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Pictured below) (from left) Dorothy Deany, Vice Chair; Kay Moss, Secretary; Erik Rankin, Chair; Matt Watchinski, Treasurer
ELECTED OFFICERS
Erik Rankin, Chair [email protected]
Dorothy Deany, Vice [email protected]
Kay Moss, [email protected]
Matt Watchinski, [email protected]
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
All committee meetings are open to all members of the Party. Please contact committee chairs for dates and times of meetings.
Karla Chandler-Huffman, Events Chair [email protected]
Patrick Cortesi, Communications Chair [email protected]
Megan McCann, Finance Chair [email protected]
Jim Rogal, Elections Chair [email protected]
EXECUTIVE BOARD & LEADERSHIP TEAM
PARTY LEADERS
Ky Ajayi, Executive Board At-Large Andrew Jacobs, Executive Board At-Large Mike Matejka, Executive Board At-Large
John Penn Emeritus Chair
Lola Augstin Office Manager/Member Outreach [email protected]
Dee Wilson Education Director [email protected]
Michael Gorman Data Administrator
2018-2019
Dear McLean County Democrats,
I knew we’d been busy during my first year as Chair of the McLean County Democrats. As you read through this annual report, you will see why! The report makes clear how far we’ve come, our many successes, and the number of initiatives that are currently underway. Make no mistake: McLean County Democrats are strong and we are passionate!
The strength of our Party lies in our volunteers and Precinct Committee People. Volunteers turned out in record numbers for the 2018 midterm elections. Our precinct people are a critical network of volunteers working at every level to support our local Party and connect with voters in their precincts.
The heart and passion of our work as a Party rests in our coalition building. We are strengthening and building relationships with NAACP, Indivisible, Black Lives Matter, local unions, DSA, Moms Demand Action, Stonewall Democrats, ISU College Democrats, IWU College Democrats, Voices of Reason, and with many other groups and around other core issues.
The 2018 midterm election was a breakthrough year for the McLean County Democrats. Together, we have raised funds in excess of $100,000. We also
• received an historic Blue Wave grant to build Party infrastructure;• engaged volunteers throughout the campaign and election season;• supported a record number of local Democratic candidates; and• supported the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois.
As we look forward to 2019 and 2020, our Party will focus on reaching out to engage Democrats throughout McLean County; investing in ongoing training for our precinct committee persons, candidates, and campaign leadership; and securing our future as a vibrant, viable political choice in McLean County.
We can’t do it without you. Please accept this invitation to become a sustaining member of the McLean County Democrats, attend a meeting, volunteer, or come to one of our events. Our future is challenging, hopeful, and exciting.
Erik Rankin, ChairMcLean County Democrats
e e e e e e e e e e e eChair’s Message
FUNDRAISING
TOTAL RAISED IN 2018 | $135,308
J udging from our sold out Baldini Scholarship Dinner, full house at the Nacho Average Happy
Hour, and the standing-room only Election Night Watch Party, word is getting out that the Mc-
Lean County Dems are fun! Events are growing as people discover we’re having a great time support-
ing our local Democratic Party. Our thanks to the Events Committee chair, Karla Chandler-Huffman
and her team for their leadership and hard work!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeBaldini Scholarship Dinner
August 15, 2018
Speakers:
Illinois Representative Litesa E. WallaceIllinois’ 67th Legislative District
Jennifer Welch, President and CEO
Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Blue Wave GrantMcLean County Democrats received funding at historic levels through the Blue Wave Grant. The Party received over $85,000 for Party building and infrastructure support. Thanks to Kay Moss for taking lead in this grant application and administration.
(Above left) (from left) Jennifer Welch, Sally Pancrazio, Kay Moss, Jodie Slothower, and Representative Litesa Wallace.
(Lower left) Erik Rankin, Chair, McLean County Democrats
(Above) Baldini Scholarship Dinner guests
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Honoring the Roosevelts Dinner
February 28, 2019
Speaker:
Renato MariottiCNN Legal Analyst
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YEAR ENDBALANCE
(Above) Honoring the Roosevelts Dinner guests.
(Left) Renato Mariotti, CNN Legal Analyst
(Right) Kay Moss and Lola Augstin, 2019 Roosevelt Award Winners
McLean County Democrats Financials
2004-2018
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$53,683
$135,308
e e e e e e e e e e e ePRECINCT COMMITTEE PERSONS: RECRUITING AND TRAINING
Our team of precinct committee people are second to none in Illinois. Our Party invests heavily in recruiting and training
precinct committee people. Our precinct people live within their precincts and represent their voters by serving on the McLean County Democratic Party Central Committee.
