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DC for Democracy will hold an endorsement vote at our August Meetup on Wednesday the 13th for the following:

DC Democratic Primary

District-wide Offices:

Delegate to US House of Representatives: Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent)
At-large Council: Kwame R. Brown (incumbent)
US Senator (Shadow): Philip E. Pannell, Paul Strauss (incumbent)
US Representative (Shadow): Mike Panetta (incumbent)

Ward-level City Council Offices:

Ward 2 Councilmember: Jack Evans (incumbent), Cary Silverman
Ward 4 Councilmember: Muriel Bowser (incumbent), Baruti Jahi, Malik Mendenhall-Johnson, Paul E. Montague
Ward 7 Councilmember: Yvette Alexander (incumbent), John Campbell, Villareal “VJ” Johnson, Robin Hammond Marlin
Ward 8 Councilmember: Marion Barry (incumbent), Ahmad Braxton-Jones, Howard Brown, Darrell Danny Gaston, Chanda McMahan, Sandra “S.S.” Seegars, Charles E. Wilson, Yavocka Young

DC Democratic State Committee (DCDSC):

Obama4UnityBeatsMcCain
Obama for Change
Obama for DC

Note: Due to the very large number of candidates, we will only include in our endorsement vote for the DCDSC city-wide slates of candidates. Candidates who are associated with ward-level slates or unaffiliated with any slate will not be included. For a full list of candidates, with their affiliated slate, please click here.

Federal Office

Judy Feder (Democratic candidate in Virginia’s 10th district).

Note: the Feder campaign’s field operation will include voter outreach for Senate candidate Mark Warner and Barack Obama.

We have send brief questionnaires to all candidates/slates appearing on the ballot. Click here to read the questionnaire. We will publish the results on our website for member review one week prior to the endorsement vote.

Due to heavy summer traffic at Ben’s, our August Meetup will also be held at another venue. We are still making these arrangements and will notify you as soon as a venue is finalized. If you have any ideas for free meeting spaces holding up to 50 people that are metro-accessible and available for August 13th, please notify us at dcfordemocracy@gmail.com — we’d really appreciate the help!

Best regards,

Kesh Ladduwahetty

Chair

In the packed upstairs room at Marty’s on Capitol Hill last night, DC4D members heard Bayard Brewin make his superb presentation on DC Government 101, the most informative, entertaining, and concise explanation of DC government many of us have ever heard. Click here to view the complete presentation.

Following a lively discussion, DC4D members agreed that we would place on our endorsement ballot in August all Democratic primary candidates for DC government office except ANC races: at-large city council; council races in Wards 2,4, 7, and 8; DC Delegate; DC Shadow Senator and Shadow Representative. Also to be included will be any slates of candidates running for DC Democratic party offices. The members agreed to not vote to endorse individuals running for Democratic party offices, due to the large numbers involved. We also agreed that due to the large numbers of candidates (particularly for ward-level council office), that the endorsement meeting on Aug 13 would not allow spoken testimonials. We will seek written information from all candidates and make them available on our website.

Jerry Clark, DC4D’s Political Director, followed with a presentation on where we can best focus our efforts in the November federal elections. After discussing the relative merits of Maryland vs. Virginia and various congressional districts, we agreed that our primary area of focus would be Virginia’s 10th district, where Democrat Judy Feder is challenging long-time incumbant Frank Wolf. Working for Judy (whom DC4D endorsed in 2006 in her first bid for national office) will also allow us to help elect Democrat Mark Warner to the US Senate and win VA’s electoral college votes for Barack Obama. VA-10 will accordingly be on our endorsement ballot in August. A number of members proposed other areas in which to work, including districts further south in VA, MD’s 1st congressional district, and states farther afield. The members agreed that these ideas merit further discussion in addition to our area of primary focus, and we will consider holding further endorsement votes in September.

To join our Potomac Uprising campaign this Fall, click here.

Mark your calendars for Wed, August 13, when DC4D will hold our endorsement vote for the DC Primary and federal races in VA-10!

Wednesday, July 9 7PM
Note changed venue: Marty’s (upstairs room) 527 8th St SE (2.5 blocks from Eastern Market metro on Orange/Blue line)
DC4D Monthly Meetup

At our next meetup on July 9th, we’re interested to hear your thoughts on how we can plan a Potomac Uprising, to advance the progressive cause in DC races (Delegate, Shadow delegation, City Council, and DC Democratic party), as well as federal races (congressional, Senate, and presidential) in VA and MD.

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Wednesday, June 4th 6:30PM Borders (18th & L)
David Sirota: “The Uprising”
Plus, food & drinks with David after the book event at Porters Dining Saloon

Meet David Sirota, best-selling author & journalist, who will talk about “The Uprising,” his latest book about the populist revolt against politics as usual, which is transforming the political scene. DC for Democracy is proud to sponsor this event with DC Drinking Liberally and Firedoglake blog.

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