'How to Be a Candidate and Run a Campaign' Presentation May 1
Thursday April 27, 2017
![Ballot box](https://webapps.salisbury.edu/newsevents/files/image/2017/ballot-box-pic-WkBCh8-clipart.jpg)
The event provides information for SU students and others considering running for elected office. Topics include candidacy filing, general campaign strategy, campaign messaging and lessons learned from running campaigns. A question-and-answer session follows.
Speakers include Len Foxwell, chief of staff for the Maryland Comptroller’s Office; Salisbury Mayor Jake Day; Dr. Harry Basehart, Wicomico County Democratic Central Committee treasurer and co-founder of SU’s Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement; Alice Wilkerson, Public Policy Partners government relations associate; Dr. Adam Hoffman, chair of the SU Political Science Department; and Ellie Brookbank, president of the SU College Democrats.
Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.