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Endorsed Candidate Questionnaire

  • This form is for recently endorsed candidates only. If you are seeing this error message, please contact your Regional Director via email or write us at hello@runforsomething.net to get the correct link to use to compete this questionnaire.

    Your endorsement will not be finalized until you complete this form.
  • Congrats on your endorsement! This form helps us get you on the road to RFS support through 1-on-1 coaching with Regional Directors, online amplification, and connections with an RFS Alumni Advisor. Any additional photos, videos, and quotes about RFS may be used in future external material.
  • Please note that your name, bio, and social media links will all go on the RFS Candidate Directory and press releases exactly as you write them here. Please double check your form!
  • Please limit your response to 250 words.

    This should be similar to your stump speech explaining why you are running and what your top issues are.

    Please keep your bio to two paragraphs and write in the 3rd person (Barack is running for Illinois State Senate because he cares about South Side residents having access to healthcare and clean drinking water).

    Visit the RFS candidate directory for examples:
    https://runforsomething.net/candidates/

  • If you do not have a campaign website, please leave blank.
  • If you do not want to promote a campaign Twitter account, please leave blank.
  • If you do not want to promote a campaign Facebook account, please leave blank.
  • If you do not want to promote a campaign Instagram account, please leave blank.
  • If you do not want to promote a campaign ActBlue donation page, please leave blank.
  • If you have other platforms, please list the URLs below. If not, please leave blank.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, Max. file size: 50 MB.

    Please include 1 bio photo (1080x1080) that we will use for your endorsement graphic and the candidate directory.

    (jpg, jpeg, gif, png files only - maximum filesize <50MB)

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    OPTIONAL: Share a 15-30 second video about why you are excited about the Run for Something endorsement and your campaign. Include your name, city and state, and office you are running for.

    Need tips on selfie videos? Check out this doc: http://bit.ly/rfsvideoguide

  • Alumni Advisors are RFS candidates from prior cycles that are matched with newly endorsed RFS candidates to help answer your questions and support you as a candidate -- running for office can feel lonely! Advisors are matched with candidates based on shared perspectives or commonalities between their campaign and yours, and are available for ongoing check-ins (roughly every 3-4 weeks) for the duration of the campaign to provide support and perspective from someone who has also recently been a first-time candidate.

    At this time, we cannot guarantee capacity to match every endorsed candidate with an Alumni Advisor. However, if interested please indicate which of the categories below you would be most interested in connecting on with an Alumni Advisor. We will do our best to find an available advisor that aligns with one or more of the categories you indicate. If a match is available, we will introduce you to your Advisor via email.

    Select all that apply
    (Hold Ctrl to select multiple options)

  • If you requested an alumni advisor above, feel free to share any additional details or context regarding what kind of match you're looking for. We'll do our best to accommodate.

  • Do you have access to the voter file through one of these tools?
  • RFS can help direct volunteers interested in helping your campaign to a website or email address. Which would you prefer to use as your primary call to action?

    Select an option and then enter the address below.

  • Enter the URL you would like RFS to use to send direct volunteers interested in helping your campaign (campaign website, email, Mobilize, or others are welcome)?
  • Enter the EMAIL ADDRESS you would like RFS to use to send direct volunteers interested in helping your campaign (campaign website, email, Mobilize, or others are welcome)?
  • Make your pitch, in 100 words or less, on why someone should support your campaign. What makes you different from your opponents and what do you bring to the table that no one else can? Are you a "first"?
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