Campaign kick-off for Christine Rolfes

You are cordially invited to a re-election campaign kick-off event for Christine Rolfes, State Representative for the 23rd Legislative District.

When: Thursday, May 22, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Molly Ward Gardens, Poulsbo, WA

Welcome and Introductions by Senator Phil Rockefeller and David D. Dicks. For more information, please contact grafhoke@electchristine.com or visit http://www.electchristine.com.

2008 Call to Convention

Delegates to the Legislative District and County Conventions,

The Call to Convention is going out in the mail... but for your convenience, it is also available online. Please visit the 23rd's online file cabinet to view the Call in PDF format.

Pursuant to Washington State 2008 Delegate Selection Rules of the Washington State Democratic Party, delegates are called to the 2008 Kitsap County Democratic Convention, which will convene at 9:00 AM, Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Olympic High School, 7070 Stampede Blvd., Bremerton (near the KC Fairgrounds). Adopting a platform and electing delegates and alternates by presidential preference to the Congressional District Caucuses (held May 17) and the State Democratic Convention (held June 14) are our main tasks on that day.

Registration for the County Convention will begin at 8:00 AM. We could see a turnout of 2000+ delegates and alternates. If you kept your Certificate of Election from the February 9th caucuses please bring it with you and arrive well before the start of the Convention so the Credentials Committee can get you checked in promptly.

A donation of $5.00 is requested of all delegates to help defray Convention expenses and will be payable upon registration, unless a waiver is requested. While some beverage and snack-type food will be available, attendees should bring their own brown bag lunch, as there will not be formal food service available. The Convention does not recess for lunch and, as such, runs continuously throughout the day.

The 23rd and 35th Legislative Districts will hold sub-caucuses at this Convention to elect delegates and alternates to the Congressional District Caucuses and the State Democratic Convention. Unlike past years, the 26th LD will caucus the previous Saturday, April 5th at Gig Harbor High School.

For more information, visit the File Cabinet link above, and review the Call in its entirety.

23rd LD General Meeting, Sunday March 16th; Special Caucus March 17th

The next 23rd LD Democratic general meeting is Sunday, March 16th from 4pm to 6pm at the Poulsbo Firehall. Invited guests are Senator Phil Rockefeller, Representative Sherry Appleton and Representative Christine Rolfes. Please join us!

Precinct Committee Officers are asked to attend an upcoming Special Caucus on Monday, March 17th at 6pm, at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Events Center. As you must be aware, Karen Flynn, our County Auditor will be retiring from her long-held position effective March 31. In accordance with state law, that places PCOs in a unique position of responsibility as the local party moves to recommend 3 qualified individuals to the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners from which they will appoint a replacement. The candidates who have applied are Walt Washington, Deborah Broughton, Sara Lingafelter and Christopher Tibbs.

Finally, the March 2008 23rd Legislative District Democrats newsletter is now online in a temporary location. Click here for the newsletter.

PCO and Party Activist Training and Crab Feed

Sponsored by the state party, the upcoming Precinct Committee Officer and Party Activist Training is followed by the Crab Feed on Feb. 18th at the St. Martin's University Pavilion (5300 Pacific Ave SE, Lacey, WA 98503). The training is from 10:00am – 5:00pm and the Crab Feed with guest speaker Sen. Jon Tester of Montana begins at 5:00pm.

We think this is a great opportunity to keep the momentum going. Please sign up as soon as possible, ideally by today (Friday, February 15). You can sign up for both events at www.wa-democrats.org/crab or for questions contact Shawna Ousse at shawna@wa-democrats.org.

Thank you.

The 23rd LD democrats, and democratic organizations across the county and state, have a lot of people to thank today, the day after record-breaking turnout for our caucuses. Thanks to the volunteers who did their best under challenging circumstances to carry off these events. Thanks to the impromptu volunteers at every location, who came forward with no notice to help the coordinators deal with the phenomenally high turnout. Thanks to the facilities who hosted our events, some of whom went above and beyond with problem-solving and logistical help to do everything from unlocking the doors to turning the lights on -- which in some places took hours and tens of phone calls by impromptu volunteers.

Most of all, thanks to the thousands of voters who turned out yesterday to participate in the democratic process at its grassroots finest. We appreciate your energy, your patience, and your willingness to participate in the process. We also appreciate your support. The caucuses are an expensive process for the party, and your generosity yesterday will help cover both the cost of the caucuses and help support democratic candidates.

To those of you for whom this was your first contact with the party, we encourage you to get involved and stay involved. Please bookmark this website and come visit us here again, as updated events and information will be going up as soon as we recover from the caucus clean-up. Please also consider joining the 23rd LD organization. Dues are just $24 a year. Please also RSVP to join us at the upcoming Jefferson Jackson Dinner on February 23rd.

Regardless of which candidate you supported in yesterday's caucus, it is going to take each and every one of us, working together, to elect Democrats to offices at all levels this fall. Thank you for your participation in yesterday's caucus, and for your participation in the months and years to come.

Jefferson Jackson Dinner and Convention Correction

I hope to be able to post a caucus wrap up a little later in the day, but in the meantime, here's an update on some of the upcoming events in the 23rd LD:

Jefferson Jackson Dinner, February 23rd
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and Auction is our principal fund-raiser for Democratic Party candidates. It cannot be stressed enough how important this event is for supporting our elected officials and candidates.

Encourage your Democratic friends and neighbors to come and enjoy a wonderful dinner with good friends. It’s an enjoyable way to support Democratic candidates and meet your legislators and public officials. The dinner is always well attended by leading Democrats at all levels.

The Olympic College culinary arts students serve an Outstanding dinner. You’ll also have a chance to bid on fabulous items (cash, checks only; a cash machine is on site). Donations of auction items are most welcome.

Please make reservations by February 13th. Call Marilyn Boynton for more information at 360-297-2776 or email her at mimib@donobi.net. To donate auction items, call Laurie Jackley, 360-710-7705; bjackley@sinclair.net.

Corrected Dates for upcoming convention
The Kitsap County and 23rd Legislative District Convention will take place on April 12, 2008 beginning at 9 a.m. at Olympic High School. Some of the materials at yesterday's caucus had the incorrect date and time, so please be sure to correct this on your calendar.

Thank you,

Sara, Kitsap23rd.com Webmaster

Kitsap County Democratic Caucus Locations, 23rd Legislative District Democratic Caucus Locations

A reminder: Precinct caucuses are being held on Saturday, February 9th at 1pm. Search for your precinct number and caucus location here, or, if you have any trouble with that link, search the Auditor's office records here and then locate your caucus location on this list.

ALSO... please bookmark this page and visit again soon. We have updated dates being added to the calendar after the caucus, so please come back to find the dates for upcoming meetings and the county and legislative district conventions and the congressional district caucus.

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