The Next Rapp Dems Meeting

The September RCDC General Meeting via ZOOM
Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
For the link and password, contact Mary-Sherman Willis at Chair@RappDems.org.
The September RCDC General Meeting via ZOOM
Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
For the link and password, contact Mary-Sherman Willis at Chair@RappDems.org.
Please click the following link to view the letter: https://www.rappdems.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RCDC-2020-May-Letter-to-the-RCDC.pdf
Canvassing: Meet on Saturday at 9:30 am and 1 pm and on Sunday at 11 am and 3 pm at the Democratic Office, 1047 Zachary Taylor Hwy, Huntly VA. Bring a cellphone if possible. Questions? Contact Bob Burney at burneyrg@me.com or (202) 342-0134; or Cathy Zimmerman at cpzimmerman@verizon.net.
Candidates forums this week: Wednesday 10/9 at 6:30pm. April Moore will appear at the Charterhouse School, 508 Piccadilly St, Edinburg VA 22824. Carpooling available, MS Willis 540/987-8912 or maryswillis@me.com
RCDC General meeting:
The RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE monthly meeting will be on Saturday, October 12 at the Washington Town Hall, 485 Gay Street, Washington VA. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and conversation. Meeting starts at 10 a.m. Amissville BoS candidate Ron Makella will be there. All are welcome!
AS 2018 DRAWS TO A CLOSE,
We want to begin by saying thank you! Thank you to the many, many Rappahannock County Democrats who stepped up over the weeks and months to turn out support for Leslie Cockburn for Congress and Tim Kaine for Senate. Because of your determination, hard work, and boundless enthusiasm, our field operations and approach to outreach have forever been transformed, with radical improvements and growth in all aspects of organizing.
Together, we made significant strides over past elections. Our achievements included:
Did we move the needle? Decidedly, yes. With 1,837 votes for Leslie Cockburn in Rappahannock County, we increased our voter turnout 20 percent from the 2014 mid-term election. The point spread between Leslie and her opponent was the smallest in decades. Leslie outperformed Democratic Senate incumbent Tim Kaine in Rappahannock and the 5th District over his Republican opponent, Corey Stewart, an outspoken Trump supporter and white nationalist. We solidified our Democratic hold in key areas: Flint Hill, Sperryville and the absentee votes.
This is just the beginning. We’ve established a strong foundation for future Get Out the Vote efforts. We’ve developed strong working relationships with neighboring Democratic committees, and with increasingly effective Indivisible and resistance groups, including our own Rapp Resist, and those in Fauquier, Madison, Culpeper and Greene counties. We have big plans not only to continue increasing Democratic turnout, but also to win over independent voters and even conservative hearts and minds!
In 2019, Rappahannock will be involved in two races for State Legislature: the 18th District of the House of Delegates to unseat Republican Michael Webert, and the 26th Senate District to unseat Mark Obenshain.
We’re looking forward to working with you to flip the House of Delegates and the Senate! This is a crucial effort. With control of the House, we’ll be in a position, after the 2020 Census, to re-draw gerrymandered districts like the 5th in 2021.
Have a wonderful holiday, enjoy your family and friends, and let’s get together again on January 12 for the first RCDC meeting of 2019!
Mary-Sherman Willis, Chair
Ross O’Donoghue, Vice Chair
Bob Burney, Secretary
Bruce Sloane, Treasurer