April 1 , 2022
Convention Recap!

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Email your name and voting address to convention@mcdptx.org before April
15th to be considered.
In this issue:
Message from the Chair
Thank you's
Report of the Resolutions Committee
Report of the Nominations/Credentials Committee
Convention Fundraising Results
SAC Date Change
How to Get Ready for the State Convention
Contribute to our Young Democrats
Convention Pictures!
Shop the Blue Store (New Items)
Upcoming Events


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Message from the Chair:
Democracy is not a spectator sport and that is never shown more
clearly than at our Democratic County Convention! It takes a dedicated team of volunteers to plan and execute a day full of Party business, candidate speeches, voter education, and best of all – socializing with like-minded friends and neighbors. It takes an even larger team of Democratic voters to come together and form our County Delegation – to vote on State Delegates, Party Resolutions, and Convention officers. We don’t have a Party without y’all out there doing the work and I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.
Together we are turning Montgomery County and Texas BLUE!

-Amy Hamrick Lewis, County Chair
Thank you to our Opening Ceremonies Participants!
Conroe VFW Post 4709
Ruby Gonzales for presenting the US Pledge
Angela De La Cruz Garcia for presenting the Texas Pledge
Calvin Overstreet for his performance of the National Anthem
Pamela Gunter for her invocation for our Convention
Thank you to our Candidates!
GOVERNOR: Beto O'Rourke
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Mike Collier and Michelle Beckley
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Rochelle Mercedes Garza and Joe Jaworski
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: Jay Kleberg and Sandragrace Martinez
COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE: Janet T. Dudding and Angel Luis Vega
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE: Susan Hayes
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER: Luke Warford
DISTRICT CANDIDATES
U.S. State Representative, District 2: Robin Fulford 
U.S. State Representative, District 8: Laura Jones  
 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CANDIDATES 
State Senator, District 4: Misty Bishop  
State Senator, District 18: Josh Tutt 
State Representative, District 15: Kristin Johnson  
Justice of The Peace, Precinct 3: April Prim 
State Board of Education, District 6: Michelle Palmer  
 Ninth District Court of Appeals: Bob Mabry
 JUDICIAL CANDIDATES 
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3: Erin A. Nowell  
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5: Amanda Reichek  
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9: Julia Maldonado  
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5: Dana Huffman  
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6: Robert Johnson  
A BIG Thank You to Our Keynote Speaker !
Thank you to the Attorney General candidate Rochelle Mercedes Garza!
Click on the link below to watch her convention speech!
Thank you to our Precinct Chair Ad donors!
Thank You to our Silent Auction Donors!
Carol Stromatt
Lauren Combs
L. Hollins
Cecille Wright
Nancy Malito
Erica Lawrence
Nellie Biles
Kate Rhoad
Thank you to our Silent Auction Winners!
Nancy Johnson 
Donetta Goodall 
Erica Lawrence 
Jennifer Blackman 
Tracy Bender 
Ken Sumberlin
Ruby Gonzales 
Erin Mulholland 
Marc Meyer 
Amy Hamrick Lewis 
Cheryl McCoy 
Roger Darrow 
Susan Holt 
Eartha Johnson
Thank you to our Ad Donors!
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And Video Donors!
Beto O’Rourke 
Luke Warford 
Janet Dudding 
Jay Kleberg
Josh Tutt
Angel Luis Vega

Please keep an eye out for these videos on our Facebook page!!
@MCDPTX
What an Amazing Deal! Thank you to our Generous Gift Card Donors!
Thank You to Our Convention Volunteers!
This group works long and hard behind the scenes and never ever wants recognition. And someone is almost invariably left out because these volunteers tend to pop in to help without being asked. They show up early, stay late, carry things, clean up things, hand out food, make phone calls, run errands, beg for gift cards, get silent auction items, fill up their cars with tons of things, empty overflowing trash cans, bring treats for others, right wrongs, solve problems, find the scissors, donate endlessly, lend us their trucks, and disappear only to show up again for the next project.  
Our thanks to you today and every day!
Committee Members & So Many Others
Natalie Ward
Ginger Blair
Kim Valdez
Eartha Johnson
Chris Powell
Courtney Frost-Tadlock
Peggy Roscoe
Carol Ortiz
Doneal Allbright
Margie Kremer
Dora Cardenas
Janice Williams
Ruby Gonzalez
Betty McInturff
Ethan Miller
Angela De La Cruz Garcia
Sherry Powers
Diane & Bob Sullivan
Charlene Glover
Judy Trosvig
Report of the Resolutions Committee
March 19, 2022
320 Resolutions were submitted by individuals or groups online directly to the State before the Convention began. Some of them had to do with Party Affairs and some of them were Resolutions or Memorials in honor of particular individuals. Among the 320 submissions to the State, our committee found the top six topics to be Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Labor, Voting Rights, Democratic Reform, Children and Youth, and Civil Rights. Our group was particularly interested in Economic Inequality, Energy and Climate, and Health Care.

In the interest of time, the Committee recommended that all 320 submissions made directly to the State be forwarded to the State Convention Committee without a recommendation regarding adoption or rejection so that they could be considered at the State Convention. To view all of the 320 resolutions, click here.

Eight resolutions were submitted directly to the Resolutions Committee by Montgomery County participants on the day of the Convention and those resolutions were read into the Convention Minutes, debated, and considered by the body as a whole. Upon review and consideration, all eight resolutions were adopted by the Convention and recommended for approval at the State level. To view Montgomery County’s resolutions, click here.

