Message from Ed Fallon
By Ed Fallon
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There are 69 days until November 7. That may sound like a long time, but in politics….it’s crunch time. The month of September is nearly full of events that my staff and I will be attending to support some of our progressive candidates, and I know October will be busy as well.
You may have already received phone calls, direct mail pieces or a knock at the door from state or local candidates asking for support and money. And you know the media blitz on television, radio and newspapers has begun in earnest and will only get more intense.
But there truly are plenty of great candidates to support. I know we have only so much time in any given day to volunteer. But our efforts to elect genuine progressives will have a significant and lasting impact on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Iowa and I’m asking you to do as much as you can to help.
The remaining portion of this update will fill you in on upcoming events and the needs of candidates we are encouraging you to support and work for over the next 2 months. I will be speaking and playing music at most, if not all, of them. Please consider what you can do – and then do it!!! Thanks.
Ed
September
1 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Chris Montross
6-8 p.m. at the MillersburgPark in Millersburg
Contact: Tammy (319) 642-1233
3 CedarCounty Fundraiser
12:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Secrest Octagonal Barn near Downey
Contact: Pat Minor-Nidey (319) 643-5945
4 Northern Iowa Labor Council Event
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
EastPark, Shelter #2, Mason City
Contact: Barb Oelberg (641) 430-3697
7 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Mark Davitt
5:30 p.m.
GreenfieldPlaza
Contact: Mark Davitt (515)962-9345
7-8 Jim Hightower’s Sensible Priorities Tour
Contact: Peggy Huppert (515) 244-1207
Jim Hightower is funny, smart, outrageous, and sometimes downright ornery, but he’s never boring. Jim will speak about the Sensible Priorities campaign and other pressing issues. Join us to hear one of the leading progressive voices of our time.
12:00 p.m. IowaStateUniversity, Campanile
Rain location: Great Hall in the Memorial Union
7:30 p.m.
Stillwater Junior High, West Des Moines
12:00 p.m.University of Northern Iowa, Maucker Union Ballroom
Cedar Falls
3:00 p.m.
TownClockPlaza, 618 Main, Dubuque
7:30 p.m.
Veteran’s Memorial Park Bandshell, Bettendorf
10 DallasCounty Steak Fry
1:00 p.m.
BoutonCommunity Center, Bouton
Contact: Stacie Etcheverry (515) 465-7067
13 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Selden Spencer
5:00 p.m.
Chet Guinn’s Firehouse, 1041 8th Street, Des Moines
Contact: Chet Guinn (515) 282-8054
15 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Elesha Gayman
5:30 p.m.
Steeple Gate Inn, 100 W. 76th St., Davenport
(We will be helping Elesha door-knock on Saturday (16th) and would
encourage you to join us)
17 Harkin Steak Fry
Details can be found at the Iowa Democratic Party website
19 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Denise O’Brien
5:00 p.m.
Home of Diane Glass and Jeff Means
1897 Scotch Ridge Rd., Carlisle
Contact: Diane Glass (515) 989-4532 or diane.glass@mchsi.com
20 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Denise O’Brien
10:00 a.m.
Home of Kathy Fromm
3531 George Washington Carver Ave., Ames
Contact: Kathy Fromm (515) 232-9131
21 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Russ Wiesely
5:30 p.m.
Highland Elk Café’, 1211 2nd Street, Perry
Contact: Jo Ann Zimmerman ATZZZZZ@aol.com
22 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Dave Loebsack
6:00 p.m.
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City
Contact: Jennifer Tuttle (319) 351-3283
23 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Alek Wipperman
7:00 p.m.
Civic Center in City Hall, Waverly
Contact: Kate Hunt kate@wippermanforiowa.com
26 AdairCounty Democratic Fundraiser
6:30 p.m.
Brass Lantern, 2446 Highway 25E, Greenfield
Contact: Jay Howe (641) 743-2838
29 Meet the Candidate Fundraiser with Sally Vitamvas
6:30 p.m.
PottawattamieCounty Democratic Headquarters
500 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs
Contact: Sally Vitamvas (712) 525-9137 or
Lindsey Jones (712) 328-0086
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