By Bella DiRussa
Lawrence Bialek, a sophomore planning to major in Business, Economics,
In 2018, Bialek managed a Congressional campaign for Dan DeBono, a former Navy Seal running for New York’s Third Congressional District of approximately 700,000 people.
Prior to his management of DeBono’s Congressional race, Bialek had worked on a County Executive race for Nassau County on Long Island, New York. Coming off the excitement of the campaign trail, Bialek was interested in finding another opportunity that is similar in order to further his political experience.
After receiving a general mail notice of DeBono’s candidacy, Bialek conducted a quick Google Search to investigate the Candidate’s platform and credentials. After an unsuccessful search attempt Bialek found a singular video and an unimpressive website. This lead him to believe that the Candidate was not properly communicating his platform.
In December of 2017, Bialek reached out to DeBono, and received no response. However, after a follow-up email in January, DeBono responded to Bialek and they established that Bialek would contribute to the campaign as a volunteer, with the title of Campaign Analyst.
Bialek then describes how he worked his way up from Campaign Analyst to Campaign Strategist to Director of Campaign Operations, from where he was finally promoted to Campaign Manager. After being promoted from Campaign Strategist, Bialek was no longer considered a volunteer and he was compensated financially.
The increase in involvement is evident in Bialek’s description of the transition of his responsibilities as a volunteer to the position of Campaign Manager. He worked with an outside consulting firm to increase candidate name recognition, mobilize votes on primary day, and brainstormed how they could encourage voters to participate in the general election. Bialek then began to manage operations on the ground and transitioned away from the outside consulting firm’s influence to leading the campaign himself.
As Campaign Manager, Bialek worked side-by-side with DeBono, participating on every level of campaign promotion strategy. From the most basic fielding of calls from potential voters, to organizing campaign events and fundraisers, to “going out every morning at five to the train station, shaking hands and kissing babies,” Bialek was even organizing speaking engagements for DeBono with broadcasts such as Fox News.
As an eighteen-year-old Campaign Manager in a higher position than many of his elder coworkers, Bialek encountered ageist comments in the workplace. He explained that he had interns who were much older than him, and were not fond of the fact that he occupied the position of Campaign Manager. In Bialek’s words “At the end of the day, I was the Campaign Manager… and it doesn’t matter the age or the experience of the person above you, if they are in the hierarchical standing above you then you answer to them.”
Following DeBono’s campaign, Bialek felt that the experience of serving as Campaign Manager has opened doors for him. He was recently recommended for another Congressional Campaign by a colleague who also worked on DeBono’s team. In terms of his future endeavors, Bialek says that it all depends on “where I am needed, and where I think would be a good place to fight.”
Ultimately, Bialek’s dream is to run for public office in Virginia and he feels that this experience helped him realize the intricacies of the political realm.
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