Political T-Shirts

I was going through my dresser yesterday in attempts to consolidate and get rid of clothes I don't wear anymore. In the process, I came across way too many t-shirts that I have accumulated over the years.  They all brought back some crazy memories of past elections. 

Here is a nostalgic look of what I've been addicted to since 2002 in T-Shirt Memories: 

SURE 2002 

First UCLA election I ever participated in.  This was our "dream team" when David Dahle won by less than 50 votes. 

SURE 2003

Adam ran for President this year.  We became better friends as a result.

Doug Ludlow for President 

Just when I thought I was completely jaded and over UCLA politics, Doug infused some much needed optimism.  I also met Kristina on that race.  We are still friends. 

Greg Hill for State Assembly

Summer 2004 was consumed by this race. I lived and breathed politics and absolutely loved every moment of it.  This is when I met my future boss, Matt and one of my favorite quirky people, Mike. 

Dave Heineman for Governor

I actually went to Nebraska for 2 weeks to campaign for the sitting appointed Governor who was campaigning against Tom Osborne, a former football coach and a legend in Nebraska.  We won by 4 points and it was a great come from behind victory. 

Lingle/Aiona for Governor

Linda Lingle is a Republican Governor of Hawaii.  She is an amazing, strong, thoughtful woman. It was exciting to work on her race and watch an organized strategy be executed well.  I also got to know the Aloha state and some great people there who I still stay in touch with.

George Allen for US Senate

I had absolutely nothing to do with this race. My friend Ilya deployed there as part of the legal team in 2006 and shipped me this tshirt afterwards.

Keoki W for President 

My boss worked for the RNC before he was my boss and had a bunch of Hawaii Bush tshirts left over after the 2004 race so he gave me one. I love that it says Keoki on it. 

Community College Yes

After my brief fundraising stunt, I came back to political work in 2007 and worked on funding a community college in Idaho.  This was a measure supported by a Republican Governor and the Democrat leaders. 

California for John McCain

I ran the grassroots race for JSM in California during the primary and ended up being a delegate for John McCain.  This was the most unbelievable political experience and the largest rollercoaster of my political career.  I wouldn't trade it for the world, but it was this race that made me decide to apply to business school and exit the political scene. 

Steve Litzow for State Assembly

I poured my heart and soul into this race in 2008 and lost by less than 700 votes.  I trained a great campaign manager and wrote a lot about this race in my business school applications. 

Mike Erickson for Congress

This was a tough race in OR-5. We won a bruising primary and lost in the general.

ONE Campaign

We did some work for the One Campaign with Western delegations attending the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. 

Comments

[Irene]

you've worked on a lot of campaigns. wow.