Will You Be One of Our Student Interns This Summer and/or Fall? Or Do You Know A Student Who Would Be Good?
We’re looking for some college or high school students who can help us work on the Presidential, Senate, and Congressional campaigns this summer and/or fall. We’re able to offer a small stipend. The students will be doing social media, working to get out younger voters, canvassing, texting, phone-banking — all the many things that campaigns do to get out the vote!
If you might be interested in one of these positions, or know people who might be, please have them contact Josh Throneburg (joshuathroneburg@gmail.com) or Nancy Damon (nancycdamon@gmail.com).
Focus on Fifth District Candidates: Gloria Witt
[Our newsletters have been featuring the Fifth District Congressional candidates in random order, picked from a hat. The wording is taken directly from their campaign websites.]
Gloria’s priorities (edited for length, some sections continue online):
Uphold Democracy
- Ensure our individual freedoms are protected against all forms of discrimination. It is not the government’s business who we love or how we worship.
- Expand access to voting.
Strengthen Families
- Restore reproductive rights – trust women to make decisions about their bodies.
- Expand access to basic quality healthcare.
- Advance affordable childcare – every child should have access to quality day care to establish the foundation for lifelong learning.
Rethink Education
- Re-invent k-12 public school education and replace “No Child Left Behind” policies.
- Support teachers – licensure, pay, and development.
- Strengthen pathways to workforce skill development, i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
Spur Smart Economic Growth
- Address economic inequality with workforce skill training and living wage job creation.
- Support climate friendly economic growth, i.e., carbon-free energy solutions.
Address Gun Violence
- Close background check loopholes at gun shows, private sales, online sales, and pawn shops.
- Mandated waiting periods before every gun purchase.
- Ban assault weapons.
Fifth District Delegates and a Virginia Elector Chosen
It was a rainy day when delegates convened at Fluvanna High School May 18 to elect delegates, but the auditorium was full of warmth and humor as the various counties and cities in the Fifth District introduced their delegations. “The great and honorable county of X known for its Y is here in full,” rang out repeatedly. Then delegates and alternates got down to the business of voting for five District-Level Delegates to the National Convention in Chicago, as well as a District-level Presidential Elector.
The candidates who ran together as a slate for the National Convention Delegate seats won, including our co-chair, Josh Throneburg. The others are Bernard Baker of Danville, Dr. Cameron Webb of Albemarle County, Patricia Harper-Tunley of Lunenburg County, and Tina Winkler of Goochland County.
One elector was chosen: Gary Schatz from Louisa County.
At the State Convention on June 22 in Richmond, Delegates from all the counties and cities in the Commonwealth will elect Virginia’s state-wide representatives to the National Convention in Chicago (At-Large Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention, along with Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials), two At-Large Presidential Electors, and Virginia’s members of the Democratic National Committee for the next four years. Many thanks to our fellow Charlottesville Democrats representing us as our delegates at both the Fifth District Convention and the State Convention!
Brag Time — the Cville Dems won an award (pictured below) for doing the hard work of filling out our delegate and alternate slots (with Creigh Deeds sitting in for us at the last minute that day due to cancellations). We also got this shot of Erin Monaghan reading the rules of the day.
2024 Election Calendar
Mark your calendar and vote for a healthy US Democracy!!
2024 Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) Calendar of Events
- Early Voting for US Senate and Congressional Primary — May 6-June 15
- U.S. Senate and Congressional Primary – June 18
- DPVA Convention – June 22, 10am in Richmond
- Democratic Party National Convention – Aug.19-23, in Chicago
- General Election – Nov. 5
Volunteer Efforts to Win in November are Gearing Up!
As soon as we know who the Democratic 5th District candidate will be, Get Out the Vote Thursdays will resume on Thursday, June 27 at IX Park. We’ll then meet every Thursday to canvass, phone bank, text bank (new for us), and/or write postcards. We’ll be reaching out to specific potential voters we identify in the City of Cville and the 5th District, and also coordinating with the campaigns to help them reach their targeted individuals. Together we can reach out to thousands of registered voters and turn them into actual Democratic votes this November!
We hope you’ll join us!
In the meantime, if your fingers are itching to start writing postcards, there are two groups (unaffiliated with the Cville Dems) with earlier meetup times:
- Mondays from 10-12 at the Dunlora Club House; for more information, contact Mary Farrell at 703-655-3867 or wmekmf118@gmail.com.
- Donna Shaunessey has organized a Postcards and Pastry meeting Friday May 24, 1-3pm; for details contact shaunesey@hotmail.com.
Voter registration efforts are already going strong. If you’d like to participate, please contact Suzanne (suzemichels@gmail.com) if you know of a local event or location ripe for our voter registration and/or rights restoration efforts or if you’d like to join the voter registration team!