One of our resolutions was a resolution honoring Montgomery County resident Simone Biles for her talent and artistry as a gymnast and as a woman of courage and character during Women’s History Month. Another of our resolutions sought exoneration for Clarence Lee Brandley, a Montgomery County resident who spent 10 years on death row after being wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in 1981 and who to this day has never been fully exonerated or received restitution for this injustice. 
The Nominations/Credentials Committee Report
State delegates were elected At Large at the Montgomery County Convention.
These are the preliminary numbers. We have 30 days from the date of the
County Convention in which to make changes.
 
Senate District 04 was allocated 126 delegates; we have 79 names.
Senate District 07 was allocated 12 delegates; we have 4 names.
Senate District 18 was allocated 6 delegates; we have 5 names.
Total count: 88
 
Late Registrations will be accepted until April 15, 2022 or until we reach our 144 allotted spaces.
 
If you are interested in serving as a delegate to the State Convention, email your name, phone number and voting address to convention@mcdptx.org before April 15th to be considered. To be a delegate, you must have voted in the Democratic Primary, or not have voted in any other Party's primary and sign a pledge of affiliation to the Democratic Party.

Delegates will be responsible for their own expenses for transportation, food, and lodging.
 
If you register and then decide not to attend, please let us know right away.
 
Congratulations and thank you to the State Convention Chairs elected at our County Convention! 
 
Claretna Vaxter for SD4
Gordon Lopez for SD 7
Charlene Glover for SD 18.
 
Carol Ortiz
Nominations Committee Chair
Convention Fundraising Results!

Thanks to everyone who purchased items or donated at the Convention. We were able to cover all convention expenses and netted an additional $1,710.88 which will be used for operating expenses. Below is a detailed preliminary report of donations and expenses.

Donations – TOTAL $7872

Convention Ads $2,990
Silent Auction Items $1075
Blue Texas Store $104
Beto Signs $600
Gift Cards (blind draw) $260
Food sales $1,373
General Fund donations $1,470
 Expenses – TOTAL $6,161.12
Venue $4,140
Food/Drinks $1,275.83 (not including coffee, that was a donation in-kind)
Program printing $555.89
Miscellaneous $189.40
 
SAC DATE CHANGE TO APRIL 13TH @ 6:30PM ZOOM

Please note that changes have been made by the Senior Advisory Council to the schedule for the next County Executive Committee (CEC) meeting and the May Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting. The April Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting will be held as scheduled on Wednesday, April 13th at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. 
The May meeting, however, will be a Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting and it will be held on Wednesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. 
The next meeting of the County Executive Committee (CEC) meeting is now scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 18th at 10 a.m. via Zoom. It is an important meeting as it is the organizational meeting for the new term and the County Executive Committee (CEC) will elect County Party officers, commissioner's precinct leads, and representatives for the Hispanic, African American, LGBTQ, and Young Democrats committees. All precinct chairs are expected to attend. 
No other changes were made to the calendar.
How to Get Ready for the State Convention
Our State Convention — the largest gathering of Democrats in Texas during the midterm election cycle — is from July 14th to July 16th, 2022, in Dallas, Texas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Attending a Convention either as a Delegate or a Visitor is an educational experience that should not be missed. If you haven’t already registered to be a Delegate and you want to be a Delegate, you should first email us at convention@mcdptx.org by April 15 to let us know you are interested. You should also fill out the form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYUUDtTB47WUQENUEgb87e-p9MPlLDJKycMMZLszzgs4ciqQ/viewform

There is no charge for attending the convention either as a delegate or a visitor. Visitors are welcome to attend all meetings and events but cannot vote. Delegates and visitors are responsible for their own travel, lodging, and food costs. The Party will soon provide information on how to book lodging in one of their hotel blocks. Please check back later for negotiated rates at nearby hotels.

And, if you have never been a Delegate to the State Convention before, a handy guide has been prepared for you by the Texas Democratic Party. To access this information go to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MLn2eZCJhxjhllqBP3CcTN9Iny3rFXw37ssPwh1GGvg/edit Among other topics, the Delegate’s Guide includes a Convention Schedule Overview, information on Accessibility, a Special Interest Caucus Schedule, and even a Glossary of Terms.  

More information is always available at texasdemocraticconvention.com

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR YOUNG DEMOCRATS

The Montgomery County Democratic Party has set up a fund to send several Young Democrats to the State Convention in Dallas on July 14 – 16. If you were able to attend our local County Convention you saw some helping with the sound system, running the Powerpoint presentation, working at the Blue Texas Store and the Silent Auction, staffing the food booth, and cleaning up. They are an amazingly talented and energetic group that is reorganizing and building in numbers.

If you would like to help send Montgomery County Young Democrats to the 2022 Convention in State Convention in Dallas, you may do so by donating directly to that fund here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/youngdemsconvention, The money will be strictly earmarked for gas, lodging, and food. We must raise at least $500 to send one young person. With carpooling and shared lodging, $1000 will easily send three.

Please help if you can! The Future is Now.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW SHIRTS AND MERCH!!
Some pictures from the Convention!
Event Calendar - For more details, click on the image and follow link to the MCDPTX.org website; click on the date to view event.
Other Groups & Community Events:

TUESDAY, APR 12 - MOCO COMMISSIONERS COURT, 9:30am, 501 N. Thompson St. 77301

TUESDAY, APR 19 - CONROE ISD BOARD MEETING, 6:00pm, 3205 W. Davis St. 77304 and livestream

TUESDAY, APR 26 - MOCO COMMISSIONERS COURT, 9:30am, 501 N. Thompson St. 77301
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