California Assemblyman and candidate for US Senate has broken new ground by using Twitter for fundraising purposes.


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January 30, 2009
Chuck DeVore twitters, Wall Street Journal notices

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is all atwitter this morning.

Literally and figuratively.

The Irvine Republican is the subject of the second half of a Wall Street Journal story this morning about Republicans wanting to close the so-called "technology gap" with Democrats.

DeVore is actively using Twitter and Facebook to build support for his nascent campaign for U.S. Senate in 2010, when he hopes to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer.

From the Journal:

He regularly updates his Facebook status on his BlackBerry, which automatically appears on his Twitter account, as well as on the site devoted to getting Republicans on Twitter, called topconservativesontwitter.org. (His 924 followers rank him 389th on that site.)

Mr. DeVore says his campaign, with little funding and facing a well-known incumbent, depends on steadily building word of mouth. He says he has modeled his campaign on that of President Barack Obama, who is often referred to as the first "Internet president."


DeVore clearly likes the attention. His Facebook photo has been updated to the pencil portrait featured in the Journal.

One Facebook status update reads: "Chuck sees his pencil point face on the front page of the Wall Street Journal."

Another: "Chuck...thinks a front page Wall Street Journal article is beyond cool."