Coming back from the DNC meeting, we had the opportunity to hit the ground running. Monday night Sky Gallegos, Deputy CEO for Intergovernmental Relations of the DNCC, and I conducted a community forum in Fort Collins. It was standing room only, with representatives from Larimer, Weld and Morgan Counties in attendance.

The meetings that Sky and I are doing include an opportunity to discuss what will happen at the Democratic National Convention next year, as well as caucus training and the DNC’s Neighorhood Leader program. The questions were centered around volunteering and ways to promote your local community to incoming visitors. For some fun commentary, check out www.demconvention.com. They have a blog with video interviews.

However, the caucus training was important as well. About 60% of the audience had been to caucus before. The rest were really learning about caucuses and how to become delegates. Adam Bowen, Larimer County Democratic Chair, said that there were lots of new faces in the crowd. And we recruited about 15 new neighborhood leaders.

On Tuesday, Dick Wadhams and I made presentations to the Denver Lions Club. A packed lunchtime group listened to us talk about the importance of caucuses in Colorado and the changes we expect to see with the coming year’s participation. My prediction is that we will have a record turnout in 2008 because of all the Presidential candidates working in the state, the early date for our caucuses, and the interest in becoming a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Denver.

On Wednesday, over 200 people gathered at A Spice of Life conference center in Boulder. The DNCC held a community conversation with Leah Daughtry, CEO of the DNCC, and Rep. Alice Madden, Colorado House Majority Leader. The big announcement was the introduction of Andrea Robinson, who will be in charge of “greening” the national convention. I also had a few moments to explain the caucuses and how one could become a delegate.

Other upcoming events:
1) The Colorado State Executive Committee and State Central Committee will be meeting on Saturday to approve next year’s budget, elect a new treasurer, and handle party business.

2) There will be Faith and Politics House Parties on Monday evening. On Tuesday of next week, we will host a larger meeting at the CDP at 6:30 P.M. Rev. Terri Lavelle and John Kelly from the DNC’s Faith in Action Project will be here.

3) The Faith and Politics Seminar is scheduled for January 12, 2008 at Iliff School of Theology. Speakers will include Leah Daughtry, Governor Bill Ritter, Rep. Terrance Carroll, Rep. Morgan Carroll and Rep. Jim Reisberg.

4) Sky Gallegos and I will be hosting a community conversation and training in Durango, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 at the Durango Community Recreation Center (Peaks Room). The event will go from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.

5) I will be visiting with Montezuma County Dems in Cortez at The Main Bookstore in Cortez at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.

6) And I will be having dinner with the Dolores County Dems at the Blue Mountain Cafe in Dove Creek at 6:30 P.M. that evening.

Hope to see you at one of these events.

The campaigns are heating up, and as we move forward, it is always interesting to see the tactics of our opponents. Some of you may have followed the flap from my face off with Dick Wadhams, Republican Chair for Colorado, at the City Club.

It started when Wadhams talked about Rep. Mark Udall’s record being fair game for the upcoming Senate race. I responded by pointing out that Bob Schaffer has failed to take a stand on important Colorado issues, like the Roan Plateau, Pinon Canyon, SCHIP, and doesn’t even have anything on his website about any issues.

Wadhams then demanded that I go back and ask Mark Udall why he refuses to debate Schaffer. According to Wadhams, Aaron Harber of Channel 12, had asked Udall to debate and Udall had refused. News to me. And news to Mark’s campaign manager, Mike Melanson.

Here is part of a message I got from Aaron:

“I know it may have looked like I had a conversation with Dick Wadhams but the last conversation I had with him was when you and Dick appeared together on my program. That is why I was more surprised by Dick’s statement than anyone else when Mike Melanson called me asking about Dick’s statement.

When Mike called me, he gave me the impression Schaffer’s people had proposed six dates to Udall’s people and the Udall team had turned them down. Dick knows this never happened (well, at least as far as I know anyway). Similarly, while I had suggested some dates at different times, at no time were there ever six specific dates proposed by me before the two camps (again, as well as I can remember).”

We should expect a lot of untruths during the coming year. We need a truth squad out there who carries out vigilance.

By the way, Wadhams also said that Governor Ritter did not consult with the business community before he signed his executive order on the partnership program with state employees. I knew that was false because I had conversations with business representatives who had been consulted.

