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CALIFORNIA DNC PRESS DEMOCRAT NOVEMBER 2018 PAGE 1 YOUR DNC MEMBERS HELP BRING IT HOME IN THE WESTERN STATES BY DNC MEMBERS JESS DURFEE,GARRY S. SHAY, LAURENCE ZAKSON For the 4th cycle in a row DNC LGBT Caucus Secre- tary Laurence Zakson, DNC Executive Committee Mem- ber Garry Shay, DNC West- ern States Caucus Chair Jess Durfee, and activists from the Stonewall Demo- cratic Club, including Lester Aponte and Jane Wishon, helped organize a delega- tion of leaders, to assist in organizing activities in Arizo- na and Nevada, to help in both persuasion efforts and Get Out the Vote in Tucson and Las Vegas. This year Heart of LA, West Holly- wood Beverly Hills Demo- cratic Clubs, along with W 2020 - C SFVYD’s and CYD joined in, as well. G I On a mission to elect Ari- BY DNC MEMBERS KEITH UMEMOTO AND ALEX ROOKER zona US Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema and con- Celebrate our victories, heal millions of new eligible vot- gressional candidate Ann our wounds (US Senate). Our ers, from those turning 18 Kirkpatrick, a group of work has just begun. Our focus to naturalized citizens. Southern California Demo- must be reversing 45's anti Nationally, there will be crats traveled to Tucson, agenda: workers, environment, 1.6 million more eligible September 28-30. immigrants, women, public edu- Latinos who turn 18 in the Braving the nearly 100 cation, unions, civil rights, hu- next two years. This figure degree temperatures, your man rights, government, and increases dramatically by DNC delegation canvassed, ALL Americans, and his pro- registering naturalized citi- phone banked and joined corporate and self-dealing zens and eligible Latinos the Pima County Democrats agenda. who had not previously for the annual Tucson 2018 set modern day records registered to vote. LGBTQ Pride parade and in early voting (42% over 2014) Similarly, there will be CDP Vice Chair Alex festival. On Saturday night and voter turnout (114 million about 1 million more regis- Rooker is Treasurer of of our visit, our group met up voters up 37% over 2014 from tered Asian Americans/ the Association of with the Pima County Party 83 million) for a mid-term elec- Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) by State Democratic Chair and others for a dinner tion. So, how was it done and 2020 (2 million more than Chairs and Vice Chair how do we improve upon it? 2016). A huge percentage of the DNC Women’s celebration in anticipation of Caucus the victories ahead. And, no, we should not re-elect of AAPIs decline to state a party preference, but also As of this writing, Ann 45 to be more enraged and have increasingly voted for Kirkpatrick had 53.3% of the fired up, as he was the biggest Democrats. vote and will be serving as motivating factor. This means Inclusive in the above the next representative from building a long term infrastruc- figures are an annual in- AZ-2 and Kyrsten Sinema ture that goes beyond 45. crease of about 3.8 million was leading 49.5% - 48.2%. The voting demographics are clear. Women, youth, LGBT, Americans turning 18 every If successful, Sinema will and minorities voted over- year. Historically, only 50% be the second LGBT U.S. whelmingly for Democrats. register to vote. Again, a senator (joining Wisconsin Labor was solid, as Wisconsin huge percentage of youth Sen. Tammy Baldwin). retired Scott (Anti Union/ decline to state a party pref- Three weeks later, Octo- Worker) Walker. erence, and only 39% voted Keith Umemoto is a ber 19 to 21, with nearly 50 In order to succeed in 2020, in 2016. the Democratic Party infrastruc- Co-Chair of the CDP Credentials Committee Continued on Page 4 ture must continue to recruit Continued on Page 4 and improve its efforts on the NOVEMBER 2018 CALIFORNIA DNC PRESS DEMOCRAT PAGE 2 SHIRLEY CHISHOLM LED THE WAY 50 YEARS AGO BY DNC MEMBER REP. BARBARA LEE Fifty years ago, Shirley able, quality education. predetermined. The same dis- Chisholm became the first Congresswoman Chisholm advantages that Congress- Black woman elected to inspired me to register to woman Chisholm faced on the Congress. On that day, vote, and eventually, to work campaign trail as a black wom- she wasn’t just running for for her presidential cam- an persist today. It’s an uphill office — she was running paign. She taught me that the battle — but it’s one that we’ll against history. only way to fix a broken politi- keep fighting until we achieve No one expected her to cal system was by getting true equality and justice under win her election, and after involved. the law. she won, many members Shirley Chisholm didn’t win Shirley Chisholm is often hoped she would recede the presidency. But she in- remembered