In August, the McLean County Democratic Central Committee passed bylaws, outlining our governance. At the annual meeting in January, the Central Committee passed a statement of our values and principles. Our thanks to Dr. Sally Pancrazio, Bloomington Precinct 33, for her leadership on these important documents.
79%
Of All Precincts In McLean County
Have PrecinctCommittee People
n Provided 133 hours of training
n Canvassed over 3100 hours
n Logged over 8400 calls for candidates
In 2018, our Precinct Committee People
54 68 73 92 96
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Ky Ajayi
Lola Augstin
Karla Bailey-Smith
Carol Baker
Jennifer Barlow
Emily Barr
Hannah Beer
Jeffrey C. Bertrand
Jill Blair
Julie Brandt
Erik Bush
Samantha Case
Karla Chandler-Huffman
Georgene Chissell
Sharon Chung
Marabeth Clapp
Scott Clegg
Sandy Colbs
Patrick Cortesi
Susan Cortesi
Julie Cozad-Callighan
Tom Crumpler
Graham Dano
Dorothy Deany
Jodie DeCremer
Jeffery Detherage
Gwen Donnelly
Byron Dungey
Hannah Eisner
Lynne Fazzini
Paul Finch
Beth Golowski
George Gordon
Joseph Gorski
Fred Hahn
Victoria Harris
Arthur Haynes
Joe Hernandez
Alanna Holly
Sara Holthaus
Dennis Huber
Michelle Hunt
Andrew Jacobs
Elizabeth Johnston
Wayne Karplus
Christopher Kawakita
Connie Kelly
Kathleen Kirk
Cathy Lust
Raul Martinez
Mike Matejka
Ben Matthews
Ron McClintock
Joyce Moncelelle-Kaye
Kay Moss
Theresa Necessary
Renee Nestler
Susan O’Rourke
Sally Pancrazio
Catrina Parker
Anthony Penn
Erik Penn
John Penn
Erik Rankin
Maya Rejmer
Kayley Rettberg
Nikita Richards
Jim Rogal
Josh Rohrscheib
Nathan Russo
Craig Ryan
Jan Scherff
Adeline Schultz
Jeremy Scott
Jodie Slothower
Julie Smith
Logan Smith
Phillip Smith
Sheila Snyder
Emma Somers
Tessa Somers
Billy Stripeik
Carolyn Stucky
Joel Studebaker
Charlene Tarter
Kristen Throm
Jason Waggoner
Matt Watchinski
John Whalen
Thomas Whalen
Terrance Whitecotton II
Thomas Whitt
Jessica Williamson-Scott
Deborah Wilson
Laurie Wollrab
Joann Yant
TO OUR DEDICATED PRECINCT COMMITTEE PEOPLE
Baldini Scholarship Dinner
McLean County Fair
McDems Holiday Party
Honoring the Roosevelts Dinner
Nacho Average Happy Hour
Labor Day Parade
Memorial Day Parade
Christmas Parade
Memorial Day Picnic
Election Night Watch Party
Talk, Tacos, and Beer
West Bloomington Neighborhood Block Party
West Bloomington Revitalization Project
First Fridays
After Party Parties
Pride Month Kick-off
Equal Pay Rally
March for Our Lives Rally
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
MLK Luncheon
Breakfast, Bingo, and Banking
ISU Homecoming Parade
4th of July Parade
Children’s Home and Aid Holiday Support for Families
YWCA Circle of Women
Super Meet and Greet
at these events !eeeeeeeeeeeee
Contact Management System
Our Party is migrating our website, emails, and contact data to a state-of-the-art contact resource management platform, allowing us to sync our database with
our communication tools.
This large communication project will take several months to complete. Our thanks to Kay Moss and Lola Augstin for their leadership, Ben Matthews for the website design, Susan O’Rourke for data updates, and Myra Gordon and Sue Anderson for donor appreciation.
HustleHustle, a new texting platform, allows volunteers to engage with targeted voters through text messaging. We logged 94,672 outbound texts and 17,106 inbound texts! Hats off to Michael Gorman who led this successful new approach to reaching voters!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeWeb adsIn collaboration with the Illinois State University College Democrats, we produced a video to promote early voting on our social media sites. Erik Rankin, Chair of McLean County Democrats, and Nikita Richards, candidate for McLean County Clerk, were featured in the ad. The web ad was promoted on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you to the talented Andrew Jacobs for his leadership and creativity!
