The Collin County Democratic Party continues to follow with great concern the death of Marvin David Scott III, who died while in the custody of County Sheriff Jim Skinner and the Collin County Detention Center on March 14, 2021.

Please see our Press Release, published on March 18, 2021, as well as numerous social media updates. Mr. Scott's family continues to protest, with more and more Collin County residents joining to march alongside them. The CCDP fully supports the demands of the Scott family and their attorney, and the Collin County Chapter of the NAACP, in seeking a full investigation and appropriate prosecutions in this matter, as well as changes in local law enforcement to ensure that no one ever dies in detention again. HIS NAME IS MARVIN DAVID SCOTT III SAY HIS NAME

The County Executive Committee of the Collin County Democratic Party has announced Endorsed and Recommended Candidates for the 2021 Collin County Municipal Election.

Endorsements required a supermajority of our Endorsement Committee. Candidates who were “Recommended” were not part of our endorsement process, but our Committee believes that our Collin County voters should strongly consider voting for them.

Allen City Council – Place 1: Dwight Burns

Allen City Council – Place 3: Lauren Doherty

Anna City Council – Place 1: Jimmy Onkangi

Dallas City Council – District 12: Elva Curl

McKinney ISD – Place 1: Larry Jagours

Plano City Council – Place 2: Steve Lavine

Plano City Council – Place 7: Julie Holmer

Plano City Council – Place 8: Elisa Klein

Plano ISD – Place 1: Lauren Tyra

Plano ISD – Place 2: Dayna Oscherwitz

Wylie City Council – Place 4: Mary Harris

Collin College – Place 7: Helen Chang

Collin College – Place 8: Misty Irby

Collin College – Place 9: Jacoby Stewart, Jr.

McKinney City Council – Place 1: Justin Beller

McKinney City Council – At Large 1: Charlie Phillips McKinney City Council – Place 3: Gere’ Feltus

McKinney – Mayor: George Fuller

McKinney ISD – Place 7: Harvey Oaxaca

Melissa ISD – Place 3: Kent Norwood

Plano City Council – Place 6 (Mayor): John Muns

Plano ISD – Place 6: Jeri Chambers

Prosper Town Council – Place 6: Christopher Wardlaw

On Saturday, April 17, at 7 p.m. please join the Collin County Democratic Party and a line-up of special guests including Beto O'Rourke, Mike Collier, and more as we work to get out the vote for the May 1 Municipal Election.

Those are just a few of the people lined up to inspire you. Your $25 ticket buys 1,000 poll greeting fliers, 500 GOTV phone calls, and 350 GOTV texts.

We have a great line-up of candidates on the ballot around the county, let's get them elected.

Your ticket supports the Collin County Democratic Party as we work to elect Democrats locally, flip Collin County, and change Texas for the better. From the comfort of your home, you will hear from inspiring speakers, bid on the silent auction, or even join our sponsor receptions.

If you are a candidate or campaign staffer and want to run a story about your campaign or candidate, please use the CCDP Publicity Request form to submit notices and articles.

The deadline for Running Blue is Saturday, April 10 at 5 p.m. (Texas Time!)

If you are on the distribution list for The Rally, no worries; you’ll get Running Blue. Check out the Running Blue archives from last year!”

The Frisco Democratic Club is excited to host candidates for Frisco City Council and Frisco ISD for an online forum livestreamed to the Club's Facebook Page.

Got questions for our candidates? Submit them here.

Register for each event at Mobilize to receive Zoom links for each time slot.

Terri Crawford, the President of the Fulton County Democrats Club in Georgia, tells us their strategy for flipping GA, why it worked, and how we can apply it here in Collin County, Texas. She will share how they organized and why they created an organizational structure in order to win.

When:

Saturday, March 27, 10:00 a.m.

Where:

Virtual, Via Zoom

Meeting ID: 818 8037 2570

Passcode: 3v7kKt

DIAL IN: 1-346-248-7797

Meeting Passcode: 332352

Commissioner’s Court: County Judge Chris Hill just named appointees to the county boards and (as far as we can tell) every one of them is a Republican. Appointees should be nonpartisan based on people’s skills, not party affiliation. Of course, that might mean that many Republicans wouldn’t get to serve but what it means for us is that many truly qualified people aren’t able to lend their talents to the county, so Collin County isn’t being run by the best people.

The Commissioners continue to pat themselves on the back for a job horribly done. The vaccine distribution waitlist was getting about a 20% response rate, probably because people got tired of waiting and found doses elsewhere. Given the county's lack of organization and slow distribution, this is no surprise yet the Commissioners seem to believe this is a good thing. County Manager Bill Bilyeu mentioned that some residents flew to the Panhandle to get vaccinated but, oddly, didn’t appear to view it as a comment on their ineptitude. The Commissioners talked a lot about what a great job they’re doing yet spent no time discussing how to vaccinate the homeless, people who don’t have access to the internet to sign up or those in rural areas.

They’re also thrilled they can hand off the vaccine distribution to private distributors and take themselves out of the middle. Bilyeu commented that they can now go back to being epidemiologists instead of providers. Far be it for them to actually provide healthcare for the people of Collin County, something they’re supposed to do. And we certainly wouldn’t want them to beef up our Public Health Department for future pandemics and other needs. Remember, we have about 60 Public Health Department employees compared to Dallas County’s close to 600.

Last week was the second meeting in a row in which Precinct 2 Commissioner Cheryl Williams didn’t attend. We need competent commissioners who show up to serve the people! Williams is up for re-election in 2022 and I’m pleased that Scott Coleman is running against her. Please check out his campaign.

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The CCDP physical office is closed until further notice for safety. Our office staff are, however, working for you from home and available by telephone at 972-578-1483 or contact us on the web at collindemocrats.org