According to the Staten Island Advance, the Staten Island Republican Party Executive Committee nominated former Congressman Vito Fossella to take on Congressman McMahon in the November elections.

This comes as a shock to many since Fossella himself denied any interest in the seat and there are already two candidates who were vying for the GOP nod. But what are Fossella's chances against Congressman McMahon? Here is what vPercent calculated..

Click here to read Part 1 of "Setting up your campaign website"

Now that you have gotten your domain name and your web hosting, you need to figure out a way to get content onto your website.

Staten Island has seen strong displays of advocacy lately, specifically from the Tea Party of Staten Island and the movement to save Pouch Camp. The election of President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg's third term, and the gridlock in Albany have caused Staten Islanders to be more aware of the political scene. 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting year for Staten Island politics. Here are my predictions:

Congressman Michael McMahon's CoS recently told the Staten Island Advance that he will be voting against the healthcare bill.

At first glance, this might seem like a good idea. Staten Island/Bay Ridge is a congressional district that leans conservative and many constituents are indeed against the bill. By voting against this bill, Rep. McMahon is definitely making it seem as if he is listening to his constituents' concerns, which I am sure he is.

Great article over at TechPresident talking about how candidates can use to the Internet in 2010 to win. The reason this article stands out is because it discusses smaller races that never really considered using the Internet before - which is very relevant when it comes to Staten Island.

The polls have been closed for several hours and Debi Rose has declared victory in the North Shore City Council primary. According to the Associated Press, with all 125 precincts reporting, the tally is 4,656, or 55 percent, for Ms.Rose, 3,344, or 39 percent, for Mitchell, and roughly 6% for Rajiv Gowda. So what happened?

Since vPercent isn't that accurate when it comes to primaries when there are three candidates, I've attempted to tinker with it to see how close it can get to the real election night totals. As stated in the previous post, the numbers mentioned there didn't consider Rajiv Gowda. According to vPercent, Gowda is not in a position to take more than 12% of the vote - most likely, it will be around 10%.

There is a Democratic primary election on September 15th on Staten Island for the North Shore City Council seat. Incumbent Councilman Ken Mitchell will be facing off Debi Rose for the votes of North Shore constituents. Once again, I ran the numbers through vPercent and here are the expected totals for election night.

Primaries are right around the corner which means one thing- GOTV! Getting Out The Vote in primaries is like trying to get your 12 year old kid ready for the first day of school. It's especially hard in Staten Island because it only takes us 324 years (and lots of dough) to commute to our own city. So what are the best ways for campaigns on Staten Island to GOTV?

Controversy has arisen recently regarding an email blast sent from the White House. In an exchange between Robert Gibbs and reporter Major Garrett, it seems as if Gibbs didn't really know how to answer the question. Apparently, people who never subscribed to White House emails actually received emails from 1600 discussing health care. Now, it's appearing that what had happened was that outside groups took email lists and subscribed individuals to the White House email lists without their knowledge.