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 Tom Lindenfeld's campaign experience comes from over 20 years of working in local, state and federal elections of all sizes and scales. In 1992, Lindenfeld served as the Director of National Coordinated Campaigns for the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the Clinton Presidential effort and other federal, state and local campaigns. Following the Clinton victory, Tom served the Democratic National Committee as the Director of Elections.
Before joining the Democratic National Committee, Tom served as Political Director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEC). In this capacity, he served as campaign advisor to Democratic gubernatorial, federal and state legislature candidates consulting on redistricting and providing campaign resource targeting, vote goal and voter behavior models.
In 1988, Lindenfeld managed Frank Pallone's first congressional campaign in what Campaigns and Elections Magazine cited as the best-run House race in the country. Following Pallone's victory, Tom became his Chief of Staff. Lindenfeld's political career was kicked off with 15 years of running campaigns in New Jersey at all levels of government.
Before creating LSG Strategies in 2000, Tom was a partner and Director of the Washington office of the Chicago based political media consulting firm of Axelrod and Associates. During those six years, he was instrumental in the election of candidates across the country, including Congressman Patrick Kennedy, New York State Comptroller Carl McCall, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, Houston Mayor Lee Brown, Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams and Philadelphia Mayor John Street.
An expert in developing targeting programs, voter contact and GOTV programs, his campaign and election skills include: political and grassroots organizing and training; electoral targeting, polling development, analysis and use; message development, strategic public relations; voter identification and persuasion activities; and electoral systems establishment and redistricting law and practice. Recognized as a leading expert in targeting, GOTV, message development and field activities Tom has extensive training experience nationwide. Through his experience in state and national redistricting efforts, fighting voter intimidation, ballot security and vote suppression, Lindenfeld has offered expert testimony in redistricting and election law cases.
Tom serves as the President of LSG Strategies, a grassroots organizing and political telemarketing firm based in Washington, DC.
Read more about Tom in "Inside Politics" and "Campaigns & Elections". 
 Michael Matthews most recently was the Political Director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for the 2002 election cycle. Prior to his tenure with the DCCC, Mr. Matthews served as Political Director to the 2000 Gore/Lieberman presidential campaign. From 1996 to 2001 he worked as the director of the AFL-CIO's National Labor Political Training Center (NLPTC). The NLPTC develops and implements political campaign skills training programs for affiliated international unions and their members.
Mr. Matthews has spent 20 years in campaign politics. In 1986 he managed former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy's first congressional campaign. In that historic election Mr. Espy became the first African American elected to Congress from Mississippi since Reconstruction. As the general consultant for Harvey Johnson Jr. in 1997, Matthews played a key part in another historical election when Mr. Johnson became Jackson, Mississippi's first African American mayor.
Mr. Matthews has served as a senior staff member on the presidential campaigns of senators Bob Kerrey, Paul Simon and governor Michael Dukakis. Matthews has been a consultant to numerous campaigns and organizations including: Mabus for Governor (MS), The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), Democratic National Committee, Hands Across America and the California Livable Wage Coalition.
Read more about Michael in "Ask the Campaign Doc".
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