Your Weekly News from the CCDP and Political Clubs
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Plano City Council - Envision Oak Point a Hot Topic
Carole L. Evans 7/25/2018 PLANO HELD PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 23, 2018 ON ENVISION OAK POINT The July 23, 2018 Plano City Council meeting, which occasionally grew contentious, drew responses from over 30 citizens about the plan called Envision Oak...
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Quiz
How well do you know the CCDP?
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- True or False - CCDP receives money from the Texas Democratic Party.
- True or False - CCDP receives money from the Democratic National Committee.
- What is average number of Beto signs that go out from our office every day?
- How many people complete the volunteer form on the website per week?
(Please see the bottom of
The Rally
for answers.)
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Come Make History with Us!: County-Wide Block Walks August 11th and 25th
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Blockwalk For Every Democrat Running in Collin County on
August 11th and 25th
Five House Districts. Dozens of precincts. ALL the candidates! These blocks walks are a great opportunity to knock for ALL your favorite candidates appearing on the November ballot and to participate in these historic simultaneous blockwalks in Collin County.
HD 33, 66, HD 67, HD 70, HD 89
Can you host a walk on one of these dates in your HD?
SAVE THE DATES
(August 11th and 25th; September and October events TBD
Walk for every Democrat running in our county!
#WalkTheDemSlate
#WalkCollinBlue
Walkers! Drivers! Navigators! Hosts Needed!
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WOW Dems Coordinated Volunteer Event
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Women Organizing Women (WOW) Democrats held a coordinated volunteer event at the home of Lori Kleinfield to do phone banking and postcard writing for candidates last week. Lorie Burch (US Congress, Texas Congressional District 3), Sharon Hirsch (Texas House District 66), and Mark Pharris (Texas Senate District 8) were present with their teams. Over 30 people showed up, shared a meal of pizza and dessert,and then immediately got to work writing and phoning. Some of us didn’t even know where to start, but no fears. There were folks present from each campaign who showed us how to phone bank and shared postcard scripts. Super easy if you’ve been nervous about getting involved! Please keep an eye out for more fantastic candidate events!
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WOWDems Releases Second Round of Candidate Endorsements
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Women Organizing Women Democrats (WOW Dems) is pleased to formally add Lupe Valdez for Governor of Texas and Suzanne Smith for Texas State Board of Education, District 12
to our endorsed list of candidates
for office in 2018.
These candidates submitted a completed questionnaire along with additional campaign information. Each candidacy was evaluated based on the following criteria: campaign strategy and potential to win; fundraising goals and status; other endorsements; and values and beliefs consistent with ours on equal rights, women’s rights, economic opportunity for all, quality public education, health care, environmental protection, sensible gun safety, and more.
We offer our endorsement, support and backing to the above candidates. We encourage everyone to support them as volunteers, donors, and with your votes.
Click here
to see the entire WOW Dems Endorsement list.
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Living Liberally in Allen this Friday (NEW LOCATION)
Drinking Liberally Allen is moving! Our new location will be Café Del Rio at
401 Central Expressway South
, on the east side of 75 between Bethany and McDermott (
map
).
Although we still love Two Rows and encourage you to visit them often, due to our often-unpredictable and still growing turnout there were repeated issues with seating capacity. Sadly, in the best interest of both our group and the restaurant, we agreed to make other arrangements.
Café Del Rio offers a much larger facility with several different rooms we can use as needed. For this Friday, we have a reservation in their very large (capacity 200), completely enclosed and climate-controlled patio room.
For the first Fridays in September and October, anticipating large crowds and perhaps a few candidates we'd like to hear from, we've reserved a private room that holds about 70 people. Of course, we still need your RSVP's to help us estimate potential turnout, so please respond.
Please join fellow Liberals for fun and socializing Friday, August 3rd, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Allen.
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Join the Sign Team
Sign Day, the day when candidates can put their road signs up on highways throughout the county, is almost upon us.
Rather than forcing candidates to put their signs up throughout the county, the Coordinated Campaign aims to have teams of people who can install signs in their area of the county. Do you own a truck, SUV, or car with a trailer hitch (or are willing to help someone who does)? Are you reasonably fit? Do you want to help, but aren't interested in direct voter contact?
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Heritage Ranch Gerrymandering Guest Lecture
Wednesday, August 8th
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The Democratic Club at Heritage Ranch cordially invites you to join us on Wednesday, August 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Heritage Ranch clubhouse ballroom (465 Scenic Ranch Circle, Fairview, Texas-
map
) to hear Joan Ridley discuss
Gerrymandering
and what can be done to eliminate this problem.
Ms. Ridley is an active member of the following groups:
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League of Women Voters
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Common Cause
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Independent Texas Redistricting
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Fair Maps
As a volunteer she devotes considerable time to educating voters about the need to establish an independent redistricting commission in Texas.
Both Democrats and Republicans have been
guilty
of gerrymandering when in power. There is now a movement around the country to find ways to stop this practice which, as its by-product, reduces the value of minority party votes.
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Asian-American Power to the Polls Rally
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The program will showcase local artists from various Asian countries, who will display their traditional & fusion fashion and dances. As the mid-term elections are now just weeks away, there will be an introduction of DFW Asian American elected officials and Asian American candidates.
In addition, the audience will have the opportunity to meet some Congressional candidates and learn how their platforms address matters of concern to the Asian American community. One of the highlights of the celebration will be the presentation of an award to Michelle Wong Krause by CD32 Candidate Colin Allred, for her many years of outstanding service and bringing voting awareness to the Asian community.
When: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: CHARLES W. EISEMANN CENTER
2351 Performance Dr.
,
Richardson, TX 75082 (
map
)
Please
click here
to purchase tickets to this event.
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Quiz Answers-How Well Do You Know the CCDP?
- True or False - CCDP receives money from the Texas Democratic Party (False)
- True or False - CCDP receives money from the Democratic National Committee (False)
- What is average number of Beto signs go out from our office every day? (8-10)
- How many people complete the Volunteer form on the website per week? (average 10)
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