Delaware County Democratic Party
www.delcodems.com
ENotes
February 1, 2004

In this issue:

News from the 2004 Annual Nominating Convention
Petitions
Voter Registration Update

Vice Chair elected President of PA Young Democrats

News Articles of Note
Worth Repeating

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News from the County Nominating Convention

Despite the winter weather and postponement of the convention for a second year in a row, hundreds of energized committee people and volunteers convened on Thursday January 29 to nominate and endorse candidates for legislative offices and listen to speeches from candidates running for statewide offices this year.

 

Conventioneers heard remarks from Pennsylvania Auditor General Bob Casey, who cancelled a fundraising meeting to attend the postponed convention, Jim Eisenhower, a candidate for attorney general and the head of Pennsylvania's Crime Commission, and Mary Hoeffel, daughter of Congressman Joseph M. Hoeffel and our party's candidate for US Senate.

 

Remarks were also delivered by Congressman Robert A. Brady, State Senator Connie Williams, and State Representatives Thaddeus Kirkland, Greg Vitali and Ron Waters.

 

Candidates endorsed for Congress, State Senator and State Representative are:

*Denotes incumbent running for re-election

 

1^st Congressional District Robert A. Brady*

7^th Congressional District Greg Phillips  (visit his website)

9^th State Senate District Tom Bosack

17^th State Senate District Connie Williams*

159^th Legislative District Thaddeus Kirkland*

160^th Legislative District Mike McGann (visit his website)

162^nd Legislative District Catherine Celley

163^rd Legislative District Rose Izzo

164^th Legislative District Josh Richards

165^th District Dustin Gettel (visit his website)

166^th Legislative District Greg Vitali* (visit his website)

185^th Legislative District Bob Donatucci*

191^st Legislative District Ron Waters*

 

Endorsed Candidates for Statewide Offices

US Senate Joe Hoeffel (visit his website)

State Treasurer Bob Casey

Auditor General Jack Wagner (visit his website)

Attorney General Jim Eisenhower

 

 

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Volunteers Need for Petitions

 

Anyone wishing to volunteer to circulate nominating petitions for candidates for Congress, State Senator and State Representative in your district should email us as soon as possible so we can get petitions materials to you. Hundreds of signatures must be gathered in the next two and a half weeks in order to get candidates on the ballot. If you can help and have not yet been contacted by your local party chair, please email us today.

 

To volunteer, email volunteer@delcodems.com

 

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Voter Registration Update

Local committee chairs who are interested in having Registration Coordinator Jason Marmon speak at a meeting or help with a voter registration event can contact Jason directly at (610) 565-2589 or via email at APOOscar@alum.drexel.edu.

Please note that there are new voter registration forms that need to be used. These new forms have a requirement for driver license or social security number (last four digits) to be filled out.

A presidential election year is a good opportunity to get people registered. Recent succesful voter registration efforts include Upper Darby, Millbourne, and Colwyn. The goal this year is three targeted county wide registration drives. 

 

Next voter registration event:

Saturday, March 13th
10 AM
(former) Pep Boys at 6701 Market St., Upper Darby

Efforts will target Upper Darby's 7th District since it has been identied as a place
where we are likely to find unregistered voters with a high propensity for
registering Democratic. Contact Jason Marmon to help.

 

 

 

Delaware County Democratic Party Vice Chairman Tony Campisi was elected president of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats (PAYD) on Friday, January 23 at the Democratic State Committee meeting at the Harrisburg Marriott after a four hour hearing in which the former president was removed from office.

 

The organization, which has been in some turmoil for months, now has a fully constituted executive board, after Campisi appointed Charles Duncan of Philadelphia as vice president and Jared Solomon from Montgomery County as National Committeeman.

 

"I look forward to the next year and to building an organization that is able to contribute in positive ways to the goals of the Democratic Party in our counties, our Commonwealth, and our nation," Campisi told members of the state chapter after his election.

 

Visit the website at www.payd.org

 

 

Whoever Is Chosen, Democrats Spoil for a Fight

By Robin Toner

The New York Times

Friday 30 January 2004