Written by Andrew Graham | 05 October 2010

This is the season when we work our donkeys off to elect our candidates. Mason County Democrats have been calling voters and knocking on doors to identify voters and persuade them to vote for our candidates. We've called over 8000 voters and visited over 2500 homes since the primary, but these next weeks are critical; our past work has been just the warm-up and we need you to help.

Tom Farmer came down to the office the other day to phone bank for the first time, and like most of us who take on a new task, he was a little hesitant. But after an hour on the phone he told me that after he made the first ten calls, the rest were easy and in fact fun. This is exactly how I felt when I first started phone banking and canvassing, and that's why I invite you to come down to our office and call from there, in the company of your compatriots. Greg Case, Casey Dreher, Tim Gowa, Jean Farmer, Marcia Hamilton, Linda Thomson, Becky Westby, Adrienne Amar and Barbara Wyatt have each called over one hundred voters; some have called over a thousand. You can too. Well, not everyone is up for making a thousand calls, but every PCO and every member of Mason County Democrats can make 100 calls or knock on twenty doors. This is how we win elections.

Several days Mason County Dems have made more calls than any Legislative District in the state. We need to do better than most, for in 2008 Mason County was the only county in Puget Sound that Dino Rossi won. Let's not repeat that ignominy; rather let's use that history to drive us to success in November.

So call Mason County Democrats at 360-427-2731 or email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You can choose to work the phone banks or canvas, always with a fellow Democrat. We have lists, scripts, and the new Virtual Phone Bank that makes calling quick and easy.

At the October Central Committee meeting we will nominate new candidates for Assessor and County Commissioner. According to the State Party's "Rules for the Selection of Democratic Candidates and Nominees for Public Office," our Central Committee must appoint new nominees for these positions, because our nominees did not make it through the August primary. We do not need to reconvene the Nominating Convention, so we'll do this at the regular meeting. The purpose of these nominations is to preserve the party's role in filling a vacancy in elective office, and nominating our Endorsed Candidates is a matter of course.

The next Executive Committee meeting is October 5; call me for time and location. I'll see you all at the next Central Committee meeting, Wednesday October 13, 7pm, at the PUD 3 meeting room.

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