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WCDP July 17 Garden Party
Help support the WCDP by attending or sponsoring someone else to attend our 2022 Annual Garden Party hosted by Anne and Chris Savage. Come see their beautiful organic garden, eat scrumptious, homemade food, and connect wtih fellow Democrats. Tickets: Guest: $100...
June WCDP Meeting: Candidates for County Trial Court and the MI Senate 14th District
Saturday, June 4 @ 9:30 am Come and get to know the primary candidates for judge on the Washtenaw County Trial Court (the 22nd Circuit Court of Michigan) and Democratic primrary candidates for the newly created 14th District State Senate. The new 14th District for the...
Petition-Signing Events Near You!
Getting crucial petitions on the November ballot is the most urgent thing for Dems to do right now. We are organizing multiple petition-signing events in driveways around the county. Find them here! Republican attacks on voting rights and reproductive rights are close...
[VIDEO UP!] May WCDP Meeting: Candidates for Michigan House Districts 32 and 47
Video now up on our YouTube channel! Saturday, May 7 @ 9:30 a.m. Come and get to know the Democratic primary candidates for two of Washtenaw County's new State House districts. The newly redrawn House District 32 covers the city of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and...
STOP DTE: CONTACT THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (MPSC)
MOTHERS' DAY GIFT FOR OUR MOTHER EARTH DTE is set on ending the residential solar industry in Michigan. In its current case before the MPSC, DTE wants to slash the credit people get for generating solar energy, and they want to charge solar owners an obscene monthly...
Washtenaw County Democrats Endorse Multiple 2022 Ballot Proposals
Ballot initiatives are key to advancing democracy in Michigan. On Monday, April 25, 2022, the Washtenaw County Democratic Party (WCDP) voted overwhelmingly to endorse the following 2022 statewide ballot proposals: Promote the Vote MI Right to Vote 2022 Citizen...
Women Leaders In Environmental Justice- an MDP Event (4/26)
April 26, 4-5:30. Michigan has some outstanding women leaders in the environmental field, and environmental issues are key to the 2022 elections. This panel will dive deep into why this election will have an environmental impact and what's at stake. This panel...
Rally for DTE Accountability in Highland Park
A bill requiring DTE to compensate consumers for power outages, sponsored by Rep. Yousef Rabhi and Rep. Abraham Aiyash, needs our support. DTE is currently only responsive to its shareholders and not to the consumers who enrich them. Rep. Rabhi has been trying to...
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