''Campaigns & Elections'' is a

trade magazine A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this ...

covering

political campaigns A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referend ...

, focused on tools, tactics, and techniques of the

political consulting Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely tele ...

profession. The magazine was founded by Stanley Foster Reed in 1980. It is headquartered in

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county is ...

. The magazine is an exclusively digital publication. It was formerly published by

Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress. CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined ...

. The publication has an auxiliary website, ''The Political Pages'', an annual directory of political firms and professionals. The magazine runs conferences and events focusing on political campaign skills and technology. The publication also has a Spanish language sister publication, ''Campaigns & Elections Mexico''. The publication presents the annual Reed Awards, first given in 2009, which award excellence in political campaigning, campaign management,

, and political design.

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* {{official website, http://www.campaignsandelections.com 1980 establishments in Virginia Online magazines published in the United States Political magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1980 Magazines published in Virginia Bilingual magazines

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