{"id":22929,"date":"2026-01-06T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/?p=22929"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:23:08","slug":"communications-for-candidates-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/communications-for-candidates-spring-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Communications for Candidates Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you running for a local office in 2026, or considering it? Do you expect to work on a local campaign? Are you just curious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Santa Clara County Democratic Party and these Clubs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Avalanche Democratic Club<br>Bay Area Hindu Democratic Coalition<br>Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley<br>Democratic 21st Century Club<br>Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)<br>Democratic Club of Sunnyvale<br>Peninsula Democratic Coalition<br>Silicon Valley Democratic Club<br>Silicon Valley Young Democrats<br>South Asian American Democratic Coalition of Silicon Valley<br>South County Democratic Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Invite you to attend a presentation on &#8220;Communications for Candidates&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCCDP Communications Director John Comiskey will cover the basics of formulating your message and getting it out to voters.&nbsp;The presentation will consist of basic communication skills for first time and novice candidates, campaign volunteers, and others. More experienced attendees are welcome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better candidates will run better campaigns, resulting in better office holders being elected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation will be given the third Thursday each month from February through April from 7 PM until 9 PM. Those dates are 2\/19, 3\/19, and 4\/16. The presentation is the same each time. You do not need to attend more than once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation will be given in person at the SCCDP headquarters at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/bkvZ5EayoJnauQcV8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2901 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 110, San Jose, CA 95128<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to attend, please, register by selecting <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9UQH2D1L97gsGxxG8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this button<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<span class='mb-center maxbutton-18-center'><span class='maxbutton-18-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-18 maxbutton maxbutton-smallblue\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Please, register at THIS LINK\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9UQH2D1L97gsGxxG8\"><span class='mb-text'>Register for Spring 2026 Sessions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions, email&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:communications@sccdp.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">communications@sccdp.org<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know of someone who is running for local office, please, feel free to forward this information to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9UQH2D1L97gsGxxG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sccdp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Communications-for-Candidates-Spring-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you running for a local office in 2026, or considering it? Do you expect to work on a local campaign? Are you just curious? The Santa Clara County Democratic Party and these Clubs: Avalanche Democratic ClubBay Area Hindu Democratic CoalitionDean Democratic Club of Silicon ValleyDemocratic 21st Century ClubDemocratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)Democratic Club &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/communications-for-candidates-spring-2026\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","nodate","item-wrap"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22929"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23202,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929\/revisions\/23202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}