Move MN
Leading an integrated public affairs campaign, Tunheim unified diverse stakeholders to make transportation funding a top state priority.
Transportation is one of the most taken-for-granted, underappreciated government services. Funding for transportation is very contentious as various stakeholders and constituency groups compete against each other, with strong divisions between transportation modes and geographical differences. Transportation funding is also unique, as it is dedicated by fuel taxes and a metropolitan sales tax.
Created in the fall of 2013, the Move MN campaign united an unusual array of stakeholders who recognized that the state needed to invest in its transportation infrastructure.
As campaign and communications manager, Tunheim developed a comprehensive plan that built the large Move MN coalition, engaging diverse stakeholders in making transportation funding a top priority in the media and legislature. Campaign communications efforts focused on developing and delivering key messages that reinforced the campaign’s goals to key stakeholder groups, including Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders, the media and public.
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By May 2014, Move MN grew to include 200 organizations and had the support of more than 80 counties and 400 townships. Move MN generated more than 50 newspaper and television stories on transportation in Alexandria, Duluth, Mankato, Rochester and the Twin Cities, as well as 10 statewide editorials heralding transportation as an issue that needed to be addressed.
Its social media campaign boasted more than 183,000 people reading Move MN Facebook content, with 27,000 shares and nearly 400 Twitter followers with more than 100 retweets to approximately 500,000 followers.
Because of Tunheim’s hard work, transportation was well-positioned for the 2015 legislative session.
Impressions of the website and via social media and digital advertising...
...representing a 13% increase from the previous year.
to the campaign website from the previous year.
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