75 people turned out on July 30 and did have a lot of fun… and got to hear good, short speeches from most of our local candidates!
The Albemarle Dems were super well-organized and had everything running smoothly and brought plenty of good food; thank you Karen Combs and crew!
John McLaren coordinated getting gas grills (thanks to Rodney Beard and Jules Tatum for providing the equipment and transportation) and Martha Donnelly (game buyer extraordinaire), Emily Little, and Dan Doernberg organized the games, with cornhole provided by Josh Throneburg and Jason and Tom Vandever.
Erin Monaghan took the games and miscellaneous other things to our storage locker for the next picnic (everyone said we should do this again, and hold more joint events with Albemarle!).
Creigh Deeds
Amy Laufer
![Albemarle County Board of Education candidate Allison Spillman wearing her campaign t-shirt at her booth under a tent](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Allison-Spillman-AlbemarleCville-Dems-Picnic-20230730-2-285x380.jpeg)
![Photo of Lloyd Snook, Sheila Haughey, and Madison Cummings at the Albemarle+Cville Dems Picnic 20230730](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Lloyd-Snook-Sheila-Haughey-Madison-Cummings-AlbemarleCville-Dems-Picnic-20230730-285x380.jpeg)
![Dems standing in the food line at the Albemarle+Cville Dems Picnic 20230730](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/food-line-AlbemarleCville-Dems-Picnic-20230730-300x225.jpeg)
![Photo of grill cooks Lewis Combs and Rodney Beard making meat and plant-based hamburgers at the 20230730 picnic](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grill-cooks-Lewis-Combs-and-Rodney-Beard-AlbemarleCville-Dems-Picnic-20230730-300x225.jpeg)
![Photo of Tom Vandever and Brian Pinkston at the Albemarle+Cville Dems Picnic 20230730](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5384-285x380.jpeg)
![Photo of Karen Combs wearing a blue "Get Vocal Vote Local" T-shirt at the Albemarle+Cville Dems Picnic 20230730](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5392-285x380.jpeg)
![Photo of Carrson Everett wearing sunglasses and a blue "Get Vocal Vote Local" T-shirt at the Albemarle+Cville Dems Picnic 20230730](https://cvilledems.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5391-285x380.jpeg)