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The Harris County Democratic Party is honored to welcome State Senator Mario Gallegos as the featured speaker, at our July 8th Brown Bag Luncheon, 12:00 p.m. at the Harris County Democratic Party Headquarters, 1445 North Loop West, Ste. 110, Houston, Texas 77008 (exit Ella Blvd). During the 2007 Legislative Session, Senator Gallegos literally risked his health and his life in order to guarantee the right to vote for all Texans. Defying doctor's orders for weeks, Gallegos remained in Austin to help defeat the Voter ID bill, a Republican- led voter suppression plan. This blatantly discriminatory piece of legislation would have trampled over the voting rights of millions of elderly, disabled, poor and minority Texans, who are less likely to carry photo ID- and more likely to vote Democratic. Thanks great Democratic leaders like Senator Gallegos, Texas voters can rest assured that their votes will be counted this next election. What are you doing for lunch on Tuesday, July 8th? You bring your lunch. We provide the drinks. Enjoy your lunch with fellow Democrats, hear dynamic speakers and become informed about important issues and events! For more information, please contact HCDP at 713-802-0085 or hcdp@hcdp.org.  NORIEGA
SURGING IN POLLSIn the recent Texas Lyceum poll, a non-partisan Texas
statewide leadership group, Rick Noriega has pulled within two points,
36 to 38, of John Cornyn. TEXAS VOTER ACTIVATION NETWORK TRAININGS CONGRATULATIONS, to the newly elected and appointed precinct chairs! This year has been an exciting election year for Democrats. The March 4th Primary produced the highest turnout in Harris County in at least 25 years. However we must keep our momentum going by organizing our precincts to get voters back to the polls for the November General Election. When we get our voters to the polls, Democrats will win from the top of the ticket to the bottom. Therefore, we are pleased to announce the Texas Democratic Party, in conjunction with the Harris County Democratic Party and Senate District 15, will be holding a series of Precinct Chair Trainings. The trainings will primarily cover the Texas Voter Activation Network (VAN) and precinct organizing. We hope to see you there! When: Where: AFL-CIO ENDORSES OBAMA
On June 26, 2008, AFL-CIO endorsed Barack Obama and plans to donate over 50 million dollars and devote at least 250,000 volunteers to the effort. The American Federal Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) consists of 56 national and international organizations and has over 10 million members. Now that Barack Obama has become the Democrat’s presumptive nominee the organization has placed its full support behind Senator Obama. In announcing the endorsement, President of the
AFL-CIO, John Sweeney, pointed out that Barrack Obama was “raised
by a working mother and grandparents, worked as a community organizer
in a Chicago neighborhood devastated by the closing of steel mills,
fought for working families in the Illinois State Senate, and
earned a 98 percent A.F.L.-C.I.O. voting record as a U.S. senator.”
This demonstrates Senator Obama’s commitment to working
class families, Sweeney stressed. Additionally, Sweeney believes
that “Barack Obama is not someone who just talks the talk–he
walks the walk with working families” and will fight for
them as president.  JOHN
EDWARDS TO HEADLINE 2008 JOHNSON RAYBURN RICHARDS DINNERThe Harris County Democratic Party is pleased to announce that former North Carolina Senator and 2004 Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards will be the featured speaker at the annual Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Dinner Saturday, September 20tth, 2008 at a venue to be announced. The Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Dinner is the major fundraising event of the year for the Harris County Democratic Party, and all net proceeds from this year’s dinner will go to the 208 Coordinated Campaign of the Harris County Democratic Party to elect candidates countywide this November – up and down the ballot. Last year’s dinner turned out a record crowd and Herman Litt will be returning as event Chair, and is “looking forward to a very successful event once again.” If you would like to volunteer, please contact Herman Litt at hermanlitt@yahoo.com or 713-723-1893.
