With the Special Election over, it is time to lick our wounds and move on. Hopefully our U.S. Representatives will have learned that you cannot take anything in our state for granted and will begin engaging their base to work towards their re-election early in the game. We cannot allow Tea-Party Republicans to trounce us again. We must also double our effort to get Governor Deval Patrick re-elected.

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Governor Deval Patrick

Potluck Fundraising Party -- June 26, 2010

We celebrated our group's second anniversary with a potluck fundraising party to help the Patrick/Murray Team win the election in November. We participated in a conference call with the Governor and discussed issues of importance to us individually and to the citizens of our state collectively.

For more details, please go to our Patrick/Murray page.

On Saturday, June 5, 2010, Deval Patrick accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party at the Convention held in Worcester. For more information (including a video of the Governor's speech) and other election-related information, please see Election 2010 - Patrick/Murray.

U.S. Representative Niki Tsongas

A number of supporters joined Niki Tsongas this Saturday, July 31st, for a special Tsongas for Congress Volunteer Organizing Meeting and Canvass at Maria’s Family Restaurant in Haverhill. A couple of campaign organizers spoke, including Eric Slusher, whom we met at our May 5th Meeting. After a few introductory remarks from Bill Cox--President of HDDC, Niki spoke. more....

Niki Tsongas has been representing the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts in Congress since 2007. She is the first woman to have been elected to Congress in over twenty-five years. She has served her constituents with honor and compassion. Often she has annoyed people from both sides of the isle with her choice of listening to all points of view prior to acting. But her goal has always been what would be best for our district, our state, and our country. It is for this reason that GHO has chosen to not only endorse her bid for re-election but to support her candidacy in whatever way we can.

For more information about the campaign and Niki Tsongas, please see Election 2010 - Niki Tsongas.

Other Candidates We Endorse

Barbara L'Italien -- currently State Representative from the 18th Essex Congressional District -- For more information, visit her Website.

Join State Representative Barbara L'Italien at Amy Weinstock's home on Tuesday, September 7th for both a celebration of the passing of the Autism Health Insurance Bill and a fundraiser rally.

Donations may be sent to
      P.O. Box 1936
      Andover, MA 01810

Steven Baddour -- currently State Senator from Methuen; running for re-election. For more information, click here.

Suzanne Bump -- former State Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development; running for State Auditor. For more information, visit her Website and/or contact Doug Edison.

Martha Coakley -- currently State Attorney General; running for re-election. For more information, visit her Website.

Brian Dempsey -- currently State Rep. from Haverhill; running for re-election. For more information, click here.

Barry Finegold -- currently State Rep. from Andover; running for State Senator. For more information, visit his Website.

Coming soon: More information and updates about the campaigns of other Democratic candidates in the Greater Haverhill area.

 

Words to Heed: "The problem of power is how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public." -- Robert F. Kennedy

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Coming Events

September 7, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

ARICA Celebration and Re-election Fundraiser for Barbara L'Italien

Join State Representative Barbara L'Italien at Amy Weinstock's home on Tuesday September 7th for both a celebration of the passing of the Autism Health Insurance Bill and a fundraiser rally in support of Representative L'Italien. For more information, please go to our Elections page.

 

 


"History suggests that unless a progressive president is able to mobilize widespread support for significant change in the country at large, it's not enough to have a congressional majority." -- Doris K. Goodwin
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Raise Your VOTE

Something new from OFA -- RaiseYourVote.com, a new site that was just launched. According to them, "[t]his site is about ensuring that we build on that same energy [as that of 2008] this year. Congressional elections are known to have lower participation than those for president, so we're starting early with a tool that will help get more Americans involved. And, really, RaiseYourVote.com is just the online part of our unprecedented voter registration efforts already under way on the ground, which we're ramping up with a national voter registration day of action across the country on July 17th."

But this site is not just for those who need to register. It has information for everyone. Check it out: MA -- NH.