want to know before you run for office.
  • How to raise money for your campaign.
  • The last 24 hours on election day and the best way to use your time.

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How to Win an Election with Ed Sullivan mp3 file.
 

Autobiographical note

About Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan served in the New York State Assembly from 1976 until 2002. He represented a section of Manhattan's Upper West Side plus a large part of Harlem. While in the Legislature, Mr. Sullivan served for 10 years as Chair of the Sub-committee on Libraries, then for 16 years as Chair of the Committee on Higher Education. As Libraries Chair, he was able to increase State aid to libraries by 250% and established libraries as a priority for legislators. As Higher Education Chair, he protected public universities from the assaults of two governors, restoring proposed budget cuts, keeping tuition low and developing “opportunity programs" that assist at-risk youngsters in entering and finishing college.

Previous to his service in the State Assembly, Ed Sullivan taught English as a Second Language for fifteen years, in Europe and New York. Since his retirement he has written a political column and taught courses in political science at City University of New York.

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