Bruce Roemmelt Launches Ambitious Door-to-Door Campaign

Building on their great fundraising success in the first quarter, Bruce Roemmelt's campaign for House of Delegates in the 13th district sets another ambitious goal which reveals Bruce's grassroots focus - to knock on 20,000 doors throughout the campaign.  Campaign manager James Walkinshaw says:

"Our campaign will focus on direct contact with the citizens of this
district.  Unfortunately, our opponent has done very little to reach out to
the working men and women of the 13th... Bruce has pledged to be a 'people's Delegate' and will make accessibility and responsiveness the hallmarks of his service."

Bruce has already demonstrated his focus on direct outreach to voters of the 13th district and around Virginia with the campaign's great Web site.  Bruce's background in educational technology is apparent in his Web strategy, which features opportunities for voters to get involved with the campaign as well as see and hear from Bruce "in person" through audio and video outreach as well as Bruce's personal "campaign diary" on the campaign blog. 

For me, it's fondly reminiscent of the Dean campaign's mantra of "mousepads, shoeleather, and hope".  The Roemmelt campaign has built a structure for mousepads, and now they're breaking out the shoeleather.  And knowing Bruce, his experience, his work ethic, his focus on the needs of the people and families of his district, his values, and his great personality, I can say that I have hope, too.

If you live in the 13th district (including parts of Manassas, Prince William, and Loudoun counties) and want to get involved, visit http://www.bruce2005.org. If you live too far from the district to help out with shoeleather, your mousepads and hope are always welcome.  You could always jump on over to his blog and send him some encouragement.

On a side note: want to help Bruce or another candidate like him?  If you're interested in getting more involved with a House campaign in your area of Virginia or simply want to learn how to be a more effective campaign volunteer or campaign leader, please join Democracy for Virginia for our campaign training weekend in Charlottesville on April 30 - May 1.

Read below the jump for the full press release from the Roemmelt campaign.

Roemmelt campaign release:

For Immediate Release
Wednesday April 20, 2005

Contact: Christian Grantham
866-294-0463

Bruce Roemmelt launches ambitious door-to-door campaign in the 13th District House of Delegate candidate to knock on 20,000 doors over the course of campaign

(Haymarket, VA) - House of Delegates candidate for the 13th District, Bruce
Roemmelt, announced today the start of an aggressive door-to-door campaign to meet the voters and talk about the issues that matter most to them. Over the course of the campaign, Roemmelt has pledged to knock on 20,000 doors throughout the district.

"I'm going to take this campaign directly to the people who matter most --
the citizens.  I want to hear the cares and concerns of the people of the
13th district," said Roemmelt.

The aggressive door-to-door effort coincides with Roemmelt's "20,000 Doors" campaign online at www.Bruce2005.org. Every dollar opens a door in the campaign's effort to match a visited home with each dollar given by
supporters online.

"Our campaign will focus on direct contact with the citizens of this
district.  Unfortunately, our opponent has done very little to reach out to
the working men and women of the 13th," said Campaign Manager James
Walkinshaw. "Bruce has pledged to be a 'people's Delegate' and will make
accessibility and responsiveness the hallmarks of his service."

In the past week, the Roemmelt campaign has had a string of notable
successes. The campaign turned in nearly 400 signatures, substantially more
than the 125 required by the State Board of Elections. Roemmelt is running
unopposed in the primary. In addition, Roemmelt raised over $32,000 during
the most recent filing period, significantly more than his opponent.  The
campaign also launched a full service website that includes a blog, audio,
video and an "Action Center" to keep in contact with the voters of the 13th
District.

Comments

[paul]

That's good to hear.

[Shayna Englin]

Go, Bruce, Go! It's awesome to see campaigns dedicated to an honest-to-goodness grassroots effort. Talking to voters at their doors is definitely the hard way, but it's the only way to build ensuring connections. Can't wait until after June 14th when we can be helpful. I see a canvass van rental in our future...

[sarah john]

Bruce is the Best!! I'm really excited about this campaign and candidate, even more so givent that the opponent is among the worst of the incumbent Republicans. Bruce will do an amazing job of campaigning (already is...) and will be an amazing representative for the District. I urge every blog reader to contribute both dollars and hours to helping this awesome candidate who really rose from the grassroots and is doing it door by door. When the LG primary is over, I hope that the LB campaign can share the doors with the Roemmelt campaign!

[Shaula Evans]

It is definitely a pleasure to watch all the things that the Roemmelt campaign is doing *right.*

I'm just getting more and more excited about our prospects in November.