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Women in Politics 2009

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

The Colorado Democratic Party
Invites you to our annual fundraising event

Women in Politics

Honoring U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, Colorado Treasurer Cary Kennedy, State Sen. Paula Sandoval, and Denver Clerk & Recorder Stephanie O’Malley

Hosts include Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien, Sec. of State Bernie Buescher and Mary Beth Buescher

Saturday, June 27, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Home of Judi Butz
7985 Melrose Drive, Wheat Ridge

Co-Host $250
Guest $100
Complimentary for 2009 Chair’s Council Members

Contribute online at:
www.coloradodems.us/events/2009demwomen

Or mail check made out “Colorado Democratic Party” to
777 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204
before June 20th

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House District 23 Vacancy Committee Elects Successor to Rep. Gwyn Green

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Last night the vacancy committee in House District 23 selected Max Tyler of Lakewood to succeed State Rep. Gwyn Green.  Green was first elected to represent House District 23 in 2004.

Rep. Green announced at the end of the 2009 state legislative session that she would retire. Rep. Green has been a champion of children and those Coloradans in need of health care.

“Max Tyler has been active in the Jefferson County Democratic Party for a number of years and has worked closely with Rep. Green. He will do a fine job of carrying on her legacy,”  said Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak.

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CDP Survey

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

What state issue is of highest importance to you?

What effect do you think the 2008 election results will have on the direction of our nation?

What do you think is the most important strategy for winning over new voters to the Democratic column?

What do you think is the most important national issue?

What strategies do you think will strengthen Colorado Democratic Party organization over the next two years and beyond?

How influential do you think Barack Obama will be in his first two years as president?

How important do you think the 2008 elections have been in helping to advance the state Democratic Party agenda?

How effective has the Democratic Party been in articulating our beliefs, policies, and plans for a better America?

How effective has our state government been in meeting Colorado’s needs?

How do you plan to help strengthen the Democratic Party between now and 2008 (check all the apply)?

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My D.C. Inauguration Experience

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Ken Strom, my husband, and I flew into Washington National on Saturday, January 17, 2009 too late to attend the DNC tribute to Governor Howard Dean. I had tried to change my tickets for three days, but the airlines were not about to let me get in without a lot more money. So we missed that event and heard the next day that it was wonderful.

On Sunday, the streets were closed off, so we walked a few blocks and took a taxi to the Washington Hilton for the Emily’s List luncheon. Other Coloradans Rollie and Josie Heath were there, and we also ran into Katie Hoffner with her mother. And of course, Rep. Betsy Markey and her staff attended.

It was so exciting to hear from the newly elected Senators Kay Hagan (NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (NH). Governor Bev Perdue gave us insight on her race in North Carolina. And we also got to hear from the three women appointed to the Obama Administration: Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security; Hilda Solis for Labor; and Hillary Clinton for State. The program ran an hour over time, but it was so exciting.

We then went by the Westin to do a walk through for the Monday Colorado Ball. From there we walked back to our hotel with strains of music coming from the Mall.

After standing in a crush of people trying to get onto the Metro, we headed for dinner with family in Springfield, Virginia. Everyone was in a good mood.

On Monday we spent most of the day on Capitol Hill collecting swearing in tickets for Colorado attendees. While having a late breakfast on the Senate side, we ran into Senator Shaheen again.

From there it was off to the DNC for the last group of tickets. It was an opportunity to hear more stories about how different states were faring in the process. There we ran to lunch where Anthony Graves and Erika Hixson showed up to collect their tickets. They told us how long the lines were to get into the Rayburn Building where Rep. DeGette was holding a reception.

Luckily, Lisa Cohen, Diana’s chief of staff, sent out rescue teams to get us in.

Our next trip was back to the hotel to change into our fancy clothes for the Colorado Inaugural Ball. It was very well attended and included Mayor Hickenlooper, Sen. Udall, Sen.-select Bennet, Reps. DeGette, Polis, Markey, and Perlmutter, State Sen. Groff, State Sen. Schwartz, State Rep. Gagliardi, State Rep. Primavera, State Rep. Kerr, State Rep. McGihon, State Rep. McCann, and many others. We partied till the end.

