by MCDC | Jul 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Madison County, News
Thank you for walking with the Madison Democrats and Jane Dittmar in the Fireman’s parade last night. We had a wonderful turnout (I counted 20) and even though the rain threatened, we stayed dry and happy. We were delighted to be joined by our friends from the...
by MCDC | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Racism
By now you’ve surely seen the graphic critical of Hillary Clinton that the presumptive Republican presidential candidate tweeted out over the holiday weekend, just as his rival was set to be grilled by the FBI for its investigation into email practices at the State...
by MCDC | Jul 4, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Gun Reform, Issues, Minimum Wage, News, Video
In an interview with Fox News Sunday yesterday, McConnell told host Chris Wallace that a new Supreme Court justice must have the approval of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress explains the two right-wing organizations that McConnell...
by MCDC | Jul 1, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Events, Madison County, Quote of the Day, Video, Virginia
Please join us in the parade in Stanardsville on July 4th. The parade will go on, rain or shine. We will be assembling in front of the High School, in parade spot 46 (the numbers are in chalk on the road), starting at 9:00 am. The parade starts at 10:00 am. Main...
by MCDC | Jun 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, Voter Rights
Three years ago this week — on June 25, 2013 — the U.S. Supreme Court in its Shelby County v. Holder decision gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a civil rights law signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to ban racial discrimination in voting. Within minutes of...
by MCDC | Jun 21, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Gun Reform, News
Following the worst mass shooting in modern American history, 56 senators blocked critical gun safety measures that would have kept guns out of the hands of people on the terror watch list. #Republicans won’t allow guns at their own National Convention in...
