Let’s Do Brunch!
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It’s December! We’ve worked hard and now deserve a Holiday Treat.
Instead of our monthly General Meeting, let’s have Brunch!
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Contact RCDC Chair Mary-Sherman Willis for more details and to RSVP.
It’s December! We’ve worked hard and now deserve a Holiday Treat.
Instead of our monthly General Meeting, let’s have Brunch!
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Contact RCDC Chair Mary-Sherman Willis for more details and to RSVP.
It’s time for the RCDC’s Monthly Meeting
WHEN: Saturday November 12, 10 am
WHERE: Rappahannock Library, 4 Library Rd, Washington VA
Doors open at 9:30 for coffee and conversation. Meeting commences at 10am and lasts one hour. All are welcome!
For a Zoom link, join our private FB group or send us a message.
The following article is courtesy of the Rappahannock News. Read full article on Rappnews.com.
We have final results in the race for Rappahannock County’s seat in the Virginia House of Delegates Democratic Party primary. Laura L. Galante has won by a wide margin.
The voting breakdown in Rappahannock:
Tristan D. Shields Democratic | 100 | 23.64% |
Laura L. Galante Democratic | 323 | 76.36% |
Rappahannock News contributor Patty Hardee reports the district breakdown:
Jackson: Shields 24. Galante 35 Chester Gap: Shields 9. Galante 4 Flint Hill: Shields 7. Galante 45 Stonewall-Hawthorne: Shields 15. Galante 54 Hampton: Shields 21. Galante 84 Piedmont: Shields 23. Galante 74
Absentee: Shields 1. Galante 27
And the district-wide vote:
Tristan D. Shields Democratic | 728 | 29.91% |
Laura L. Galante Democratic | 1,706 | 70.09% |
She will challenge incumbent Republican Michael Webert in this general election this fall. And the results of all of Northern Virginia’s primary’s are also in. Details from our colleagues at InsideNoVa here.
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