On Tuesday morning we started out really early. The Metro would not let us in so we walked two and half miles to the backside of the Rayburn Building where the Orange Gate line began. One and one half hours in line made us thankful for the long underwear, hats, gloves and other warm clothing.
But in the end we had a wonderful view of the inaugural ceremony. I was moved to tears more than once. You can see all the pomp and circumstance online, but I would not have missed the real thing. I felt really lucky to be there.

After the swearing in, we walked back to our hotel (2.5 miles). Scheduled us for an early dinner. Then we dressed again and were off to the Western Ball. One highlight of the evening was Marc Antony, and Jennifer Lopez joined him on stage. Joe and Jill Biden arrived around 10:30pm. We missed seeing the President and First Lady because my brother and his wife had to get the next Metro to Virginia before it closed down. It was a really cold night.

On Wednesday, Ken and I moved to the Woodley Park hotel where the Association of State Democratic Chairs met. Our main mission was to elect new officers. I was re-elected as the Western Representative to the DNC. In the afternoon the DNC met and paid tribute to Governor Dean. In a very moving moment, the Native American community presented him with an Indian blanket.

Gov. Tim Kane was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
He is very supportive of the 50-state strategy. We will be waiting to see what form that comes in.

Thursday was to be museum day for us, but we were invited to sit in the Senate Gallery in the afternoon. After a quick visit to the Native American Museum, we went over to the Senate to observe the discussion about the “Lily Ledbetter” law. That went on for about 40 minutes. Then Vice President Biden came to swear in Michael Bennet as Colorado’s new senator.

In the reception following, former Sen. Tim Wirth and now senior Senator Mark Udall spoke along with Rep. John Salazar and Rep. Betsy Markey. Many great friends and new acquaintances welcomed Sen. Bennet.

We flew back to Colorado on Friday. It was great to get home.

Pat Waak

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Change

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)

Today, the sky above the Sheraton in downtown Denver is overcast, but even so, it seems a bit more sunny today; people are walking around a bit more cheerily today. Yes, change is on the way.

Last night was surreal. I’m still not sure it has sunk in. The crowd gradually worked itself up until darned near every person I saw after Senator Obama’s speech was dancing — really dancing. Then, there was literally dancing in the streets. The crowd here at the Sheraton spilled out onto the side streets along the hotel and streets were blocked with the celebratory reveling of Americans who had just elected a President.

Just think how far Colorado has come. In 2003, when I first became a state party officer, Colorado looked very different. We had a Republican Governor — heck, we had Republicans in every major statewide office except for Attorney General. Both of our U.S. Senators were Republican. Five of our seven Members of Congress were Republican. Republicans held majorities in both houses of the state legislature.

Now, everything we knew in 2003 has been stood on its head and reversed. Literally reversed. We have a Democratic Governor; indeed, after Mike Coffman resigns, all but the Attorney General will be a Democrat. Both of our U.S. Senators will be Democrats. With the addition of Congresswoman Betsy Markey (that sure sounds nice, doesn’t it?), we will have five of seven Members of Congress who are Democrats. And we have kept our Democratic majorities in the State House and the State Senate.

Indeed, change is coming.

Thanks to the hard work of so many of you out there, making phone calls, knocking on doors, talking to friends and neighbors, donating your time and your money, change is coming.

Thanks to the leadership of our State Chair, Pat Waak, and her close collaboration with Ray Rivera and the Obama campaign, alongside Mike Melansan and the Udall folks, change is coming.

Thanks to the audacity of hope, change is coming.

Thanks to every one of our Democratic county chairs, who dealt with unique challenges in 2008 from February 5 on to last night, change is coming.

Thanks to every one of the nearly 130,000 people who showed up at the Democratic caucuses on that historic February 5 eveninig, change is coming.

Thanks to Hank Eng, Hal Bidlack, and the hundreds of other Democratic candidates who were unsuccessful last night — whose sacrifices over the past few months may never be truly known and will never be truly honored, but whose hard work paved the way for statewide Democratic victories — change is coming.

Thanks to Congresswoman-elect Betsy Markey, change is coming.

