Summary, Meeting of SJC Democrats, Nov. 11, 2023

WA Attorney General and leading Democratic candidate for governor Bob Ferguson was present at our meeting for a quick half hour on Zoom.  He spoke of the importance of not taking anything for granted in the election next year, because in the last two gubernatorial elections when no incumbent was running, the elections were extremely close.  Especially with the fact that Trump still has a chance to be president, we will need a governor who works to strongly support democracy, and Bob has that experience as a very successful attorney general.  Following his appearance, we voted to give Bob the endorsement of the San Juan County Democrats in his bid for governor, joining hundreds of organizations and individuals who have already endorsed him.

We are getting close to 2024, another important year for elections.  We fully intend to send out our election postcard next year, but we need to raise some more money in order to afford this.  If you can afford a significant contribution (limit of $500), that would go a long way toward helping us for next year.  A check may be sent to the San Juan County Democrats at PO Box 1007 in Friday Harbor 98250.  Or, a monthly contribution of $25, $10, or even $5 will help us, which a number of our folks have recently started doing.  If you would be willing to start a small monthly contribution through ActBlue, go to secure.actblue.com/donate/sjcountydems.

Another way to help is to get other like-minded individuals on our email list.  If you have friends who would benefit from receiving the information we provide, please ask them to go to https://sjdemocrats.org/membership/ to subscribe to our email list.

Other topics were addressed in spirited discussion, but no decisions were made.  We did agree to meet again in December, so we hope to see many of you on December 9.