Fellow Bay Area County Chairs -

Please pass along this information to your Committees and volunteers.

As you know, there is a critical Special Election taking place in CA State Senate District 16 (Fresno area) on May 21 and our Republican Candidate, Andy Vidak, needs our help to get out the vote.

According to the Fresno Bee, "The district is 51% Democratic to 29% Republican. But turnout is historically low in the district, and even more so in a special election. That tends to favor Republicans." Vidak has great name recognition and the Bakersfield Californian commented, "If Kings County Republican Andy Vidak wins outright with more than 50 percent of the vote, he will deliver the California Democratic Party an embarrassing setback."

The Vidak Campaign is looking for volunteers to travel to the District, walk precincts, and deliver a victory to the candidate and our California Republican Party.

The information below is accurate for any Saturday or Sunday between now and May 19. Walks will be ongoing until Election Day on May 21. Volunteers are welcome to come on any day of the week as well. There is some limited housing available at the homes of volunteers in the District; if they are unavailable and you'd like to stay the night, please refer to the hotel list below. As the campaign does not have the funds to cover hotel costs, volunteers would be responsible for that payment. Luckily, it's only about a 3 hour drive down there from the Bay Area so our volunteers could do a day trip.

Please RSVP to the campaign if you'd like to volunteer. Julie Griffiths can be reached at 559-213-2240 or [email protected].

If any volunteers need a lift there, please email me and your County Chair and we'll see what carpooling opportunities are available.

Thanks, Kevin Krick CRP Bay Area Regional Vice Chair

Information for Volunteers May 18-19, 2013 Special Election, CA State Senate District 16 Expected Forecast 88-92 Degrees

10:00 am @ Vidak for Senate Campaign Office 2767 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 126 Fresno, CA 93711 CONTACT: Ben Berquam 559-618-1109

10:00 am @ Vidak for Senate Campaign Office 101 North Irwin Street Hanford, CA 93230 CONTACT: Johnny Alvarado 559-448-6144

SUGGESTED ACCOMMODATIONS

Piccadilly Inn – Fresno 2305 W Shaw Ave Fresno, CA 93711 559-348-5520

Ramada University – Fresno 324 E Shaw Ave Fresno, CA 93710 559-224-4040

Comfort Inn – Hanford 10 North Irwin Street Hanford, CA 93230 559-584-9300

Travelodge – Lemoore (Near Hanford) 811 East D Street Lemoore, CA 93245 559-924-1261

To RSVP please contact Julie Griffiths, 559-213-2240, [email protected]