Happy Holidays!  Yes, once again it's that time of year when we enjoy being with friends and loved ones, take a deep breath, and count our blessings.  At the Annual South Shore Democratic Club Holiday Party this Thursday, December 5th we will be paying tribute to you, our volunteers, who have worked your hearts out canvassing, phone banking, messaging, registering voters and getting them to vote by mail.  Your time, commitment, and efforts are to be celebrated.  Kudos to all of you!

 

The election results were clearly not what we had expected. However, when all the statistics have been counted, you will see that Hillsborough County did a great job in getting out the vote. That happened because of the tireless efforts of all of you!  As we welcome in the New Year, we will analyze and strategize what we need to do to turn Florida Blue!  For right now, let’s enjoy the holidays -- then we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get busy preparing for the next election.

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In the 2026 election, we will be voting for governor, senator, congressional representatives, county commissioners, school board members, and state legislators. We must remain vigilant!  To that end, we will be issuing “Calls to Action” to contact our elected officials, we will continue to attend commission and town hall meetings and demonstrate/protest when necessary.  Of course, we will continue to phone bank, message, register new voters, canvass, and contact registered democrats to remind them that due to a recent new state law, we all need to reapply to vote by mail every election cycle. So there is much to do!

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Fran