The 85th Texas Legislature is now underway and our first club meeting of the year is January 26.
We know the out-of-touch priorities of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick. Make sure you attend our January meeting as we vote as a club on our priorities for 2017. Of course, we will support Democrats willing to step up and run at the local level, and we will watch the legislative session closely, but the particulars of focus are up to you – MCD members.
Project LIFT (Local Investment in the Future of Texas) is a new program of the Texas Democratic Party that works with party leaders and progressive partners to recruit, train, and support candidates – with a special focus on winning local, non-partisan races.
With hundreds of cities and school districts holding elections in May, we want to have Democrats running in every corner of the state. It’s up to local Democrats leaders to encourage their fellow Democrats to step up and run. Learn some best practices on recruiting candidates from Project LIFT leaders Cliff Walker and Andrew Turney.
Also, we will hear from Terry Meza, a candidate you voted to endorse and fund, who lost her state representative race in November by only a few dozen votes out of more than 47,000 votes.
See you at Los Jims, and bring a friend!
Los Jimadores Tex-Mex Tequila Factory
3314 Harwood Rd, Bedford, Texas 76021
Thursday, January 26, 2017
6:30 p.m. to visit
7:00 p.m. meeting