for being the first. into the background. But spired a generation of wom- But she should also be remem- that wasn’t Shirley en of color to reach for the bered for what she accom- Chisholm’s style. stars — and to follow in her plished once she got to Con- Four years later, she footsteps. gress. She took on fights for made history once again low-income families, for hungry By running, Shirley school kids, and for single — as the first African Chisholm showed other American and the first moms. She was instrumental Black women that there was in creating the national school woman to seek the Demo- a path for us. And by articu- cratic nomination for presi- lunch program, expanding the DNC Member Barbara Lee lating a bold, progressive food stamp program, and es- represents California’s dent. vision, she modeled a differ- 13th District in Congress tablishing the Special Supple- I met Shirley Chisholm ent, more inclusive brand of mental Nutrition Program for in 1972, when I was a leadership. Women, Infants and Children, student at Mills College. I Despite Shirley Chisholm’s commonly known as WIC. invited her to speak to the accomplishments, it’s still an 50 years later, these pro- Black Student Union uphill battle for Black women about her historic election grams are bedrocks of our in politics. This year could communities and lifelines to to Congress. When she help change that. spoke, I heard a candidate some of the poorest families in who understood my com- Across the country, African America. I am confident that munity. She understood American women have made the women who made history the challenges I was fac- history — in city halls, state this election cycle will build ing to feed my kids, pay houses, and in Congress. upon Shirley Chisholm’s pro- the bills and get an afford- But this election reminded gress, and will join her name in us that these results were not the history books. PELOSI AND O’NEILL: GREAT DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS B ਸ DNC Mਤਬਡਤ Bਮਡ Mਫਧਮਫਫਠਭਣ First, we all need to be a Democrat in Congress that Former Speaker Tip O'Neill grateful for future (and for- could have done what always privately met with new- mer) Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Speaker Pelosi just accom- ly elected Democrats to the She single handily got the plished -- a majority in the U.S. House. He congratulated Affordable Care Act through U.S. House, after recruiting them, then said -- some of you the U.S. House. Democrats many very qualified candi- won't be back, as you were did that for the American dates, especially women elected by "accident," meaning people and yes, like the and raising a record amount their opponent was caught up Democrats who supported of money. in a scandal or a nation- the Clinton Health Care bill, The Founding Fathers al tsunami against the Repub- as well as the Clinton tax lican Party. Bob Mulholland were very concerned about bill (raised taxes on the very even having a President My Message -- we just elect- resides in Chico and can wealthy, leading to a very (potentially like a King), so ed a big number of congress be reached at vibrant economy and budg- our system in the U.S. Gov- members -- some by [email protected] et surpluses), some of ernment includes Yellow "accident," so State Parties and those House members flashing and Red lights. across the country, including @chico.bob would not win re-election. In Trump will need to be re- the CDP, had better laser in the 1994 and 2010 House minded that Congress is that now to help those most vulner- elections, Democrats lost Flashing Yellow Light and in able Democrats for 2020. the majority. the case of money, Con- Secondly, there was not gress can be the Red Light. NOVEMBER 2018 CALIFORNIA DNC PRESS DEMOCRAT PAGE 3 California Delegation at Western States Caucus at DNC Meeting in Chicago in August SUPERDELEGATES LOSE CLOUT IN DNC VOTE ON NOMINATION SYSTEM BY DNC MEMBER MARY ELLEN EARLY So read the headline in the cluding the role of caucus- pledged delegates would Chicago Sun Times on Sun- es vs. primaries in selecting henceforward become auto- day, August 26. Clout is a a presidential nominee. It matic delegates, with all of word traditionally used in was the role of automatic the rights and privileges that Chicago politics to denote unpledged delegates that come with full delegate sta- political influence. Today it is held the attention of the tus, with one exception: used universally in the politi- public as the Unity Com- they would be unable to cal world. mission met multiple times vote on the first ballot at the What would the alternative to take up these very seri- convention, thus being una- headline read if the reforms ous issues.