Thanks to Dennis Apuan — now the SECOND Democrat representing El Paso County in the State House (and the third representing the county in the legislature, along with Rep. Michael Merrifield and Sen. John Morse), change is coming.

Thanks to PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama, change is coming.

Thanks to the over 100,000 people who showed up in Denver on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in October for the largest political rally in American history, change is coming.

Thanks to over one hundred million Americans who voted in this historic election, change is coming.

Thanks to the tens of thousands of volunteers who put together the best political convention in the history of the Democratic Party in August here in Denver, change is coming.

Thanks to our troops abroad, who are putting their lives on the line to protect the freedoms we enjoyed to speak out, to campaign, and to vote, change is coming.

Thanks to the hundreds — maybe thousands — of people who left their families, their friends and their homes in locations across the nation to come help us here in Colorado, change is coming.

And again, thanks to all of you who put your own lives on hold for the past few months, who made sacrifices that will never be properly documented or appreciated, change is coming.

Change is coming.

Yes. We. Did.

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The Final Push.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)

After leaving Gilpin County, I stopped by the Campaign for Change office in Golden, as well as the staging offices in Elizabeth and Castle Rock.

In Golden, the stream of people in and out of the office that I saw everywhere else wasn’t as pronounced. The reason? The Golden office had been transformed into the “boiler room,” serving several staging areas around Jefferson County. So the calmness in the office was a good sign; a Boiler Room is intended to handle any crises that occur at the different staging areas. Since things seemed to be going smoothly, the boiler room was a calm place to be.

When Pat and I were talking about spending today dropping by the various campaign offices, I asked where I should go. The answer from the campaign? Whatever you do, make sure you stop by the Elbert County office — they need to hear how much we appreciate their work.

I dropped by the Elizabeth office — the staging area for Elbert County — later in the afternoon. The sight was probably the nicest I’ve seen. A local restaurant had closed down for two days solely for the purpose of providing the campaign a large enough space to use as a staging area. Dozens of people were doing a variety of jobs — some making calls, some working on data entry, still others working on getting things ready for more canvassing. I arrived just minutes after several others had left to go on a shift of canvassing.

There were enough people in the Elizabeth office that they actually stopped everybody and I gave a short thank-you talk to folks on behalf of the State Party. But I kept it short (really, I did!) so folks wouldn’t be taken for too long from their important jobs of calling and canvassing. And, with the location being a restaurant, the food was top-notch. I had to demur several times the many offers for me to eat dinner there (we’d made plans to have dinner later this evening with my brother).

Finally, I headed over to Castle Rock for an unannounced visit to their main staging area. My last stop was also the busiest stop. The Castle Rock office was HUGE, with every space being taken by a volunteer working hard for the election tomorrow night. I had a great conversation with the Campaign for Change field director for the office and the Udall field director for the office.

We talked about how tough things are for Democrats in Douglas County, and the CFC director told me her goal was — point blank — to win Douglas County. If we were able to do that, there is really no way the Republicans could win the state. They talked about how happy they’d been with the volunteer response so far — they wanted to get to every contact twice in the past couple of days, but instead were able to contact everybody on their lists THREE times in the past couple of days!

Everybody in the offices I’ve visited in the past couple of days has seemed cautiously optimistic (or, as I just heard on the news, “cautiously nauseous”). But there’s also been a nervousness about over-confidence. The key is tomorrow.

The key is tomorrow. Election Day. D-Day. Where all of our work should pay off.

If you show up.

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Betsy Markey – A Clear Winner in the First Debate with Marilyn Musgrave

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Last night at the Center for the Arts at Colorado State University, Betsy Markey faced off Marilyn Musgrave in the first of three debates. For those who were not there, 9News will rebroadcast the debate Sunday afternoon.

Betsy was clear and responsive to each of the questions that were posed by Adam Schrager, the moderator. The same could not be said for Marilyn Musgrave. Musgrave used the standard Republican attacks of “pork” in bills that were passed and “tax increases,” while still maintaining her recent bi-partisan cooperation and asserting that she has opposed her president and her party.

Is this the same Marilyn Musgrave who months ago had Vice-President Dick Cheney in to raise money for her? Of course, the party was not in the CD4.

