Michigan Conservatives Fight Back for change

Michigan Conservatives Fight Back for Change

Steven Ostrow

Steven Ostrow, Vice President of Arena, manages campaign clientele across the country—specializing in places where the coastal elites have forgotten. He is a seasoned campaign operative with a deep understanding of the national political landscape, having recently worked for the Republican National Committee as the Great Lakes Regional Political Director and as Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party.

When Michigan conservatives found themselves on the ropes this legislative session, Arena helped the Michigan Freedom Fund fight back.

For the first time since 1984, Michigan Democrats control the Governor’s office and both chambers of the legislature. With total control of Lansing, Democrats are free to push their radical agenda with virtually no restrictions––this is a problem!

Consequently, Michigan Freedom Fund came to Arena with the goal of running a targeted campaign to increase public awareness on the legislature’s agenda and get concerned citizens to hold their legislators accountable for their votes.

Michigan Freedom Fund came to Arena with the following goals:

Increase public awareness on legislative action in specific districts.
Hold legislators accountable and engage with constituents to apply pressure.
Generate leads for future campaigns.

Our Strategy: Messaging for this campaign stayed current to the legislative session, with Arena updating ad creative depending on what the state legislature was taking up at the time. For example, as the repeal of Right to Work was taken up, voters were shown ads educating them on the topic and encouraging them to take action.

Michigan Conservatives Fight political ad

Throughout the months-long campaign, our plan used the following tactics:

We adjusted creative and targeting to ensure the right voters were shown the right ads. To accomplish this, we worked with our data partners to use a series of first party, third party, and look-a-like audiences.
The campaign was also targeted geographically to selected districts where the votes legislators took were thought to be against the values and wishes of their constituents.

The Outcome: Over three months, the campaign made millions of impressions and garnered tens of thousands of clicks, resulting in hundreds of emails being sent to legislators that can now also be used to engage in future campaigns to influence change in Michigan.

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