And since we are talking about our Republicans colleagues, Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, who Bob Schaffer calls his “hero.” is featured in U.S. News & World Report’s latest issue. On page 24 under a title, “Financial Aid for the Rich,” Kim Clark reports that Musgrave inserted an exemption in a bill last year that “allows the children of wealthy entrepreneurs to collect aid intended for the needy.” This loophole applies to federal financial aid for college.

Next week the DNC Winter meeting will take place in Virginia. It will be the last big meeting before the DNC Convention next August. Dan Slater, Sherry Jackson and I will be heading off next Wednesday for caucus meetings and general sessions.

Other important upcoming events:
December 3, 2007 Fort Collins community meeting with Sky Gallegos and me.
December 5, 2007 Boulder Community Conversation with Leah Daughtry, DNCC, and
Rep. Alice Madden
December 8, 2007 State Executive and State Central Committee Meetings in Denver
December 9, 2007 Durango community meeting and training with Sky Gallegos and
me.
January 12, 2009 Engaged Spirituality Seminar at Iliff School of Theology,
Speakers include Gov. Bill Ritter, Leah Daughtry, Rep. Terrance Carroll, Rep.
Morgan Carroll, Dr. Miguel de la Torre and others.

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

I forgot a couple of VERY key points in the last post that Colorado Democrats need to know about the hotel assignments (for those on e-mail, my apologies for three in one day).

First, please, please, please do not call the Grand Hyatt in a mad dash to book your rooms. They won’t have any. All of the rooms have already been set aside by the DNC for the Host Committee. A barrage of phone calls to the Grand Hyatt will just unnecessarily upset their staff. Furthermore, if you think you may be a delegate, don’t worry. If you are elected a delegate, you will have a room if you want it (and want to pay for it — they aren’t free). Instructions on how to reserve your room within the DNC / CDP room block will come to you with plenty of time once you are elected in May.

Furthermore, please, please, please don’t call the Colorado Democratic Party about the room block. While the CDP has some degree of control over the room block, nearly every room in our block will be taken by delegates, alternates, and standing committee members. Any rooms left over will go to other key elected officials. No matter how much you push or beg, Sherry Jackson, Pat Waak and everybody else at Headquarters just can’t make a room appear. If something changes, the Party will make an announcement — but that is unlikely to happen.

Finally, if you really, really want to be a part of the delegation fun at the Grand Hyatt, while we can’t promise you a room, we can reserve a place for you at the always-exciting delegation breakfasts. Every year, we have national figures stop by and chat with our delegates while we eat breakfast and hear of plans for the day. In 2004, for example, we had members of the Kerry family, Senator Max Cleland, fmr. Sec’y of State Madeline Albright, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Donna Brazile, and Sen. Tom Daschle each address us during breakfast. Demand for such a spot will be heavy (delegates and their families, of course, will be welcome to all delegation events such as this for free), so the price to attend is reflective of the demand. You can become an Ambassador and be a part of every delegation breakfast, or you can become a Host and attend one delegation breakfast. For more information about either of these wonderful (and limited) opportunities, go to the CDP website at:
http://www.coloradodems.us/events/dineatourtable

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

As I indicated at the end of my post earlier today, the DNCC has announced the housing assignments for the Democratic National Convention in Denver next August.

First, some background: Somewhere between 17,000 and 19,000 rooms across Denver have been blocked off by hotels in the metro area for the Convention. Of these, around 6,000 to 7,000 are set aside for state delegations. The ones that are set aside for delegations are all in one of three areas: Downtown, Tech Center, and Stapleton. This summer, nearly every state sent a representative to Denver to tour hotels in those three areas and make their preferences known to the DNCC. Since September, the DNCC has been working on a complicated puzzle, trying to take into account the preferences of the delegations (some wanted close hotels, some wanted cheaper hotels, some wanted hotels with a lot of amenities, and some were limited to the largest hotels, etc.) and the available hotels.

Today, the DNCC announced the assignments.

For starters, the Colorado Delegation will be staying in a pretty good downtown spot: the Grand Hyatt. (Note that this is not the newer Hyatt Regency, which will be the DNC’s Headquarters Hotel; no delegation is staying there). Here’s an interesting point: normally, we share our hotel with one or two other delegations. In 2004, we shared the Wyndham in Boston with the Georgia delegation. However, according to the press release from the DNCC, no other delegation is staying at the Grand Hyatt. The full press release is available at:
http://www.demconvention.com/a/2007/11/delegation_hote.html

Some other notes of interest:

– For the home states of our “front-runners” for the nomination, the New York delegation is staying at the Adams Mark; the Illinois delegation is at the Marriott City Center; the North Carolina delegation is at the Doubletree Denver Tech Center; and the New Mexico delegation will be at the Crowne Plaza, Downtown.
– California is also at the Adam’s Mark; Texas is at the Radisson Denver Southeast.
– Governor Dean’s Vermont delegation is at the Magnolia Hotel.
– Where will you see the most delegations? The Stapleton Doubletree and the Four Points by Sheraton, Southeast both have four delegations each staying at their properties. Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota and South Dakota are staying at the Stapleton Doubletree; Alaska, Minnesota, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island are at the Four Points Southeast.
– Our neighbors besides New Mexico? Wyoming is the Hyatt Place at the Denver Tech Center; Utah (who got the first priority during the lottery) is at the Warwick; Arizona is at the Hyatt Regency in the Tech Center; Oklahoma is at the Embassy Suites Southeast; Kansas is at the Doubletree Tech Center; and Nebraska is also at the Embassy Suites Southeast.
– Finally, if you want to see some of the Party’s rising stars, you should hang out near the Wyndham at the Tech Center or the Downtown Courtyard by Marriott around breakfast time. The New Hampshire delegation is staying at the Wyndham; the Iowa delegation has the Downtown Courtyard. Aspiring presidential hopefuls beyond 2008 often work to stop by each of those two delegations to speak to their delegation breakfast meetings.

Whew! With every passing day, this dream of holding the National Convention in Denver becomes more and more real, doesn’t it?

Some of the travels in the last few days should be of interest to all of you. On Monday, I met with the Metro Chairs after the County Chairs conference call to go over the DNC’s new Neighbor to Neigbor Project. The room was full, and we reviewed the powerpoint put together by the Democratic National Committee. I had several copies of the DVD to share with chairs in the room. There were representatives from Larimer, Weld, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Park, and Denver Counties. We have a lively discussion of using MySpace and other sites for communicating with young people.

On Tuesday, Bill Compton and I spent time with DNC Political Director, Dave Boundy, and Artie Blanco, the Southwest DNC Director. Colorado will be a target state, so Dave spent the day visiting with the Udall campaign staff, the Governor’s political people and various other organizations. We talked about the potential campaign for 2008. Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada are definitely on the radar screen because winning these four states can compensate for a loss in a big Eastern state.

Wednesday was filled with meetings and planning so that Thursday morning I could hop a flight for Las Vegas. There we had a Western Strategy meeting sponsored by the Project New West. I had the opportunity to hear about the latest data, along with other chairs from Montana, Wyoming, and Utah and staff from New Mexico, Idaho and Arizona. Following the briefing, we attended the Presidential Debate. Many of you saw the debate, although I must say that those of us there were lucky not to have the press spin.

After the debate, we attended a reception and then a dinner. At the reception, Rep. Kucinich, Gov. Richardson, Sen. Biden and Sen. Edwards came by. (For Desparate Housewives fans, James Denton was there.) In fact a lot of Creative Coalition folks were at the reception.

A dinner was sponsored by the Project New West. I sat with former Congressman Larry LaRocco from Idaho. We had met many years before when he was first running for office. This time he is running for Senate — the Craig seat. He talked about how he is spending a day each at different jobs around the state so he can see what it is like.

Friday morning, I flew back to Colorado and tried to catch up on more fundraising work. That evening I spoke at the House Majority Project fundraiser in Denver. We should be so proud of the work that our representatives are doing to serve Colorado.

Saturday morning, Jonah Fructer, who works on the Coordinated Campaign, and I drove to Steamboat Springs. We met 50 people at a pot luck lunch, and then Sky Gallegos, Deputy
CEO for Intergovernmental Relations, DNCC, and conducted a community conversation on the upcoming 2008 Democratic National Convention.

I followed that with caucus training and a presentation of the Neighbor to Neighbor Project. We got good coverage this morning in the local paper. http://steamboatpilot.com/news/2007/nov/18/democratic_convention_boost_economy_voter_interest/

That night we attended the Backcountry Ball in Steamboat Springs in support of Ken Brenner’s announcement that he filed the papers for a potential candidacy in Senate District 8. Ken has done a great job as a Steamboat Springs Councilman and has been involved in regional planning.

Just so you know we are not slacking, Jonah and I drove back to Erie this morning. I then went to Arvada to moderate two very fine debates. John Giardino and Evie Hudak are both running to replace Sen. Sue Windels. Before an audience of 75 people, they answered questions posed by the community.

The second debate featured the candidates for Congressional District 2: Will Shafroth, Executive Director of the Colorado Land Coalition; Jared Polis, former President of the Colorado State Board of Education; and Joan Fitz-Gerald, former Colorado State Senate President. The crowd grew to over 100 people. Each candidate answered 5 questions that had been submitted by the community. They all did a great job.

And it was a great day for Colorado.

Pat

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

Well, tonight we pack up and head out on the road for a day on the Western Slope and in the San Luis Valley tomorrow. I will be giving caucus training in Glenwood Springs, Montrose, and Saguache. Take a look at a map — it won’t be a short drive. At least I’m looking forward to getting to the Hot Springs pool later tonight in Glenwood Springs for some relaxation.

We start at 10 am tomorrow (Saturday) in Glenwood Springs. There, I’ll be delivering a presentation on the caucus process at the RE-1 School Administration Building First Floor Conference Room. I’m told that the building is at the corner of 14th and Grand Avenue in Glenwood. We hope to see folks from Eagle, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and Mesa Counties, in addition to Garfield county Dems.

Then, I’ll be whisked away toward Montrose. I’m told I’m not even allowed to stop for lunch — lunch will be eaten in the car! At 2 pm, I’ll give the same presentation in Montrose at the Montrose County Library, 320 South 2nd Street in Montrose. We’re hoping to see folks from Delta, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel counties join Montrose Dems at this event.

Finally, I’ll head back east, to Saguache. At the Oasis Restaurant in Saguache (right on the highway), I’ll be giving the caucus presentation to Sagauche Dems, and we are hoping to have others from the San Luis Valley join us there. The Saguache training is set for 5:30, although I will likely not get there until at least 6:00. The event in Saguache includes either an enchilada platter or a chicken fried steak dinner for $20.00. If you haven’t RSVP’d for that event yet, you should do so ASAP to M. Esther Grant at 719-256-5490 or Jackie Stephens at 719-530-1356.

Then, of course, I’ll head home. If I can find internet access and a breath on Sunday, I’ll try to write about my adventures then — otherwise, you’ll just have to wait until Monday!

But that’s not all of the CDP Democratic fun going on in the Western Slope on Saturday. If you’re up in the northwest part of the state, you may want to consider stopping by Steamboat Springs. At 11:30, State Chair Pat Waak will be joined by Sky Gallegos from the DNCC (Democratic National Convention Committee) for a forum on the National Convention and a caucus training / neighbor to neighbor training. That event will be at Olympian Hall, 845 Howelson Parkway, in Steamboat.

See you there!

Today is Veterans Day and the Colorado Democratic Party office is closed. However, I wanted to take a moment and thank all the veterans in Colorado and around the world for their service. We don’t say thank you enough.

Colorado has over 400,000 veterans. I just signed a fundraising letter for State Representative Joe Rice, who is over in Iraq for another tour of duty. For those of you that receive it, let’s help Joe raise the dollars he needs while he serves his country.

Thank you to Larry Drake, who is newly appointed to the Democratic National Committee’s veterans council. He will serve us all well. Thank you to the Colorado veterans who are active in the Colorado Democratic Party. So many of you work to make sure we have good candidates and a strong party. And thank you to U.S. Rep. John Salazar, a veteran himself, who works every day to improve health coverage for vets.

My husband, my brothers, my nephew and my dad are all veterans. Yesterday I spent the afternoon with my dad, who has Alzheimer’s. We went to a Veterans Day party at the Assisted Living Center. I listened to the stories from this group of elders and remembered that my farmer grandfather and his wife worked to fold parachutes during World War II.

There were two elderly women who worked in the rationing office, issuing cards and stamps for sugar, flour, tires. Another women worked for the American Red Cross. One woman trained women to take men’s jobs while the fellows were overseas. Another trained as a nurses aide because there was a shortage of nurses.

An elderly man served as a medic in World War II and then was called back to go to Korea. Another staff sgt. in the Army Air Corps served in the South Pacific. There was retired officer from the Navy who talked at length about his experience. One woman said that she was a child during World War II, but she went out to collect scrap metal.

Boxly Waak, my dad, left the family farm and went into the U.S. Army in 1935. Despite a lack of a high school education, he would go to Officer Candidate School and spend much of his time in the service training field artillery. After active duty, Dad continued to serve in the U.S. Army reserve unit finally retiring as a Captain. He was proud yesterday to be honored with a flag pin. He whispered to me, ” I am so glad they did this.”

As we continue to pressure our Federal elected officials and candidates to get us out of the war in Iraq, we also need to pay tribute to those who we send into battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we must not forget those who served in all of the other engagements throughout history. Thank you for being willing to risk your life for your country. May we some day have a permanent peace.

There’s now less than a year until November 4, 2008 - Election Day 2008.

This weekend and next week, please join one of our “Year Out” house meeting events as we begin a new voter contact strategy to elect a Democratic president and Democrats up and down ticket.

Our four field organizers - Robin Van Ausdall, Annajo Sanchez, Kim Phillips, and Daryl Grant - are organizing meetings around the state to roll out a new “Neighborhood Leader” program. We hope that you’ll attend one of these house meetings to learn more about the program and commit to serving as a Neighborhood Leader in 2008.

The work of Neighborhood Leaders is simple - they’ll each talk to 25 voters at least three times before Election Day 2008, and they’ll recruit two more people to become Neighborhood Leaders as well.

But the work of Neighborhood Leaders is also powerful - direct, personal conversations with voters at the door, or on the phone, are the most effective way of communicating with and persuading swing voters. Personal communication works better than TV ads, better than mailers, better than robocalls - it’s the essence of grassroots politics.

Democratic Party field staffers are organizing house meetings all over the country in November to recruit activists as Neighborhood Leaders. By Election Day 2008, there will be 500,000 Neighborhood Leaders nationwide, working to Get Out The Vote and take our country back.

By committing to be Neighborhood Leader in 2008, you’ll make a difference at the local level and you’ll be part of bold national effort. Please RSVP for one of the following house meetings today. If you attend one of the house meetings on Saturday, November 10th, you’ll be able to hear from Congressman Mark Udall, who will be joining the house meetings by conference call.

Thank you,

Pat Waak
CDP Chair

Saturday, November 10

Metro Denver House Meeting
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Colorado Democratic Party HQ, 777 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
RSVP to: http://www.udallforcolorado.com/page/event/detail/jtc

Morgan County House Meeting
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Morgan County Dems HQ, 329 Ensign, Fort Morgan
RSVP to: Lesle Bundy, lnbundy@yahoo.com

El Paso County House Meeting
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Home of Jennifer Trujillo-Sanchez, Colorado Springs
RSVP to: Jennifer Trujillo-Sanchez, 719-651-9445 or 719-591-2188

Southeast Colorado Five-County House Meeting
12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Prowers County Dems HQ, 207 S. Main St. Lamar
RSVP to: Susan Crites, carosue@centurytel.com or Randa Davis-Tice, davisticelaw@msn.com

Mesa State College Young Dems Meeting
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Saccomanno Hall, Science Building, Mesa State College, 12th and Elm, Grand Junction
RSVP to: Kimberly Phillips, DNC Western Slope Regional Organizer: 970-404-1960 or phillipsk@dnc.org or Ashley Mates, Mesa State College Young Democrats President: 970-391-0699 or amates@mesastate.edu

Garfield County House Party
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
RE-1 School Administration Building, 1405 Grand Ave, Glenwood Springs
RSVP to: Kimberly Phillips, phillipsk@dnc.org, 970-404-1960

