Case Study. Douglas County, Georgia. 2026.

What We Built. What It Produced.

A first-time judicial candidate. Five weeks. Zero infrastructure. One team.

In 2026 Table Stake Collective managed its first full external engagement, building a competitive judicial campaign from the ground up in five weeks with zero prior infrastructure. Every number below is documented and verifiable.

$18,000+
Raised in Donations
10,160
Votes Earned
36.3%
of All Ballots Cast
5 Weeks
Start to Full Campaign
Results by Area of Practice

Four areas. Documented outcomes.

What Was Delivered

  • Custom campaign seal and full visual identity created from scratch
  • Four pillar platform framework
  • Social media content strategy and design
  • Website content and digital architecture
  • Media and public engagement messaging

What It Produced

  • Visually recognizable candidate within weeks with no prior public profile
  • Organic social media name recognition with no paid advertising budget
  • Local business community support. Earned trust, not purchased.
  • Consistent branding across all campaign materials

What Was Delivered

  • Targeted community meet and greets
  • Weekly canvassing in high turnout communities
  • Candidate forum talking points and preparation
  • Media engagement and advertisement through Election Day
  • Phone banking and text messaging to voter universe

What It Produced

  • Business community offered tangible support because they believed in the message
  • Candidate present at every major public gathering during the campaign window
  • Campaign reach into households no canvasser could knock
  • Forum preparation gave the candidate a composed and credible public voice

What Was Delivered

  • Full campaign committee structure with role assignments and weekly cadence
  • 25 precinct voter engagement strategy built from election data
  • Five phase campaign timeline from launch through Election Day
  • Canvassing scripts for four distinct voter segments
  • Over 6,000 of 17,000 targeted voters contacted before Election Day

What It Produced

  • A volunteer team of more than 30 people operated with clarity and purpose
  • Over 6,000 voters contacted in the weeks before the election
  • Every precinct exceeding 40 percent matched the targeting plan exactly
  • A structured documented operation the candidate can build on in a future race

What Was Delivered

  • Fundraising pipeline built and managed toward a $15,000 campaign goal
  • ActBlue donation platform configured with suggested donation amounts
  • Donor thank you letters written and distributed
  • Target donor class outreach resulting in documented contributions
  • Social media fundraising appeals coordinated across digital channels

What It Produced

  • More than $18,000 raised in donations, exceeding the campaign goal by over 20 percent
  • A cost per vote of $1.77, reflecting disciplined resource deployment
  • A donor base the candidate owns and can activate in any future race
  • Every dollar raised documented and deployed with campaign finance compliance

The Douglas County campaign is one application of the Table Stake Methodology. The tools were political. The approach is not. The same discipline of mapping the landscape, naming the gap, and building to close it applies to every organization, initiative, and individual Table Stake Collective partners with.


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