WHCDC August President's message

Hi WHCDC Friends!

Our Endorsement Meeting and Ice Cream Social was a huge success!! We have a lot of new club members and friends as a result. We heard from our candidates and current office holders. Congressman Cummings topped off the evening with a rousing speech on why we need Democrats in office to respond to the needs of all of our people, not just the powerful and special interests. I am so proud that he is my representative in Congress!! Our endorsement results are posted below.

It is just a little over two months until the election and we have so much work to do. The club will not be meeting in September for our usual meeting because it is the day after the Democratic Central Committee’s Labor Day Picnic. I strongly encourage you to attend the picnic to get a chance to meet the candidates and to get inspired for the work ahead. The Labor Day Picnic is Monday, September 6, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Cedar Lane Park East Pavilion ($15 per person/ $25 for a family).

Over the next two months we will be asking for your help with the campaigns, including making phone calls, delivering signs, knocking on doors and helping behind the scenes. Everyone has something they can do to help. For example, on Saturday, October 2nd we will have a Democratic booth at Highland Days. We need volunteers to be at the booth to hand out literature and just be a presence to show our support for our candidates. We are also making arrangements with the O’Malley/Brown and Ulman coordinated campaign to provide support there as well. Stay tuned for more opportunities to get involved.

There is way too much at stake in this election to be sitting by the sidelines. Congressman Cummings pointed out that an O’Malley loss could mean that he would no longer be our representative in Washington. We would likely be redistricted into Roscoe Bartlett’s district. That alone is motivation enough for me….

Clyde Robinette
robicl@comcast.net

ENDORSEMENT RESULTS - by vote

Endorsement by Vote

County Council – Dist. 4
83% Mary Kay Sigaty*

Register of Wills
77% Byron Macfarlane

Judge of the Orphans Court
59% Anne Dodd

Democratic Central Committee
71% Jonathan Branch
71% Michael McPherson*
70% Catherine Zomlefer*
68% Kristen Neville*
67% Clarence Lam
64% Carole Chase
64% Abby Hendrix
59% Rich Corkran
58% Ethel Hill
58% Ethan Moore

* indicates incumbent

ENDORSEMENT RESULTS - by acclamation

Endorsement by Acclamation The following offices were endorsed by acclamation. These offices are held by Democrats or have no Democratic primary opposition. The offices in this group included state and county-wide offices or those whose districts include areas west of Route 29 and outside of Columbia.

U.S. Senate
Barbara Mikulski*

U.S. Congress – District 3
John Sarbanes*

U.S. Congress – District 7
Elijah Cummings*

Governor/Lt. Governor
Martin O’Malley/Anthony Brown*

Comptroller
Peter Franchot*

Attorney General
Douglas Gansler*

State Senate – District 9
Jim Adams

State Senate – District 12
Edward Kasemeyer*

State Senate – District 13
James Robey*

House of Delegates – District 9A
Maryann Maher
Jonathan Weinstein

House of Delegates – District 13
Guy Guzzone*
Shane Pendergrass*
Frank Turner*

County Executive
Ken Ulman*

County Council – Dist. 1
Courtney Watson*

County Council – Dist. 5
Zaneb Beams

State’s Attorney
Dario Broccolino*

Clerk of the Circuit Court
Jason Reddish

Sheriff
James Fitzgerald*

August 17th Meeting

WHCDC Meeting Update

WHCDC will meet on Tuesday, August 17th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Glenwood Community Center in Glenwood, MD. This is a combination endorsement meeting and ice cream social.

* 6:00 - 7:30 Endorsement Meeting - registration, primary candidate speeches, and voting
* 7:30 - 9:00 Ice Cream Social - unopposed office holder & candidate speeches and socializing

Voting is for WHCDC members. Attendees will be eligible to vote if they join the club at the meeting. The club will not meet on the regularly scheduled date of August 3rd.

For more information, contact Clyde Robinette, WHCDC President at robicl@comcast.net

WHCDC President's message

Hi WHCDC Friends!

Are you as tired of seeing the giant Ehrlich signs in neighborhoods as I am?!?! Don't get mad, get even.... I have O'Malley/Brown and Ulman signs for your yard. Email me and we will make sure you get signs. Let me know if you need other signs, as the campaigns are beginning to distribute them now. We need to let our neighbors know that there are as many registered Democrats as there are Republicans here in West HoCo.

I apologize for the changes in our meeting schedule for August!! We have been asked by our candidates to combine our meetings for this month into one meeting on Tuesday, August 17th. They want more time to spend with the electorate - imagine that ;-)

Our August 17th meeting will be a combination of our previously scheduled Endorsement Meeting (8/10) and Ice Cream Social (8/28). The first part of the meeting will be our candidate endorsement process. We will hear from our current office holders and candidates where there is a Democratic primary. We will then vote on whom to endorse. While the votes are being counted, we will be serving ice cream and giving our current office holders and candidates, with no primary opposition, time to speak to the club members. This will give our members a chance to decide whom we want to support and to learn how we can support them in the campaign.

Also, August is Howard County Fair season!! We are asking WHCDC members to staff the Democratic Party booth on Friday, August 13th. If you are available, please contact Cathy Zomlefer at czomlefer@aol.com. Feel free to stop by the booth anytime you are at the Fair or have some time to spare. We need to have a presence at the Fair since it is in our backyard!! We are marching as a club in the parade on Saturday, August 14th in the afternoon. Super-cool, free t-shirts are available to members who march in the parade.

Let's get it going!!

Clyde Robinette
robicl@comcast.net
301-854-6507

PLEASE NOTE: NO MEETING IN JULY 2009

Western Howard County Democratic Club is going on summer vacation

Members, friends and guests, please note that the club will NOT be meeting on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 so that we can all enjoy a summer break with our families.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!