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Running for Office Local dog-catcher, town alderman, president of the United States... how high do your political ambitions go? NPR's Neal Conan and guests discuss the whys and hows of running for office.

Running for Office

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Running for Office

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Local dog-catcher, town alderman, president of the United States... how high do your political ambitions go? NPR's Neal Conan and guests discuss the whys and hows of running for office.

Guests:

Robyn Driscoll, Democrat, Montana House of Representatives, Billings

Ron Faucheux, author of Running for Office: The Strategies, Techniques, and Messages Modern Political Candidates Need to Win Elections

Grant Barrett, editor of Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang