All I will tell you is to start attending your local committee/precinct meetings and join your caucus. We are entering midterms season soon so this is a great time to get involved and learn the primary process and gain credibility quickly during a low intensity cycle. Find your couple issues or your candidate that you are passionate about and master the subject matter around it/them. Never show your power level to anyone ever. Pick your volunteer roles carefully to highlight your best attributes and target what issue/candidate you want to impact. Political volunteering is the job interview for you. Trust no one. Many GOP insiders are political lifers or socialites that don't actually give a shit except for climbing the ladder. Find them use them but never align yourself with them. (These people suck because they are often the best fundraisers so you need to placate them) Read: Groundbreakers. How Obama 2.2 million volunteers transformed campaigning in America by Elizabeth McKenna This book pisses me off but it outlines how political campaigns are run these days. Understand the systems and methods that are used.