Cville Dems

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Mike Pruitt Is Running for the Fifth District Next Year

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Headshot of Mike Pruitt in a jacket and shirt smiling as he runs for 5th District congressional seat.

 

Mike Pruitt announced his candidacy July 22, the second Dem this year aiming to defeat John McGuire for the 5th District congressional seat next fall.

Mike grew up in the rural Blue Ridge Mountains and served in the United States Navy. He currently works as a civil rights attorney and serves on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. Mike’s website says he’s running to help working families that are struggling to make ends meet, while Washington politicians are making things worse. His primary goals and issues are to provide more opportunity and affordability for families, safer places to live, quality health care, and more secure retirements.

Paul Riley is also running for the Fifth District seat, as noted in our early July newsletter. Scroll down for that news item.

Meet our New Intern, Ingrid Gay

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Photo of Ingrid Gay holding a bouquet of flowers standing in an office with an American flag and Virginia flag and a skull in the background.

Ingrid is a third-year student at the University of Virginia, majoring in government with a minor in public writing & rhetoric. She helped with our social media committee last year and is ready to get back to work.

In the two years Ingrid has lived in Charlottesville, she has fallen in love with the city and all it has to offer. She loves trying new restaurants and exploring the city through runs. At UVA, Ingrid writes for the Cavalier Daily and is the Provisional Member Chair for the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union. In her free time, she enjoys baking and listening to audiobooks or podcasts.

This fall, Ingrid plans to work with Cville Dems to help increase social media presence and youth involvement. She hopes to help bring a Democrat back into the Governor’s office.

Community Events

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Join Senator Creigh Deeds, Delegate Amy Laufer, and Delegate Katrina Callsen at an ice cream social to honor Graham Paige’s service to the Albemarle County School Board. August 16 at 3pm at Simpson Water Park, 2410 Simpson Park Lane in Esmont.
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Every September, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, local nonprofit Sin Barreras puts on this family-friendly fiesta; it’s 9 hours of nonstop live music, dancing, food from many Central and South American countries as well as Mexico, artisan crafts, and family fun! Over 4000 Latinos and non-Latinos attended last year, this year is expected to be even bigger… come join the party on Saturday, September 20, 1-10pm!

Dems Meeting MONDAY, July 28, at 7 pm. Yes, 7pm.

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We are meeting this Monday, July 28th, from 7-8:30pm at the Jefferson-Madison Downtown Library (Swanson Room) for a Full Committee Meeting.
We have a FULL agenda (but will not go past 8:30pm). We have…
  • Professor Ian Mullins from UVA, coming to update us on what is happening behind the scenes in the assignment of a new interim president at UVA, and how he thinks we can help.
  • School Board Member Amanda Burns, coming to give us a ‘state of the schools’ as we head into a new school year that already has challenges (particularly financial).
  • Jimmy Flood from the Spanberger/Coordinated Campaign, to let us know what we can expect in the next weeks/months, and how we can help.
Beyond that we have brief updates from our committee leaders, an introduction of our newly elected candidate for City Council – Jen Fleisher, as well as an introduction of our Cville Dems campaign intern, Tyler Heron.
Again – 7pm…..7pm…..7pm on Monday evening, July 28,  at the Downtown Central Library (July 28th).
Please join us!
Josh and Nancy

Call to Action July 14, 2025

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Volunteering at Ix Park every Thursday evening, 5-7pm. Canvassing from there, as well as postcard writing and phoning for Dem candidates. We cannot emphasize enough how beneficial these person-to-person contacts are while canvassing–your friendly face is your most valuable tool for persuading others to vote!

More Canvassing for Abigail: Saturday, July 19, 10am–1pm, and 1–4pm, leaving from 2407 Jefferson Park Avenue. Sign up here.

Remembering John Lewis: “Good Trouble Lives On,” Thursday, July 17, Booker T. Washington Park, 4:45-5:45pm. Personal reflections, songs, and signs (hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville). Also check out: NAACP showing of John Lewis “Good Trouble” documentary at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6-8pm, or People’s Summer Activist Series, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, 6-8pm.