“You will always find me on the front lines of democracy – fighting for the future.” In a fiery speech on June 7, Senator Hillary Clinton passionately exhorted her supporters to work tirelessly and wholeheartedly to make sure Barack Obama becomes the next President of the United States. Proclaiming unconditionally, “there are no acceptable limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century,” she implored her admirers to help achieve the principles her campaign championed by electing a president committed to the values she and her supporters and Democrats generally embrace, cherish, and share. The core of that dramatic plea and endorsement is excerpted here: “The dreams we share are worth fighting for. . . . The way to continue our fight now – to accomplish the goals for which we stand – is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States. * * * I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me. * * * Now, when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House, and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the path to peace, prosperity, and progress. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors of the Oval Office on January 20, 2009. * * * It’s not time to restore the ties that bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share, the values we cherish, and the country we love. * * * We made tremendous progress during the 90s under a Democratic President, with a flourishing economy, and our leadership for peace and security respected around the world. Just think how much more progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we had a Democratic president. Think about the lost opportunities of these past seven years – on the environment and the economy, on health care and civil rights, on education, foreign policy and the Supreme Court. * * * We cannot let this moment slip away. We have come too far and accomplished too much. * * * On the day we live in an America where no child, no man, and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger American. And that’s why we need to help elect Barack Obama our President. On the day we live in an America whose middle class is thriving and growing again, where all Americans, no matter where they live or where their ancestors came from, can earn a decent living, we will live in a stronger American. And that’s why we need to help elect Barack Obama our President. On the day we live in an American fueled by renewable, we will live
in a stronger American. And that’s why we need to help elect
Barack Obama our President. * * * Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be. And that’s why I will work my heart out to make sure Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort. * * * Our lives, our freedom, our happiness, are best enjoyed, best practice, best protected, and best advanced when we work together. That is what we will do now as we join forces with Senator Obama and his campaign. . . We will stand united for the values we hold dear, for the vision of progress we share, and for the country we love. * * * This is now our time to do all we can to make sure that in this election we add another Democratic president to that very small list of the last 40 years and that we take back our country and once again move with progress and commitment to the future. Thank you all and God bless you and God bless America.”
The deadline for submitting names of election judges is fast approaching (June 30). If you are interested in serving as an election judge for the coming year, you must notify the HCDP headquarters by Monday, June 23, so we have time to prepare the list to send to the county. (To download the Election Judge Application Form, click here.) Just because you are a precinct judge does not mean you are also the election judge. These are separate positions and while you can serve in both, you must notify us if you want to serve as an election judge, even if you are already the precinct judge and even if you served as an election judge in the past. The post of election judge is a one-year assignment, and must be renewed every year if you still want to serve as an election judge. Election judges run the elections at the polling places on election day. Precinct chairs are responsible for the day-to-day, year-round organizing of Democrats at the grassroots, neighborhood, precinct level. Precinct chairs are elected at the primary election in March of even numbered years (or at meetings of the County Executive Committee, if there is a vacancy in a particular precinct) and serve a two-year term. Election judges are appointed each July 1 by County Commissioners Court on nomination of the county party and serve a one year term. Precinct chairs can serve as election judges (and vice-versa), but it is not automatic – they must still be nominated to by the county party each June and appointed by the County Commissioners, to serve as election judges. For a description of the duties and qualifications of an election judge, click here. To download the Election Judge Application Form, click here, and to apply to be a poll worker or election judge or alternate judge during early vote, click here. Please call (713-802-0085) or e-mail (april@hcdp.org) the HCDP headquarters ASAP if you are interested in serving as an election judge for the next year – including the November 4 general election.  BILL
KELLY NAMED GENERAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR 2008 COORDINATED CAMPAIGNBILL KELLY has been named General
Campaign Manager for the Harris County Democratic Party 2008 Coordinated
Campaign. Bill's campaign experience includes his having served
as Campaign Manger for State Representative Ellen Cohen’s
successful campaign for Texas Legislature in 2006, resulting in
the unseating of the Republican incumbent in a district which
had voted heavily for Republican candidates in the past, Campaign
Manager for Council Member Peter Brown’s successful citywide
campaign for city council at large position 1 in 2005, Field Director
for State Representative Hubert Vo’s historic and victorious
campaign for the Texas Legislature against an entrenched Republican
incumbent House committee chair in 2004, and Deputy Field Director
for Houston Mayor Bill White's campaign for mayor of the City
of Houston in 2003. NEW CEC OFF TO RECORD BREAKING START! Sharpstown High School was overflowing on May 1, 2008. Instead of students, the campus was filled with Democratic activists. A record breaking crowd of elected officials, candidates, party leaders, precinct chairs, their families and friends were on hand for the first County Executive Meeting of the 2008-2010 term. Excitement filled the air as the oath of office was given to 575 Democratic precinct chairs. Precinct chairs represent their home precinct on the County Executive Committee. The CEC is the governing body of the Democratic Party in Harris County. Precinct chairs will play a pivotal role in the 2008 General Election as they help our Democratic candidates connect with voters in each precinct. Stay tuned to the HCDP website for upcoming events
GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR
PARTY The By-Laws of the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee provides for five “standing committees” (Rules, Primary, Resolutions, Finance, and Audit). HCDP will elect members to serve on these committees at our Precinct Chair Swearing In Ceremony and Celebration - May 1st. If you are interested in serving on one of our Standing Committees, please contact your Senate District leaders for nomination. Descriptions of the standing committees and their areas of responsibility are described below. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact HCDP at 713-802-0085 or hcdp@hcdp.org.
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SENATOR
MARIO GALLEGOS TO HEADLINE JULY 8 BROWN BAG LUNCH
SENATOR
HILLARY CLINTON CALLS ON THOSE WHO VOTED FOR HER TO SUPPORT BARACK
OBAMA VIGOROUSLY
ELECTION
JUDGES DEADLINE NEARS
