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Tell your friends to vote! Polls are open until 7:30 PM

11/02/10 by Campaign HQ

Friend,

The sun won't be up for a couple hours, but our office is already buzzing.

We're about to kick off an ambitious Election Day get-out-the-vote operation. And if you have two minutes, you can help.

As soon as you get this, I need you to text message ten of your friends for Ted - and make sure they're voting today.

If you don't text, call your friends instead. If they don't pick up their phone, forward them this e-mail. If they don't check their e-mail, walk over to their house and knock on their door.

It doesn't matter how you do it. Just make sure you contact ten for Ted.

And make sure that they know: today is Election Day. We're expecting high turnout and a very tight race - and their vote can make the difference.

Polls open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM, all across the state. If you (or your friends) don't know where to vote, you can find your polling location at FightForOhio.com/Vote.

Have a great Election Day!

Aaron Pickrell
Campaign Manager
Strickland for Governor

P.S. When you talk to your friends, make sure to ask them when they plan to vote. Research has shown that asking someone to tell you when they're going to vote actually makes them more likely to vote at all.

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ELECTION DAY: Tell your friends to vote today.

11/02/10 by Campaign HQ

We're expecting high turnout, and it's going to be a extraordinarily close election. Your vote - and your friends' votes - can and will make a huge difference. Right now, we need you to remind ten of your friends that it's Election Day - and tell them to vote for Ted.

Five ways to tell ten of your friends to vote for Ted:

1) Text message your friends.

2) Call your friends.

3) Knock on your friends' doors.

4) E-mail your friends.

5) Post on your friends' Facebook walls.

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Ted’s Schedule: Monday, Nov. 1

11/01/10 by Campaign HQ

Governor Ted Strickland's schedule for Monday:

11:15 – 11:45 am
Parma Canvass Kickoff
5580 Ridge Rd., Parma, OH 44129

12:30 – 1:15 pm
Canvass Kickoff
Laborers Hall
2089 North Ridge Rd. East, Lorain, OH

2:30 – 3:15 pm
Canvass Kickoff
501 Kelly Ave., Akron, OH

Frances Strickland's, Crystal Boyce's, and Sen. Sherrod Brown's schedule for Monday:

11:10 – 11:40 am
Phone Bank & Canvass Kickoff
438 Grant St. Akron OH 44311

12:00 – 12:30 pm
Phone Bank
184 Currie Hall Parkway, Kent OH 44240

1:30 – 2:00 pm
Phone bank
222 East Market St. Warren OH 44481

2:30 – 3:30 pm
Phone Bank
3321 Mahoning Ave. Youngstown OH 44509

4:15 – 4:45 pm
Phone Bank
124 E Lincoln Way, Lisbon OH 44432

5:45 – 6:30 pm
Phone Bank
600 12th St NW, Canton OH 44703

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Join us for a major rally this weekend

10/29/10 by Campaign HQ

This weekend, President Clinton, President Obama and Vice President Biden will be coming to Ohio to rally supporters - and Ted and Yvette will join them on the campaign trail. Find an event near you on the schedule below.

Rally with President Clinton in Boardman

Saturday, 9:30 AM

Mr. Anthony's, 7434 South Avenue, Boardman

Note: This rally has already been filled to capacity.

Rally with President Clinton in Canton

Saturday, 12:00 PM

Tozzi's on 12th, 4210 12th St NW, Canton, OH 44708

Click here to RSVP for this event.

Rally with President Clinton in Columbus

Saturday, 3:45 PM

Teamsters Local 413, 555 East Rich St. Columbus, Ohio 43215

Click here to RSVP for this event.

Moving America Forward rally with President Obama and Vice President Biden in Cleveland

Sunday, 1 PM - doors open at noon

The Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University

Click here to RSVP for this event.

Rally with Vice President Biden in Toledo

Sunday, 5:30 PM - doors open at 4 PM

UAW Local 12, 2300 Ashland Ave, Toledo, OH 43620

Click here to RSVP for this event.

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Memo: State of the Race

10/29/10 by Campaign HQ

Memorandum Re: OH Gov Race

To: Interested Parties

Fr: Aaron Pickrell, Campaign Manager, Strickland for Governor

RE: State of the Race

Date: October 29, 2010

Heading into the final weekend of the Ohio gubernatorial campaign, Ted Strickland is STRONGLY positioned to be re-elected. Our internal polling has held steady for the last few weeks and at the end of this week, Ted holds a 4 point lead (46-42) over Congressman Kasich in a 2-way race and a 5 point lead (43-38) over Congressman Kasich in a 4-way race.

We attribute this lead to a few factors:

An increasing recognition that Ted's investment in new industries and education are beginning to work for Ohio and a rising distrust of Congressman Kasich resulting in his unfavorable ratings now matching his favorable ratings.
A reenergized Democratic electorate that is rejecting going back to Wall Street values.
A large and robust coordinated campaign, spearheaded by the Ohio Democratic Party.

Additionally, with our superior GOTV operation and early vote efforts, we are going into Election Day in a very strong position:

Democrats continue to vote early in larger numbers than Republicans.

More Democrats than Republicans have requested ballots. [Columbus Dispatch, 10/25/10]

More Democrats than Republicans have returned ballots. [Columbus Dispatch, 10/25/10]

More Democrats than Republicans have voted early in person.

By our tabulations, five times more infrequent voting Democrats - whose turnout is key to our victory - have voted early than have infrequent voting Republicans.

By an 11-point margin, more Democrats than Republicans are voting early.

To date, slightly over 900,000 Ohio voters have requested mail in ballots. Democrats lead in these requests 41 to 30 percent.

So far, of the ballots cast either in person or by mail, Democrats lead 44 to 33 percent.

Republicans concede that they are behind in Early Vote returns. [Wall Street Journal, 10/21/10]

We continue to add capacity to our superior ground game that will carry us to victory next Tuesday.

The Ohio Democratic Coordinated Campaign has been called the strongest in the country. [Chuck Todd, MSNBC, 10/22/10; E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 10/21/10]