Betsy Markey talked about here experience as a small business owner who was responsible for balancing her budget, taking care of her employees, and making the right decisions for consumers. She also countered the false attacks on her by the Musgrave supporters that she had profited from working for Senator Ken Salazar.

Two big issues related to specifics of how each would deal with the current mortgage foreclosure crisis and what they would do about health care. Instead of answering either question, Marilyn Musgrave told stories about people she knew who were struggling.

We should be very proud of Betsy Markey. She was straight-forward in her responses and suggested solutions for Coloradans.

Tune in on Sunday and judge for yourself.

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El Paso is Hot!!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

In the past four days I have been to El Paso County three times! I was in Manitou Springs on Sunday where I was the surrogate for the Obama campaign. I arrived in the morning to hear the drums coming from outside of Soda Springs Park.

Nate Hundt is the Regional Field Director for the Campaign for Change. He had a voter registration table, a volunteer sign-up table and tables set up for canvassers.

Mike Merrifield gave one of his rousing and funny speeches. Pete Lee, the SD 12 candidate and Mayor Eric Drummond gave their own great speeches. Then I had a chance to pump up the crowd for their day of work.

Nate says that over 200 people participated in the days’ events. They canvassed neighborhoods and then returned to the park for food and music. Once again I am amazed at the young people coming out to work on this campaign.

Yesterday, Sept. 23, 2008, I had the joy of spending the day with the Faith and Politics staff from Obama for America. Mark Linton, in charge of Catholic outreach, and Joshua DuBois, responsible for Christian outreach, joined many of the ministers and lay workers who are involved in faith outreach for coffee and breakfast at Bogey’s on the Park. Our special guest for the day was Don Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What. Don is an evangelical who writes about Christian spirituality.

After breakfast we went to meet with Greater Denver Ministerial Alliance. Tim Karpoff and the local organizer for the Campaign for Change were already there talking about the need to register voters. Don had a chance to talk about his own story and how he became convinced that Barack Obama needed to be president.

From there we visited Pastor Imogene’s Sharing and Caring mission. She serves so many of the working poor out of her little facility. However, we were amazed at how large it really is. Victoria Scott Haynes guided us through and then we discovered that the car battery was dead. So our guest ends up working with the mission staff to get us on the road again.

We made a stop at M & D’s for a quick lunch of fried okra, fried green tomatoes, and catfish (at least that is what Don and I had). Then we were off to Colorado Springs for a political clutch, some press and a community forum. Over 120 people crowded into the room to hear Don tell the story of how he came to support Barack Obama. He also did a great job of explaining why Christian evangelicals need to support Senator Obama, even though there are some issues they might disagree on. The crowd was really captivated.

My job was to ask questions submitted by the audience and then pose one of my own. It was something I wanted Don to share. He rode his bicycle across the country to raise money for a charity. The people he met made a deep impression on him.

As we raced back to Denver to deliver Don to the airport, I really understood what a great person he is. The young people that Senator Obama has attracted to this campaign are tremendously talented. Having said that, I don’t want to forget Natasha Somer. She was with us as well and serves as Victoria’s assistant on faith outreach. And she is a great organizer and advance person.

So this morning, Sept. 24, 2008, we were back down in Colorado Springs. We went urge El Paso County election officials to ensure that every eligible voter is able to cast a ballot.

An email that the office of El Paso County Clerk Bob Balink sent to the office of the Colorado College President warned out-of-state students that they are ineligible to vote if their parents claim them as dependents. The Clerk also urged the President to publish the letter in the student newspaper and the information was added to the school’s website. Approximately 75 percent of Colorado College students are from out of state, and they are, in fact, eligible to register to vote in the state.

Martha Tierney, the CDP attorney said that Mr. Balink was wrong on the letter of the law and disseminated false information to students.

In addition to sending false information to Colorado College, Balink removed an early vote location in Fountain, Colorado, and has reportedly failed to process thousands of otherwise legitimate voter registration forms — actions that could disenfranchise Colorado voters.

State Senator John Morse also expressed concern that Clerk Balink removed an early voting location. He was joined by Rev. McMearn, a local pastor, is requesting that this site be restored.

