Andrew Richards Email & Phone Number

Responsible for all fundraising, budget management, campaign finance compliance for MeckDems, additionally responsible for oversight of the organizing program. Led a team of up to 20 staff and full-time Fellows to perform organizing and fundraising work. Wrote and managed a multi-million dollar organizational budget.

Developed a comprehensive fundraising plan, targeting a $2.5m+ raise, including robust call time, event, digital, and recurring components. So far this cycle, MeckDems has raised $2.75m, roughly 30 times what the party raised in the previous cycle. Implemented a significant major donors program, resulting in 130+ donations above $5,000 and 45+ above.

Responsible for field research on candidates across 4 targeted Upstate New York congressional districts. Identified and recorded events, monitored social and news media, and prepared about 500 research memos for analysts, comms staff, and others. Served as an expert on all covered races and candidates to assist book writing teams and recommend messaging.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Selected campaign manager and provided support and advice to political novice candidate and campaign manager on strategy and systems. Designed the fundraising program, including call time and event components, which raised $27,000, about 30% more than the next-highest campaigns, primarily from small dollar donations and exclusively from donations smaller.

Organized assigned counties to have the most contact attempts per capita in the program. Recruited ~700 canvassing shifts, managed leadership at 3 staging locations to run canvasses which ultimately knocked 30,000 doors, touching over 26% of registered voters in my turf and shifting the largest county in my turf 4 points bluer compared to the 2020 Senate.

Worked as a campaign organizer, including organizing and running canvassing operations, training volunteer canvassers, cutting turf, coordinating phonebanks, and data entry.