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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

ENDORSEMENT SECURED. Sophomore Carys Hsiung attended the Senate District 64 convention, held at Highland High School, in which Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL-64B) won the House DFL endorsement. Hsiung is working on Pinto’s re-election campaign this summer, in which he is running unopposed. Photo submitted by Carys Hsiung.

Hsiung and Karmaliani get involved with political campaigns this summer

Sonia Kharbanda, The Rubicon June 1, 2024
Fueled by curiosity, Carys Hsiung will be interning with Rep. Dave Pinto this summer, while Cerena Karmaliani will be working on a bill to improve support systems in early childhood education.
BIG HENRY. Juniors Orion Kim and Henry Hilton took stage in an unusual manner. Hilton, who was in D.C. for a semester away program, wasn’t able to make an in-person appearance. Instead, two volunteers walked on stage with large cardboard cutouts.

Candidates find creative ways to reach voters during elections

Eliza Farley, The Rubicon May 10, 2023
Social media campaigns and cardboard cutouts brought a unique spin to the election season.
CAMPAIGN CALAMITY. During election season, political campaigning runs rampant as candidates work to garner interest for their causes. Lawn signs with colorful logos are not an uncommon sighting.

What goes into a political campaign?

Maddy Fisher, Editor in Chief November 8, 2022
On election day, let's take a look back at what it takes to set up a campaign.
Sophomores Ruby and Mimi showing their campaign poster in the hallways. "We decided to use instagram because we knew we could reach more people, such as incoming 8th graders who we might not know, the community and friends outside of SPA really rallied around us to support our campaign" said Huelster.

Campaigning officers use social media to grab voters attention

Zekiah Juliusson, RubicOnline May 10, 2021
Elections take place today after speeches, but a number of candidates have already been talking directly to voters through social media.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) embraces supporters at her reelection campaign kickoff event before taking the stage Jan. 23.

Omar talks foreign policy and historic first term

Nikolas Liepins, Contributor January 26, 2020
After being catapulted into the spotlight as the first Somali-American elected to Congress in 2018, Omar launched her reelection campaign Jan. 23.
CHEER ON BERNIE. Sanders engages with the crowd as they shout chants and encouragements and raise signs printed with his name to show their support. His voice and words do not quit the crown instead it makes them raise their signs higher.

BEHIND THE LENS: Liepins captures Sanders rally

Nikolas Liepins, Contributor November 14, 2019
Passionate chants of “Not me. Us.” — a Bernie Sanders campaign slogan — burst from the sea of Sanders supporters in Williams Arena (The Barn) on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus.
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