Finally, Colorado College student organizer Ben Slaughter talked about the situation on campus and his commitment to ensuring that students on his campus have the correct information about their right to vote in Colorado

Every day is filled with events, and I hope you are attending as many as possible. We can win this election with your help.

Pat Waak

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The First Breakfast

Monday, August 25th, 2008

(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)

This morning, we had our first Delegation Breakfast. We’ve had delegation breakfasts at each convention, but this was something more. To start, the room was at least twice as large — perhaps three times as large — as the rooms where we held our breakfasts in Boston and Los Angeles at the last two conventions. And we filled the room — Colorado’s delegates were only a part of the crowd.

We had some great speakers this morning. We heard from Senator Salazar, as well as Reps. Salazar and Perlmutter. Senator Salazar was bursting with pride at being the host Senator at this convention. We heard from several other speakers, as well, including a great speech from former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Gov. Siegelman was targeted by the U.S. Justice Department and Karl Rove because he was a Democrat in the South they couldn’t beat legitimately. He was even thrown into a maximum security prison before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered his release, with the comment that he was likely to win his appeal.

Siegelman did a great job keeping the crowd energized by his compelling story. He was introduced by CDP Political Director Billy Compton, who got his start when Siegelman hired him out of college in Alabama.

It was a great morning to be a Colorado Democrat. And I’ve seen a list of some of our speakers in the days to come, and it is only going to get better!

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Last night, after we left the star-studded Green Concert at Red Rocks, we headed back into the heart of Denver for the evening soiree for the Young Democrats of America and the Colorado Young Democrats. We arrived just in time to hear CYD President (and Colorado delegate) Crisanta Duran energize the crowd and introduce the YDA President. We also heard an excited and inspiring speech from Congressman Jeff Merkeley — the club was certainly “jumping” with YD energy.

Today, there are a number of events we’re headed out to do before we go over to the Pepsi Center this afternoon. As always, I will try to write to DemNotes as I can. Note that it appears if I post from my cell phone, you won’t get DemNotes via e-mail, so you might want to check online at www.DemNotes.com for the latest reports.

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D Minus Three Days — And a Slew Of Information!

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)

Today’s post to DemNotes feels like the original DemNotes. For those who don’t remember, or who weren’t involved with the Party back then, DemNotes began during the 2004 election cycle as an e-mail newsletter from me as State Party Secretary to everybody on the then-small State Party e-mail list. After 2004 — where I first blogged during the Democratic National Convention in Boston — I turned it into the blog demnotes.com that is in use today. In any event, when it was a newsletter format, there were several posts all at once, and there’s so much to report today that it seems a lot like that again.

D Minus Three Days. Or two days. Or one day. Depends on your point of view. Tomorrow, Saturday, is the first day for official convention-related activities in Denver. The Rules Committee meets in the morning, and the Media Party is in the evening. Sunday is the first day for delegation events, with an Interfaith Service and all-delegation party during the day, and the Green Concert with Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews at Red Rocks in the evening. But the gavel doesn’t officially come down to start the convention until around 3:00 Monday afternoon at the Pepsi Center, so that’s why I say “three days”.

Pepsi Center StageWe saw today the first public look at the Pepsi Center’s interior, and it looks fantastic! If you haven’t seen it, go online to the Denver Post or Rocky, or CNN, or any other news site and take a look. It is colorful, bright, and stunning. If you’re looking at this by e-mail, I’ve put a picture up on the website at www.DemNotes.com.

If you’re not going to be able to get into the Pepsi Center, don’t worry. There will be PLENTY to do in Denver without getting into the Pepsi Center. I’d encourage you to attend the Caucus meetings during the day at the Convention Center if you can. Here is the schedule of caucus meetings. On Monday and Wednesday, the following caucuses will meet from 10 am to Noon: African American Caucus, Asian / Pacific Islander Caucus, Hispanic Caucus, Native American Council, and the Ethnic Coordinating Council. From Noon to 2 on Monday and Wednesday, the GLBT Caucus and the Senior Council will be meeting. Finally, from 1 to 3 on Monday and Wednesday, the Rural Council will be meeting.