Sunday, November 11

Saguache County House Meeting
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
865 Pinecone Way, Crestone
RSVP to: M. Esther Grant, chuckmeg@fairpoint.net

Monday, November 12

Pueblo County House Meeting
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Pueblo Dems HQ, 305 North Santa Fe Ave, Pueblo
RSVP to: Jane Wilson, Pam DiFatta, or Norma Oldham, 719-546-2745

Wednesday, November 14

Otero County House Meeting
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
CSU Extension, 411 North 10th Street, Rocky Ford
RSVP to: Diane Rikhof, 719-384-5701

Thursday, November 15

Crowley County House Meeting
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
RSVP to: Thomas Florez, lavetra@centurytel.net

Saturday, November 17

Montrose County House Meeting
12:00PM to 3:00PM
Home of Noelle Hagan, 2028 Cambridge Dr, Montrose
RSVP to: DNC Western Slope Regional Organizer: Kimberly Phillips: phillipsk@dnc.org or 970-404-1960 or Montrose County Democratic Party Vice Chair Jayne Bilberry: queenbilberry@hotmail.com or 970-596-1163

Montrose County Meeting and caucus/assembly training with Delta, Ouray, San Juan and San Miguel counties
2:00PM to 4:00PM
Montrose County Library, 320 South 2nd Street, Montrose
RSVP to: DNC Western Slope Regional Organizer: Kimberly Phillips: phillipsk@dnc.org or 970-404-1960

Routt County Caucus Training and Presentation
11:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Olympian Hall, 845 Howelson Pkwy, Steamboat Springs
RSVP to: Catherine Carson, tomangel@aol.com or (970) 870-2896

Saguache County House Meeting & Training
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Oasis Restaurant, 630 Gunnison Ave (aka Hwy 285), Saguache
RSVP to: M. Esther Grant, me.grant@hotmail.com or Daryl Grant, grantd@dnc.org or call 719-256-5490

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

As many of you know, last night was election night in municipalities across Colorado, as well as in several places nationwide. And November 6, 2007 continued a national trend we saw last November: Democrats winning big.

There were two governor’s seats up in two pretty red states last night: Kentucky and Mississippi. In both states, Republican incumbents were running for re-election. While we didn’t see the results materialize the way we wanted in Mississippi, we certainly saw great results in Kentucky, where Democrat Steve Beshear won by nearly 20 points over the culture-of-corruption-plagued GOP incumbent. And even in Mississippi, while we lost the Governor’s mansion, Democrats took control of the state senate, and kept control of the Mississippi House.

But Kentucky and Mississippi were only the tip of the iceberg. In another state that is at least pink, Virginia, Democrats gained seats in the State House and won control of the State Senate in some pretty costly legislative races. Virginia is now controlled by a Democratic governor, and recently elected a new Democratic U.S. Senator, as well. Maybe they’ve been watching us in Colorado!

Here in Colorado, I’m pleased to report lots of Democratic victories around the state. Heck even here in Canon City — about as Republican as you can get in Colorado — the former County Democratic Party Chair, Pat Freda, was the first-place finisher in a battle to win an At-Large seat on the city council. Old-fashioned shoe-leather won the day here in Fremont County. Democrats saw wins in Lakewood, with new council members Kellen and Quinn joining Mayor Murphy. Several progressives were re-elected to critical school board seats in Colorado Springs. Thornton and Westminster saw great progressive wins in their city council races. The top vote-getter in the at-large school board race in Pueblo District 60 was the Democrat that was heavily cheered at the Jac-X-Pres dinner on Friday night.

That was my stream-of-consciousness listing of just a few of the many Democratic victories last night here in Colorado. I haven’t seen a comprehensive list anywhere — so use the comments section to let us know about victories by progressive Dems (yes, I realize most of these races are technically non-partisan) in your neighborhood!

Carolyn Boller, Secretary of the Colorado Democratic Party.

I am thrilled that the plan is finally complete and approved. I want to thank Billy Compton for his hard work and patience in working with me to draw a plan approved by the DNC. Based on input from a number of Chairs, we did make some changes for the better and the DNC agreed. It’s a delight working with Billy. Margaret and the Outreach Committee worked their way thru many issues and now must prepare to reach out to their groups.

Now the fun begins….Thanks to all for their input.