SPECIAL EVENT: TAKE BACK THE HOUSE OF REPS (in Berkeley, Calif)

 

September 13, 2012   Take Back Red California   Christine Pelosi Chair of the Women's Caucus, California Democratic Party   Nicky Gonzalez-Yuen, Mayme Hubert, Jack Kurzweil and the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club   Invite You to a PARTY   To support efforts to take the House of Representatives back from the Republicans in 2012   Sunday, Sept 30, 3:00PM to 5:00PM at the home of Nicky Gonzalez-Yuen   2311 Russell Street, Berkeley            John Garamendi (CD3) and Jerry McNerney (CD10) are incumbent Democrats.  These districts have been redrawn in a way that makes their reelection a challenge.             Ami Bera (CD7) and Jose Hernandez (CD10) are running against Tea Party incumbents Dan Lundgren and Jeff Denham.  Both incumbents are very vulnerable in redrawn districts.             Jim Reed (CD1), Jack Uppal (CD4), John Hernandez (CD10), and Otto Lee (CD22) are advancing Democratic values in conservative districts and do stand a chance of winning.               Find out more about these campaigns and what you can do to support them.     Please RSVP no later than September 28 by purchasing your $25 ticket at ActBlue at http://secure.actblue.com/page/berkeleyca   Or send a check payable to "Take Back Red California" To: TBRC Treasurer, Greg Sanborn, 702 Windmill Court, Concord CA 94518   Who is TBRC?      TBRC is a grassroots partnership between activists in Democratic and Republican districts. We support Democratic candidates in "red" California with financial support as well as encourage volunteers from safe Democratic areas to travel to "red" rural ones.      TBRC takes the long view by training candidates and registering voters in key areas in Northern and Central California. We can take back more of California with great candidates in red areas and dedicated partners in blue areas.      For more information about TBRC, check us out on Facebook or at our website,                      http://www.takebackredcalifornia.org.          Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club Regular Club Meeting   Thursday, September 27      Humanist Hall 390 27th Street, Oakland  (between Broadway and Telegraph)   potluck at 6PM, meeting at 6:30PM; please bring something to share   Disabled Entrance and Parking on 28th St behind the Hall   "The Stake for Progressives in the Re-election of President Obama"   Joshua Holland, Alternet   Endorsement Votes on Berkeley Propositions  www.wellstoneclub.org              All endorsements, candidates and propositions, require 60% of the vote. Support Jose Hernandez for Congress      Jose Hernandez is running for Congress in CD-10.  He has lived an implausible life story, realizing his dream through hard work, perseverance, and education to become an astronaut, which began when he was a nine-year old boy helping pick crops with his farmworker family in the San Joaquin Valley.        Jose is running for Congress in CD10 (Tracy/Modesto) against a first term Tea Party incumbent, Jeff Denham.        He's a strong progressive who supports taxing the 1%.  He's in favor of single payer healthcare and the dream act. He will defend a woman's right to choose. Let's help him get elected.       DFA4Jose has been hard at work in the primary.  Their efforts put Jose in the lead in the district's largest city and increased Democratic turnout by 19%. Here are dates when you can walk for Jose in Tracy: Walk on weekdays and weekends Email   DFA4Jose@gmail.com   and sign up for walking / phone banking in September     Obama for America www.mybarackobama.com   Opportunities to call into swing states in support of the relection of President Obama   We currently are phonebanking EVERY Tuesday night from 6 - 8 pm at 424 Euclid Street and EVERY Thursday night from 6-8 pm at 829 Vermont St, Apt. 4.   We're calling into swing sates per your description below.   For more information, please call  Anne Sunderland 415-990-2547   OFA NOR- CA Headquarters 1714 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612 (510)863-4632   Wellstone Club Endorsements Offices for which there no endorsements made are not listed below.   Measure J: Oakland School Bonds    YES Measure A-1: Oakland Zoo Bonds  YES Measure B-1: Extension of Transit Sales Tax   YES   Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker   Oakland City Council District 1:  Dan Kalb                   District 7:  Sheryl Walton District 5:  Mario Juarez            At Large: Rebecca Kaplan   Oakland School Board District 1:  Jodie London            District 5:  Rosie Torres   Berkeley City Council District 3: Max Anderson   Berkeley School Board Beatriz Leyva-Cutler          Judy Appel   Berkeley Rent Board  Igor Tregub  Judy Shelton Asa Dodsworth, Alejanro Soto-Vigil   Special Districts   BART Board, District 3    Rebecca Saltzman AC Transit, At Large       Chris Peeples AC Transit, Ward 1         Yelda Bartlett Peralta Board, Ward 4     Nicky Gonzalez-Yuen   State Propositions   Prop 30 – Governor's Proposal to Tax the Rich                                      YES, YES Prop 31 – No New State spending                                                           NO Prop 32 – Prohibits Unions from having PAC Payroll Deductions          NO,NO  Prop 33 – Allows Auto Insurance Companies to Soak the Poor            NO  Prop 34 - Death Penalty Repeal                                                              YES Prop 35 - Human Trafficking. Penalties                                                   YES Prop 36 -  Revise Three Strikes Law                                                        YES Prop 37 –Genetically Engineered Foods. Mandatory Labeling.               YES Prop 38 – Munger Tax Measure                                                                NO Prop 39 – Tax Treatment for Multi State Businesses.                             YES Prop 40 – Maintain Current State Senate Districts                                 YES           for more information: go to www.wellstoneclub.org Websites to Look At:        1.  Pamela Drake is the Local Politics Coordinator of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club. Her blog on Oakland Politics is:   Draketalk        2.  Conn Hallinan writes on US Foreign Policy:                           Dispatches from the Edge        3.  Tom Hayden writes on war, peace, and American Politics                           Peace and Justice Research Center         4.  Stephen Zunes writes on the Middle East                                     http://stephenzunes.org/       Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club  PO Box 65  Berkeley, CA 94701-0065 www.wellstoneclub.org Forward this email to a friend

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