Posts Tagged ‘election campaign’
Alex Knox, the name behind Tom Butt’s winning campaign for mayor
Alex Knox, 26, is wearing a blue shirt, grey suit and smiling into his ice water. His mouth becomes a cartoon shape when he smiles, a bright crescent. It is a week after the election, and Knox looks relaxed – very different from when we first met on the eve of the election.
Read MoreRichmond residents say goodbye to soda at Measure N campaign event
A frozen bottle of Coca Cola rolled, fizzed and melted as it lay cold in a miniature casket mounted on a table at the corner of Richmond’s Macdonald Avenue and 37th Street.
Read MoreCandidates turn to social media as election nears
With a month left to the November 6 election, City Council candidates are turning to video and social media to engage voters and gather voter feedback. Candidates Nat Bates and Mike Wassberg last week released a campaign video attacking the Richmond Progressive Alliance for its support of the city’s plans to build bicycle paths…
Read MoreRichmond music video in support of Obama goes viral
A music video recorded by a coalition of Richmond-based artists, featuring an inmate and a parolee in support of President Barack Obama’s campaign for reelection, has gone viral on YouTube, attracting more than 80,000 views with at least 60,000 people having watched it in the past week. The song, titled “Change,” features the vocals of…
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