Lake County Democrats Holiday Party Recap
Thanks to everyone who helped make our Lake County Democrats Holiday Party such a great event.
End of Year Update
This year has had highs and lows for Democrats. We are now faced with a Washington, DC where Donald Trump will be in the White House again with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress. Though the margins seem smaller than how they looked on Election Night, the bottom line remains the same…
Lake Dems Congratulates Lake County Election Winners
Lake County continues to be blue at the local level! We are so glad that voters re-elected our Democratic Lake County candidates…
Weekly Update Newsletter: It’s GO Time!
[October 30th Issue]: It’s GO time … GOTV (Get Out The Vote) time. There’s so much at stake and you can make the difference by helping to get out the vote for our Democratic candidates in Lake County. Click here to knock doors, pass out voter guides at polling places, and more. There’s a lot to do. We need all hands on deck. Let’s get out the vote, and let’s win!
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In an alarming moment during the vice presidential debate, Trump’s running mate JD Vance made it clear that MAGA followers still have no intention of accepting election results, and they’re…
Weekly Update Newsletter: Fun Evening Before Final Sprint
[October 23rd Issue]: Thank you to all of our incredible speakers, sponsors, event committee members, awardees, attendees, and volunteers who made our 3rd Annual Shades of Blue such a success. Democratic speakers and candidates up and down the ballot energized an overflow crowd…
Weekly Update Newsletter: Blue Shade News
[October 16th Issue]: Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that Terry Cosgrove will be keynote speaker at our Lake Dems Shades of Blue Annual Awards Reception. Terry Cosgrove is the former longtime president & CEO of Personal PAC, the leading reproductive rights group in Illinois. Under Terry’s leadership, the Illinois legislature transformed from anti-choice to the most pro-choice legislature in the country.
We will also be presenting our Leadership Award to State Rep. Candidate Maria Peterson and our Volunteer of the Year Award to Joy Anes.
Weekly Update Newsletter: Candidates Doubleheader
[October 9th Issue]: Don’t miss your chance to see Democratic Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart and Democratic Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein and their Republican challengers on a live Zoom forum…
The forum is sponsored by several League of Women Voters chapters and the Mano a Mano Family Resource Center. Questions will be posed by a League of Women Voters-trained moderator. Zoom’s multilingual “translated captions” feature will be available.
Weekly Update Newsletter: REV Up for November
[October 2nd Issue]: Lake Dems is knocking doors and talking to voters about the importantance of voting for Democratics up and down the ballot. Talking to voters at their doors can increase turnout by up to 8% — the winning margin in close races. Join our Reach Every Voter (REV) initiative and make a difference…
Weekly Update Newsletter: Republicans Embarrassed—Again
[September 25th Issue]: Holocaust denier and Republican Mark Robinson is running for governor of North Carolina. Early last week, Lake Dems sent out an email sounding the alarm that Robinson, who’s also made news vilifying the LGBTQ+ community and women having abortions, was tapped to headline a Republican fundraiser in the northern suburbs…