From Our Families To Yours, Happy Holidays ❤️
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From the Dispatch writer:
This has been an especially hard year, as we continue to fight COVID and ensure everyone gets vaccinated. We know that for many of you, your holiday season has looked different than most. I know -- for example, my relatives has decided out of an abundance of caution in dealing with the Omicron variant, we'll be eating Christmas dinner early, outside. Certainly not the Christmas we're used to, but we're adjusting because we want to keep each other safe.
If you're having a different holiday season like I am, know that you are not alone. We are one community, one family, and we all care for and look after one another. As my time with the Colorado Democratic Party comes to a close (for those of you who haven't seen the news, my last day at the CDP is 12/31/21), I look upon this holiday season with a renewed sense of gratitude. Gratitude for all the amazing work our tireless Democratic elected officials have put in to protect working families. Gratitude for my CDP family -- especially the CDP staff and officers, all of whom remind me every day why we do the work that we do to build a better future. Finally, gratitude for you, the readers, many of whom I sadly haven't had the opportunity to meet. Thanks to your readership, support, and dedication to Democratic causes, we have moved our state forward.
But we have a lot of work to do in 2022. Republicans are looking to pass a flurry of voter suppression bills to ensure they win majorities back in the midterms. I don't know about you, but the thought of Lauren Boebert or Marjorie Taylor Greene having a committee gavel is terrifying. Heck, the idea of any of the clowns running for the Republican nomination for Governor or U.S. Senate is pretty terrifying too.
So, as an (almost) final request from me personally, volunteer your time or donate your treasure to the Colorado Democratic Party so we can keep this wonderful state a beautiful shade of blue.
Have a Happy Holiday, and keep getting into that good trouble!
In Solidarity,
David Pourshoushtari
Communications Director, CDP
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TIME TO VOTE!
The 2022 Obama Gala Awards
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It's time to vote, dear readers! Time to vote on the 2022 Obama Gala Awards!
We received numerous nominations from folks all across our great state to come up with our nominees for the awards! While we were flattered that a number of Colorado Dems staff and Democratic political staffers were nominated for these prestigious awards, paid staff aren't eligible to receive the awards (but thank you for thinking of us! 😁 )
Click here or the button below to cast your votes!
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BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY TO THE
2022 OBAMA GALA!
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Join us in celebrating the 2020 and 2021 Election accomplishments! Join old friends and meet new allies from across our state to kick off the work needed to elect Democrats across Colorado in 2022. Space will be limited due to COVID-19, so tickets will sell out FAST! Buy your ticket or become a sponsor *now* before the year is over!
Or join us for a virtual option! Email [email protected] to join our scholarship waitlist.
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Less Than One Month Until the 2022 Legislative Session!
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Colorado Dems are ready for the 2022 legislative session -- which starts in less than a month on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 -- and they need YOU to help them pass policies that deliver for hardworking families!
Share the graphic above, and encourage your friends and family in Colorado to stay engaged and be involved in the Democratic process!
ACTION ALERT: The Republicans are going to do everything they can to win back the State Senate and State House in 2022, and we can't let that happen.
Will you donate TODAY to the House Majority Project AND the Democratic Senate Campaign Fund to defend Colorado's blue majorities?
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Updates from Candidates, County Parties, and Initiatives
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Update from the Stonewall Dems
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Get involved locally!
- Stonewall is looking for a 2nd Vice Chair to act as media director - Apply Here!
- Colorado West is looking for new Board Members - Apply Here!
- Out Boulder is looking for a BIPOC Programming & Spanish Access Coord. - Apply Here!
- Out Boulder is looking for a Database Coordinator - Apply Here!
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State Senator Jessie Danielson announced her re-election campaign to represent the newly drawn 22nd State Senate District! This has historically been a very competitive district, and the GOP is eager to say and do anything to elect an anti-democracy Republican to defeat Jessie and take the State Senate majority.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/jessiedanielsonforcolorado to see how you can help Jessie's re-election campaign today!
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State Representative David Ortiz is running for re-election in the newly drawn 38th State House District! This is one of the most competitive seats in the State House, and re-electing Rep. Ortiz will be crucial to protecting our Democratic majority!
Go to https://www.davidortizcolorado.com to see how you can help David's re-election campaign today!
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Join the Defenders of Democracy!
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If 2021 showed us anything, it's that we are no longer a party divided between liberals and conservatives. We are divided between people who are pro-democracy, and people who are anti-democracy.
Anti-democracy Republicans in Colorado are desperate to claw back power, and they'll say and do anything to make it happen. They have dark money, but we have you. Will you become a Defender of Democracy by giving $5 a month?
Monthly donations enable us to be able to plan our budget ahead of time and ensure that we can pay our organizers and staffers to continue to defend democracy. Monthly donors empower us to plan our budget, and they ensure that we can fully fund our 2022 Win Plan.
Will you become a Defender of Democracy and chip-in just $5 a month?
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Colorado Dems are currently hiring for:
Click the job description to learn more!
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Despite Republicans' Doomday Predictions, a Merry Christmas is On The Way with Joe Biden as President
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As our state and our country continue to recover from the pandemic, President Joe Biden and Democrats have taken action to tackle issues facing working families like the supply chain.
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Thanks to Democrats, fears of a Grinch-like holiday season have gone up in a cloud of smoke, as the articles above (click them to read) show.
While Republicans refuse to do anything for working families, President Biden and Democrats are delivering!
- New York Times: “Despite early fears, however, holiday shoppers have received their gifts mostly on time. Many consumers helped themselves by shopping early and in person. Retailers ordered merchandise ahead of time and acted to head off other bottlenecks. And delivery companies planned well, hired enough people and built enough warehouses to avoid being crushed by a deluge of packages at the last minute, as the Postal Service was last year.”
- New York Times: “The achievement is all the more notable given that Americans are on track to spend more this holiday season than the one before — up to 11.5 percent over 2020, according to the National Retail Federation, a trade group."
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Meanwhile, while Joe Biden and Democrats are delivering solutions, all Republicans can do is root for working families to struggle -- while admitting that they have no ideas to help working families.
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The point? While Joe Biden and Democrats creating jobs, increasing wages, and cutting taxes and lower costs for middle and low-income families, Republicans are doing nothing to take on the corporate greed that is especially squeezing Americans during the holiday season.
Republicans are all talk, and only see the struggles of families as a political "gold mine" for themselves.
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Contributions or gifts to the Democratic Party of Colorado are not tax deductible
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