Sunday Night the DeVore for United States Senate campaign once again asserted it’s technological dominance over the campaigns of its Democratic and Republican opponents.  By using a “Tele-Town Hall” to meet with his supporters Chuck was able to easily reach many people in a single forum to easily communicate his message.  The concept is really nothing more than a well packaged conference call, but by using email and social media to promote it, he was likely able to boost the attendance.

According to the moderator of the call (I was on the call Sunday, but didn’t catch the fellow’s name) there were several hundred callers who tuned in to hear Chuck talk about the issues and his upcoming campaign events.  Chuck was even able to field questions directly from listeners on the call — specifically, he spoke to a woman who asked Chuck about picking up the job market for unemployed workers over 60 years of age.  Chuck also used the opportunity to promote his 24-hour money bomb, an online fundraising drive.

Chuck’s event Friday wasn’t the first time I have seen a Tele-Town Hall, although it was the most elaborate.  I spent some time at the David Harmer campaign for California’s 10th Congressional District back in November where Harmer spent most of his GOTV time on the phone with voters in a similar fashion.  According to the campaign staff I spoke with, they had between 300 to 500 callers on per call and a long queue of people interested in asking questions of Harmer.

Tele-Townhalls might be the first of many future campaign tools that candidates like Chuck DeVore and David Harmer rely on to communicate their message directly to voters.  Will it be the key to Chuck defeating Carly Fiorina or Barbara Boxer this November?