On Tuesday and Thursday, there are more caucus and council meetings. From 10 am to Noon, the Women’s Caucus — the largest DNC Caucus — will be meeting. From Noon to 2 on Tuesday and Thursday, the Disability Caucus, the Faith Council, and the Youth Council will be meeting. Finally, the Veterans and Military Families Council will be meeting from 1 to 3 on Tuesday and Thursday.

If you’re not a delegate, you can definitely attend any of these caucus meetings, but you need to pre-register online for the caucus meetings BEFORE 5 PM ON SATURDAY! You can pre-register for the caucuses at:
http://www.demconvention.com/caucus-meeting-preregistration

I will try to keep DemNotes updated during the week with the activities; however, I’m not sure yet how regular that will be. The calendar is already looking pretty packed each day from about 7 am to about 2 am, so I’m not sure when I will find a computer to write, but I promise to try. I will say that it seems like there are an awful lot more things to be done as a superdelegate than when I was a pledged delegate in 2000 and 2004.

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Folks are already arriving in Denver for the Convention, as you may have noticed if you’re in Denver. Governor Dean is here — and if you get this e-mail in time, you can attend a rally with Governor Dean at Noon today (Friday). He will be at a “Register for Change” event at the Auraria College Campus, St. Cajetan’s Chapel, Lawrence Way in Denver. There are sure to be other key Colorado leaders there, so stop by during your lunch hour if you get a chance.

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Looking for a yard sign? Tired of waiting for the campaigns to get your own in? There’s a great promotion out there that we as Democrats should take advantage of before the other side does: a sign-making company is offering free signs that you can design yourself. Go to www.buildasign.com and you can design your own sign that they will make for you for FREE. They’re giving away 100,000 of these signs as a promotion of their services.

Note that these signs are NOT union-made, so I would not endorse you buying their services, but if you can get a sign for free, I’m not sure how you can complain. I’ll also make a caveat that I only heard about this site on the radio yesterday, so I don’t really know much more about it than I’ve already indicated.

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Last Saturday, we headed up the road to a great event in Coaldale. For those who don’t know, Coaldale is in the heart of the mountainous portion of Fremont County, and the more sparsely-populated area of Fremont County. It’s also historically been a heavily Republican area. When I was county chair, we tried to do a couple of events out there, and the best turnout we had was maybe 20-30 people.

Saturday did not look good for an outdoor rally for Democrats. It was raining. It was a bit chilly. Parking along Highway 50 could get dicey. And did I mention that this was a heavily Republican area?

About 150 people showed up.

150.

Last year, we had a traditional summer picnic for Fremont County Democrats in Canon City, the population center of the county. It was a beautiful day — sunny but not too hot. No rain in sight. We didn’t see even close to 150 people there.

It was a truly great event — people huddled under umbrellas and tents to hear great candidates like Hal Bidlack (5th CD), Cal Cali (HD60), Gloria Stultz and Walt Myers (County Commissioner). Even Rep. Michael Merrifield came down from Colorado Springs to speak for Mark Udall. The wet crowd was enthusiastic — and did I mention it was a large crowd? Even State Chair Pat Waak briefly stopped by to say hello and deliver Invesco Field tickets to the county chair.

Change is in the air in Colorado — even in the most Republican of areas of our state!

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Last night, I drove down to San Luis to attend and assist with the Costilla County Dems’ Central Committee meeting. They were filling some officer vacancies, including that of the county chair. Congrats to their new chair, Ubaldo Padilla, who was elected last night. In addition, Natalie Cisco was elected Treasurer, and Raphael Maestas was elected the Second Vice Chair.

After the elections, the central committee — along with several guests — had a great discussion about how they can help out in the local and state races. It was an enthusiastic and inspiring session of people understanding how important it is to get out and walk and help all of the candidates on the ballot. I told them it was a wonderful way to kick off convention week, as I head for Denver this afternoon.

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Finally, this morning, I was on the radio in Sterling to talk about the Democratic Party, our candidates, and the National Convention. The half-hour interview went well, I think, and I worked to make sure that folks in Northeast Colorado understand that Republicans like Marilyn Musgrave are not standing for Colorado values and issues that are most important to Eastern Colorado. I hope to be on again in the near future.

Well, that’s enough for one post. Hopefully, I’ll see you around Denver in the next week

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