Juneteenth Celebration Events: Volunteers Needed

The GCDP will be participating in Longview's Juneteenth festivities. We need volunteers to walk in the parade and some help in manning a booth we are sharing with battleground Texas.

The celebrations take place, Saturday June 21st, starting at 10:00am. The parade will last an hour, and the shifts at the table will be 2 hours.   

We will be able to register people and (hopefully) we will have a practice voting machine so those who are not familiar with it can practice. 

Please confirm how you can help 

by emailing Jim Cogar, JLCOGAR3@aol.com

or by phone at 903 295-4040. 

Let's make this a real turnout and show the county we are here and vibrant. 

Additional information:

Join the

NAACP Facebook Event!

The parade will begin at Ryder Drive and proceed north on MLK to Broughton Park. Line up time is 9:00 am. Each parade entrant will be given a lineup number at the time of registration. Registration is $5.00 and can be picked up from Broughton Recreation Center. To call ahead dial 903-237-1276.

The parade will be immediately followed by the Community Wide Picnic in the Park. It will be hot, but we all will be cool! Just another Community Collaboration. Get ready for those Turkey Legs, Burgers, Fried Catfish, and Snow Cones.

Congratulations to the Dems!

In the recent primary run-off election, Gregg County democratic voters showed up for the races.

Voters had to choose between party regular David Alameel and fringe candidate Kesha Rogers, and in the county where Rogers campaigned, she bested Alameel with 53 percent of nearly 1,100 ballots cast. Rusk and Upshur counties’ results were closer to the statewide winning percentages for Alameel.  

Dr. David Alameel won with 71 percent 

of the vote across Texas. 

Democrat David Alameel believes in the American Dream because he has lived it himself. He came to America when he was just twenty years old leaving behind his large Lebanese Christian family. David pumped gas and worked in the fields to help his family. 

He proudly served in the U.S. Army, then worked his way through college and received a Dental degree from the University of Texas. Later he moved to Dallas and founded a network of dental clinics that grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise. In recent years he sold that business and has become a highly successful investor and an expert in financial markets. 

He is a strong critic of Wall Street and says we must reform current policies "that subsidize big banks and corporations and hurt the middle class."

In the only other Democratic runoff for statewide office, Jim Hogan earned the votes over Richard “Kinky” Friedman in the race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.  Hogan drew about 54 percent of the vote across Texas. This was similar in Gregg County, but voters in Rusk County gave Hogan an even wider margin of victory.

Jim Cogar, Gregg County Democratic Chair remarked on the voting record for Gregg County.

"Kudos to all those voters who voted in the democratic primary run-off.  But I must admit, we made history!" he said.  "We were the only county in East Texas who had a majority voting for the candidate who runs as a democrat, but wants to impeach the President and has disrespectful graphics on her campaign site."

Cogar concludes that there is work to be done in Gregg County.  "Who says we don't need voter education?" he said.

A Letter from Leticia Van De Putte

A Letter from Leticia Van De Putte:

There’s a woman in Cleburne named Kathy. Every month, Kathy donates $7.50 to my campaign. You might be thinking, “What a specific amount...”

Well, that’s what I thought, too, until I realized: That’s what Kathy can do to support me and keep Texas strong.

I've set a goal to raise $25,000 by midnight on Saturday. Will you join Kathy and pledge to make a monthly donation of $7.50 or more today?





Kathy's $7.50 means the world to me, because I know that’s not just a donation—that’s an investment—in me, and in the future of Texas.

Texans who truly understand the importance of investing their time and their money in this campaign.
Donate $7.50 or more per month, and help us meet our May goal:

www.leticiavandeputte.com/endofmay

I know that your contribution shows your belief in me, my campaign, and our hopes for a better and stronger Texas.

With help from people like you and Kathy, we can win this election.

Muchísimas gracias,

Leticia

Dan Patrick Voted GOP Nominee for Lieutenant Governor

Dan Patrick is the Republican Party's nominee for lieutenant governor. Now that the GOP primary is over, let's get to know the Tea Party hero who wants to lead the Texas Senate.

Check out the top 5 things to know about Dan Patrick -- and pitch in $5 or more to help Leticia Van de Putte defeat him in November.

The last thing Texas needs is a lieutenant governor who's anti-immigrant, anti-women, and anti-education. Dan Patrick doesn't believe climate change is real. He has stated that Hispanic immigrants are bringing "third-world diseases" into Texas. And he says he talks about how to deny women access to health care they need.

Senator Leticia Van de Putte is the polar opposite of Patrick. She'll fight for women's rights, respect all Texans regardless of where they come from, and find pragmatic solutions to our state's problems in education and infrastructure.

We can't let Dan Patrick occupy one of the highest offices in the state of Texas -- and we won't, as long as we have the resources to keep organizing and getting more Texans to vote.

Chip in $5 or more to help Battleground Texas and Leticia Van de Putte get a head start against Dan Patrick:

https://donate.battlegroundtx.com/Defeat-Dan-Patrick