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"DUPAGE FOR OBAMA"
SIGN DESIGN CONTEST How would you like to see your 2012 election creation all over DuPage county?
Well,you will have that chance. Deadline for entries will be March 26th and the winner will receive $100 or 20 of "their" signs to give to friends and other Dem supporters for the general election.
For rules of the contest, please write to us here
with SIGN CONTEST in the subject line. |
| "WOW, I sure could have used that one thousand dollars ..." (maybe next time!)
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WINNERS OF OUR 2012 RAFFLE
$50 - Eraj Ahmed Janice Rinehart Leslie Coolidge Bonnie Gahris Laurie Nowak Robert Lipa
Paul Fessenbecker
Jay Mitchell
Larry Pitts Jim Hagerty Derek Bagley Janice Beckman $250 - Chris Sikora - Thank you so much, Chris, for donating your winnings back to the DPDC
$500 - Kevin Phillips
$1,000 - Rafael Monsivais
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If you have any interest in helping out our efforts to grow at DPDC, we have lots of exciting ways you can do that! Would you like to: Be a weekly blogger? Help stop voter suppression in DuPage? Help us on our Social Media sites? Get involved with our DuPage Young Democrats? LET US KNOW! Also, we welcome any input you may have and encourage you to call or send an email to share your great ideas with us. Sincerely, Amy Rohrer, Executive Director
Democratic Party of DuPage County
My cell 630-699-5071 |
| | March 6, 2012
When dozens of us walked in the Elmhurst St. Patrick's Day parade on a partly-cloudy March day in 2008 wearing our OTDB shirts, the media immediately picked up on that daring move. (see the video here)  | Operation: Turn DuPage Blue at
St. Pat's Parade |
"OPERATION: TURN DUPAGE BLUE" read the headline of the Daily Herald the very next day. Photos of Democrats proudly wearing blue and a story proclaiming that we would not stop until we elected Democrats in one of the most Republican counties in the country. It was a shot heard round the state--indeed around the country as news of our new-found movement appeared in all regional and local newspapers, on ABC Channel 7, Comcast's Public Perspective Program, the PBS series NOW and on local radio numerous times. Who believed that DuPage would ever be freed from 4 decades of Republican domination? We did but we did not think it would be done simply or over night. Now, 4 years later, we are confident that in November of 2012, DuPage will be represented by Democrats at the state and national levels joining our local county board Democrats and soon to be forest preserve representatives.
The formula was simple. Hard work. We increased our visiblity, kept our office doors opened on a regular basis whether it was an election year or not, called and emailed DuPage Democrats to let them know we were here, raised money as never before to provide the tools we needed to compete, reached outside the borders of DuPage to find support for our efforts, went to Springfield to let elected officials know DuPage Democrats were serious, challenged the Republicans when they needed to be challenged, and attended parades and community events proudly showing our banner and colors. We have built a team that has made a difference and though we still have miles to go before we "sleep", we hope you share in our pride and will do your part to keep our movement vibrant for the next four years!
Bob Peickert,
Chair, DPDC |
Congratulations to our Award Winners:
Bob Jeffers, Tinker Harvey Pioneer Award
Nasir Jahangir, Precinct Committeeman of the Year
Great photos by Suresh Bodiwala of Asian Media USA can be found here
HOST SPONSORS Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 501West Suburban Teachers Union Local 571
ALSO: Krummen for Naperville Council Tom Cullerton for IL state Senate 23 Wayne Township Democrats Holiday Inn, Carol Stream CXJ Consulting Services, Connie Sunderhaus Raja Krishnamoorthi for 8th Congressional Urlaub Bowen and Associates, Inc. Certified Shorthand Reporters Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters The Democratic Party of Milton Township Grove and Associates Reporting and Videoconferencing Ralph Scalise for Clerk of the Circuit Court | | A Ghani MBA and candidate for IL Senate 24
Bloomingdale Township Democrats
Skip Saviano, 77th District State Representative
Nancy Shepherdson for 6th District State Central Committeewoman
North Central Illinois Labor Council
Bricklayers District Council #1
State Senator Linda Holmes
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Local 404
Prudential Rubloff, Kathy Van Teylingen, Broker | | WCPT, Chicago's Progressive Talk AM 820
Greg Brownfield for State Senate District 23
Pat Quinn for Illinois
Sen Don Harmon, President Pro Tempore of the Illinois Senate
Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Arnold and Kadjan, Leaders in Labor Representation since 1961
Leslie Coolidge, CPA for 6th Congressional
Kevin Allen for Sate Senate District 23
Amyable Adventures
Avis Budget Rent a Car; J. Diganvker
Lauren "Laurie" Nowak, County Board District 6
York Township Democrat Organization
LiUNA
DuPage Young Democrats
Andreou & Casson, Ltd.
Law Offices of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C.
Dave Barry, County Board District 6
Downers Grove Township
Sarbani Chowdhury, Allstate Insurance Agent
Minuteman Press
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Maureen Yates, Candidate Congressional 6
La Tosca Restaurant, Villa Park
IBEW Local 701
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We are more than happy to send a pdf download of the 2012 program to anyone who wishes. Just write to info@dupagedemocrats.com |
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