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      John Whitehurst

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      John has directed more than 200 political campaigns over the last 25 years. He has one of the best win records in California, guiding candidates and ballot measures to victory throughout the state.

      John has helped hospitals, schools, colleges and transportation systems secure billions of dollars in public finance measures at the ballot. He has managed successful independent expenditure campaigns for labor and business interests and led groundbreaking candidate campaigns.

      John has helped candidates win at every level of government, including Santa Clara Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, Supervisor Catherine Stefanie, former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., former State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, California Governor Jerry Brown and former State Senators Mark Leno and Noreen Evans. Prior to co-founding Whitehurst/Mosher, John started Whitehurst Campaigns and worked at Clinton Reilly Campaigns. His first professional political campaign was Gary Hart for President in 1984 where he learned to organize in Iowa, Pennsylvania and California.

      John holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from American University. John loves all things Italian — from traveling to Italy to enjoying Italian food and wine. Currently, he is learning how to play the guitar.

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        State Senator Josh Becker Independent Expenditure

        Public policy innovator Josh Becker faced the challenges of any political newcomer in his race for the highly sought-after Senate District 13 seat — low name ID and the need to effectively communicate with every voter in the District prior to Election Day to earn their vote. We ran an effective direct mail campaign on behalf of an independent expenditure committee that highlighted Josh’s extensive experience and the Democratic values he shared with the voters in his district.

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        Direct Mail

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        Committee for Positive Social Change Supporting Josh Becker for Senate 2020

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        2020

        High impact mail that connects key messages with targeted voters

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        Early polling showed that there was no clear front-runner for the March Primary Election, giving us an opportunity to drastically change the course of this race. It also showed that Becker’s message resonated with high propensity Democratic voters, but they knew very little about him. With a limited amount of time until Election Day, our team successfully executed a direct mail program to likely Democratic voters that highlighted Becker’s long list of experience and endorsers, introducing him as the candidate most widely supported by leading officials, the candidate with a plan to tackle the District’s top issue of housing and affordability, the environmentally-conscious candidate and the best candidate to serve Senate District 13. These visually appealing and highly-effective creative pieces helped Becker reach a final vote of 23.8% in the March Primary, a near 18 point increase from polling conducted only two months prior. Becker then went on to win his runoff against a Republican opponent in the November General Election, where he won the seat with 75% of the final vote.

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