Per tradition the committee decided at the June 16th meeting for a summer recess in July, and to reconvene at our usual day in August, the third Monday, August 17th. After our primary races we’ll be charged up to work for Deeds-Wagner-Shannon and to take on the Party of No (McBollinelli, et. al.) in the November 3rd General Election.
Sims, Chapman Winners of 2009 Josephine Marshall Award
8th District members, Terron Sims, II and John Taylor Chapman, were selected by Virginia’s 8th District Committee to receive the Josephine Marshall Award. The Award recognizes and honors the achievements and contributions of individuals within Congressional Districts that have demonstrated significant contributions to the Democratic Black Caucus and the Democratic Party of Virginia concomitantly developing and advancing relevant issues with …
24 Hours of (United) Democrats
cross-posted from DemRulz.org, by DNC member Frank Leone, Jr. Back from Williamsburg after attending the DPVA Steering Committee (Friday night), DPVA State Central Committee (Saturday am), Unity Rally (Saturday noon), and Democratic Black Caucus Juneteenth Dinner (Saturday night). I’ve never seen Virginia Democrats so united behind their ticket. 50% of Democratic voters had Creigh Deeds as their first choice for …
State Central Committee Meeting Saturday
Quarterly meeting of the State Central Committee Saturday, June 13th 10:00 am in Williamsburg, VA at the the Sadler Center in the Chesapeake Room on the College of William and Mary’s campus in historic Williamsburg (map, click here). Take exit 238, follow signs toward Colonial Williamsburg Take a right at the 2nd traffic light onto Rt. 132 Go straight through …