New Party members are busy knocking on doors, hammering down lawn
signs, and phoning voters to support NP candidates this fall. Here
are some of our key races:
Arkansas: The Little Rock New Party has a full slate of candidates
up for election in November. LRNP steering committee member Michael
Booker is running unopposed for re-election to the Arkansas State
House. Two NP members - Paul Kelly and Genevieve Stewart - are
running for at-large (city-wide) city council positions. And in a
head-to-head battle between the New Party and the conservative
right, NP member Jayne Cia faces the Arkansas state chair of Empower
America (Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett's organization) for a Justice of
the Peace (county board) position.
Illinois: Three NP-members won Democratic primaries last Spring and
face off against Republican opponents on election day: Danny Davis
(U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook
County Judiciary).
Maryland: Two New Party members are up for school board seats this
fall: Doyle Niemann in Prince George's County and Dan Parr in
Montgomery County.
Minnesota: Despite the successful effort by conservative Democratic
Party forces to deny Progressive Minnesota the opportunity to use
fusion this fall, the state legislative candidates that sought our
nomination still see themselves as Progressive Minnesota candidates,
and we're still backing them in the general election. PM/NP endorsed
candidates include Ellen Anderson, Karen Clark, Andy Dawkins, Linda
Higgins, and Sandy Pappas. Progressive Minnesota has also endorsed
Green Party State Assembly candidate Cam Gordon.
New York: The New Party of Long Island is backing three candidates
for office this Fall: State Assembly candidate Tom DiNapoli and
Congressional candidates Carolyn McCarthy and Nora Bredes. NP
members collected the necessary signatures to nominate progressive
Democratic Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli on the New Party line, making
this the first Democratic Party/New Party fusion effort. The chapter
is supporting a major voter registration drive in African-American
and Hispanic communities in McCarthy's district.
Washington, DC: DC New Democracy/NP is backing ten candidates for
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (Almedith Bass-Williams, John
Jordan, Laine McRaney, Henry Fernandez, Todd Mosley, Daniel
Rosenberg, Gerry Lorentz, Will Hill, Dennis Dolinger, Violet
Hewlett), neighborhood-based councils that represent community
concerns to the mayor and city council. In addition, DCND is
recruiting candidates to run write-in campaigns in some of the
80-odd ANC races with no candidate.
Wisconsin: In addition to the four Progressive Milwaukee-backed
candidates running for state office (Spencer Coggs, Dale Dulberger,
Gwendolynne Moore, Johnnie Morris-Tatum, see Sept Update), two New
Party members in Fox Valley are running for the state assembly.
Progressive Fox Valley founder and chair Tony Palmeri is in a surprisingly
close race against an four-term incumbent conservative
Republican in Oshkosh. New Party and AFSCME (American Federation of
State, County, and Municipal Employees) member Corky Van Handel is
also running for the state assembly in a nearby district. Both are
running as Democrats.
Membership Growth
September was the New Party's all-time high month for membership
recruitment - more than 1000 new members joined! Welcome aboard.
As always, onward and upward... |
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