Volunteer Appreciation & Victory Party

Please come together on December 7 to celebrate our work together and November's landmark
Democratic victories.

From wins in the Bay Area to statewide victories, to a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, DemocracyAction and grassroots organizations like it across the country got out the vote, sponsored fundraisers and worked with partner organizations to support the campaigns of candidates in key races. DA's members supported and worked for such candidates as Jerry McNerney, an alternative energy expert, who unseated the notorious Richard Pombo to win California's 11th Congressional District House seat, and Debra Bowen, California's new Secretary of State and a leader in electoral system reform.

DemocracyAction members also actively phonebanked and precinct-walked for two Dem House candidates running for districts at literally both ends of California; Charlie Brown in Congressional District 4, the far northeast corner of California - to Francine Busby in San Diego. DA helped them to give their Republican rivals strong challenges, and although Charlie and Francine narrowly missed winning their elections, we are very proud of our efforts in their races. The national Republicans had to devote critical resources to keeping those seats, which helped Dems win other key races across the country.

With John Garamendi as the new California Lieutenant Governor, we have a solid future Democratic candidate for Governor to succeed Schwarzenegger. DemocracyAction's intense campaign to counter the Governor's 2005 Special Election resulted in a resounding defeat of
all that Election's propositions and a quantum shift in the Governor's policies and collaborative style.

With San Francisco's own Nancy Pelosi as the next Speaker of the House, next in line in succession after Cheney, San Francisco takes on a whole new importance in national politics. The mid-term election of November 2006 has brought an entirely new political landscape, a huge change from November 2004, when DemocracyAction was launched two weeks after the disappointing Presidential Election.

Now we are looking forward. The next two years will be exciting, hectic and eventful times for progressives, as we work both to prove we are worthy of the mandate that we have been given, and to ensure that a Democrat is elected to the White House in 2008. Thanks for all that you have done and all that you will do. Join the party!