Facebook Posts and Videon Total reach on Facebook increased from an average of 562 to 1,119.n Reactions, comments, shares increased from an average of 18 to 85.n Posts reach as many as 3000 users. n Viewers watched 12,406 minutes of videos.
Our thanks to Patrick Cortesi, chair of the Communication Committee, for pushing our social media!
PostcardsVolunteers adopted “orphan” precincts where we had no precinct com-mittee person. We sent over 6,000 handwritten postcards, reminding people to vote and telling them the dates and times of early voting. In late October, volunteers sent another 6,000 postcards reminding people of Election Day. Our thanks to Lola Augstin and Janet Guaderrama who led a successful orphan precinct project, Indivisible for hosting postcard writing parties and Gary Schwartz for his graphic design.
Get Out the VoteOur historic Blue Army of volunteers turned out the vote in McLean County like never before! Under the leadership of Jim Rogal, we had nearly 600 volunteers on Election Day!
n 327 Blue Wave volunteers10 Coordinators n 2 attorneys on calln 48 callers county widen 66 Poll Watchers in targeted precinctsn 126 runners in targeted precincts
Block PartyThe Dems proudly co-sponsored the 8th Annual West Bloomington Neighborhood Block Party! Our thanks to Arthur Haynes for his leadership on this annual event!
Ballot ChaseVolunteers made 14,178 phone calls between October 1 and November 5, reminding voters to turn in those vote-by-mail ballots! Lola Augstin and Michael Gorman spearheaded this important effort.
n 68,087 people votedn 8% of voters voted by mail
EVENTS AND OUTREACH
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(Top) Hustle training
(Middle) Mayor Tari Renner, Nikita Richards, and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan
(Bottom) Early Voting postcards
On May 31, 2018, Illinois became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. McLean County Democrats strongly supported
this statewide effort for equality.
In recognition of the ratification of the ERA, the Party started a new Equal Rights Award, recognizing the achievements and contributions of individu-als and organizations whose selfless work helps create a world that is more inclusive, just, and fully equal for all.
On August 15, Illinois Representative Litesa E. Wallace, from Illinois’ 67th Legislative District, became the first recipient of the McLean County Democrats’ Equal Rights Award. She was recognized for her role in the Illinois House for her support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT eeeeeeeeeeee
Join the Women of Persistence for a glass of wine before each
regular Dems meeting at the Radisson. This group encourages
new women members, new women candidates, and women in
leadership roles in our Party.
WOMEN of PERSISTANCE
(Left) (from left) Deb Borowski, Amanda Breeden, Sharon Chung, Janet GuadaramaJodie Slothower, Sally Pancrazio, Kay Moss, Mary O’Brian.
(Above) (from left) Jill Blair, Alanna Holly, Janessa Williams, Marlee Holly.
(Above) Illinois Representative Litesa E. Wallace, Illinois’ 67th Legislative District
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(Above) Congratulatory letter from Hillary; (Lower Left) (Front row) Sally Pancrazio, Paula Purdue, Kay Moss (Back row) Lisa Kaihara, Kathryn Modisette, Annie Williams;(Lower Center) (from left) Representative Dan Brady, Joanne Maitland, Represen-tative Lou Lang, Kay Moss, Sally Pancrazio.
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
August 15, 2018
Dear Friends:
I was so thrilled back in May when Illinois, my beloved home state, became the 37th state in the nation to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Tonight, I want to extend my personal thanks to all those McLean County Democrats who worked and organized to make it possible, especially your honorees: Kay Moss, Sally Pancrazio, and Jodie Slothower.
I was proud that the 2016 Democratic Party Platform included passing the Equal Rights Amendment alongside such important issues as equal pay for women, national paid family and medical leave, quality childcare, higher wages for childcare workers, and increased support for the millions of people paying for, coordinating, or providing care for aging relatives or those with disabilities. These issues are not “women’s issues”, they are family issues, they are economic issues, and they are essential for building the future we want.
In 2018, strong women all across our country are running for office, becoming activists, and volunteering for candidates and causes in record numbers. Together, let’s keep raising our voices, doing the most good, and fighting for what is right. Onward!
Wish solidarity, best wishes, and warm regard, I am
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
MIDTERM ELECTIONS
From exciting new technology like Hustle, to good old fashioned calling and canvassing, McLean County Democrats registered voters and turned out the vote
in record numbers! The result: we have made serious inroads into what have been soundly Republican districts, claimed five seats on the McLean County Board, elected a Democratic Governor, and added to the majorities in the Illinois House and Senate.
