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REFLECTION ON SEPTEMBER 11th – 20 YEARS LATER
Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing 20 years ago today. The days following might be fuzzy, but we recall that we were united as Americans, as neighbors, to support our leaders as they battled terrorism on our shores. Back then, in moments of...
Change in PA population since the 2010 census
Population growth is usually good for Dems, as it tends to occur in urban and suburban areas, and population loss in rural areas tends to be bad for R's. Since Chesco has increased the 5th most in PA, we can look for US House PA-06 to keep all of Chesco and include...
Time to pitch in for Afghan Refugee Supply Drive!
Afghan Refugee Supply Drive / Drop off - Sep 4th and 11th between 11AM and 1PM. The Islamic Society of Chester County (ISCC) is partnering with ICNA Relief to help with the resettlement of Afghan refugees arriving in Philadelphia. ICNA is directly in contact with the...
CCDC Newsletter August 2021
The Chester County Democratic Committee (CCDC) hopes you are having a super and healthy summer with friends and family. We offer this newsletter to bring you items of interest from your local Democrats. If you didn't get this newsletter by email, subscribe here for...
Join us for CCDC’s 2021 Fall Fundraiser on September 19 – with VERY SPECIAL GUESTS!
Meet ALL the announced 2022 Democrat US Senate candidates from Pennsylvania at a special “Senate Spotlight Soiree! Sign up to attend at Chescodems.org/soiree
CCDC Statement of Solidarity With Trans Student Athletes
The Chester County Democratic Committee stands with the entire LGBTQIA+ community. We’ve watched and listened with particular dismay as young trans people have been the subject of vicious and degrading attacks. These shameful attacks have culminated in the toxic...
CCDC Statement of Solidarity with Communities of Color
The Chester County Democratic Committee stands with communities of color throughout our county. We’re astounded by attacks on public schools and on schools’ efforts to make the learning environment and educational outcomes more equal. At a time when Diversity, Equity,...
Heather Cox Richardson on the history of voting rights
The historian Heather Cox Richardson, in her Aug. 6 Letters from an American, provides valuable background reading on the back-and-forth history of voting rights in this country. Even though the Supreme Court has had a negative influence and "Republican senators have...
The latest on Covid in Chesco from Rep. Friel Otten
With the return to travel, indoor dining, and relative normalcy this summer, it may have seemed for a short time as though COVID-19 was in our rearview mirrors. However, with the spread of the Delta variant and increasing case numbers across Pennsylvania, we must take...
How to respond to right wing ranting about Critical Race Theory? Don’t
by Rich Heiland, an award-winning former newspaper reporter, editor and publisher who moved recently from Texas to Chester County, in his blog, July 16, 2021 Talk about the honest, unvarnished teaching of real history instead A FEW OF us were chatting in a Zoom...
Harrisburg Republicans commit massive voter fraud
Sent by Rep. Kristine Howard (D-167), 6/23/21 Make no doubt about it, Harrisburg Republicans in the Pennsylvania House and Senate committed the biggest, boldest voter fraud in Pennsylvania history yesterday and they didn’t even try to hide it. Poison fruit of the big...
CRT: The Latest Right-Wing Boogeyman
By CCDC Chair Charlotte Valyo, in response to a 7/15/21 opinion piece by Chester County Republican Party Chair Gordon Eck Over the past six months, President Biden has been successfully getting our country back on track and making America “normal” again. We have...
Happy Independence Day from CCDC!
Nearly 250 years after our nation was founded, we have once again been engaged in a battle that has changed our way of life. This Fourth of July, we are finally on the verge of winning this battle. I know I speak for many of you in expressing the renewed appreciation...
League of Women Voters gives background on PA voting bill
PA House Bill 1300, called the "Voting Rights Protection Act" in R doublespeak, would have actually made it harder for Pennsylvanians to vote in the future than in 2020. Fortunately, Governor Wolf vetoed the bill, and now the R's are directing their anti-voter...
Beware R. machinations to perpetuate gerrymandering!
In describing the "Gut and replacement of SB222," FairDistrictsPA describes how a bill known as LACRA, developed over many years with input from respected non-profits such as the League of Women Voters in a drive to prevent the kind of politically-motivated...
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