(Left) Cristo Ortiz-Palafox and nephews at election watch party; (Center) (from left) Logan Smith, David Parker, Scott Black, Laurie Wollrab, and Jill Blair; (Right) (clockwise) Sergio Tovar, Samantha Kahoun, Megan Chlumecky, Gordon Robinson.
2014 103,672
2018 117,173
Increase In Registered Voters In McLean County
(Left) Midterm election watch party at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center.
Thanks to our local candidatesJill BlairSharon ChungElizabeth JohnstonJen McMillin David ParkerNikita RichardsDavid SiebertLogan SmithShayna WatchinskiBen WebbLaurie Wollrab
(Above) Voices of Reason voter registration booth at Sugar Creek Arts Festival; (Below) Memorial Day parade; (Right) Indivisible McLean County phone banking
(Pictured above) A group of Election 2018 candidates; (back row from left) Junius Rodriguez, Elizabeth Johnston, Shayna Watchinski, Nikita Richards, J. B. Pritzker, Logan Smith, Ben Webb (front row from left) Sharon Chung, Laurie Wollrab, Jill Blair.
25 % 35 %
Increase In County Board Seats
A NEW PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS eeeeeeeeeeeeA s of January, our McLean County
Democrats have a new permanent headquarters! We are in the highly visible, historic, downtown Bloomington. Located at 422 N Main St, we can now open our office daily as a gathering place for meetings, committee work, and community events. This new, permanent home will send the message that we are a vital part of the community and our growing Party is here to stay! Stop in for one of the Downtown Bloomington Association’s First Friday events or any time!
Location: Downtown Bloomington422 N Main St, Bloomington, IL 61701
n Lola and Dan Augstinn Thom DelForge and Mary Munsonn Gary Schwartzn Matt Watchinskin Carpenters Local Union 237n IBEW 197 n Painters & Plasterers District Council 30n Plumber & Pipefitters Local 99
Our Thanks To The SupportersWho Made it Happen
(Top) New permanent McLean County Democratic headquarters; (Top inset) First Friday open house; (Above) Watch party for a CNN presidential forum; (Left) Pete and Deb Borowski and Tom Crumpler
Monthly Meetings
M eetings of the McLean County Democrats are open to the
public. Join us! We meet at 6:00pm on the third Thursday of each month at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, located at 8 Traders Circle, Normal.
Ky AjayiAnonymous (2) Lola and Dan AugstinSarah and Brian BauerJill Blair and Jeff MichaelsJustin and Christina BoydGeorgene ChissellSharon ChungPatrick and Susan CortesiJeff CrabillCatharine Crockett, MD Anna DarrowJan Darrow Dorothy and Bernie DeanyDr. Mary Dellorto David Dow and James NeeleyGeorge and Myra Gordon Michael Gorman Sarah Grammer, Normal Township Supervisor Phil GrizzardJackie and Cecil GundersonRoger and Sharon Hellman
John Holaway Karla and Mark HuffmanIllinois for ProgressJoe and Elizabeth JohnstonEmily Kelehan and Carlo Robustelli Toni Lenzi and Tracey VogelsangCathy Lust Ben and Kari MatthewsR.C. McBrideMegan McCannRon and Mary McClintock Phyllis McCluskey-Titus and John TitusJean Michalski and Val LaymonJoyce Moncelle-KayeCarolyn Moon and Richard Seehuus Kay Moss and Tom CrumplerRenee Nestler
Susan and Mike O’RourkeSally Bulkley Pancrazio David and Catrina Parker Erik and Kristy RankinElisabeth and Matt Reed Tari RennerFriends of Jim RogalCraig and Lisa RyanKaren SchmidtDave ShieldsJodie SlothowerSusan Spurlock and Tim HuntJoel Garth StudebakerMatt and Shayna WatchinskiThomas Whitt and Rachel Lapp WhittJohn and Laurie WollrabDava Brooke Zschau
eeeeeeeeeeeeTHANK YOU to our sustaining members. The McLean County Democrats appreciate the generous support of our sustaining members. Their ongoing contributions have build and supported the work of our party and our candidates. We look forward to working with you in 2019 as we build toward incredible wins in 2020.
Want to become a sustaining member? Contact us at info@McLeanCountyDemocrats
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All labor for this annual report was donated.
Compiled/written by Kay Moss with Lola Augstin
Photos by Merlin Mather and other great McDems!
Graphic design and printing donated by Gary Schwartz