SD64 concluded its biannual district convention on March 7th. Our volunteers did a magnificent job of making Central High School an inviting venue for this event. Thank you to everyone on all our convention committees who did so much work to pull this off. Bravo!

Some of the results from our convention on March 7th. 557 delegates attended the caucus and sent 26 delegates on to the state convention. For every delegate to the state convention we sent two to the county convention. Here’s how our state delegates were allocated.

The convention had 69 (!) subcaucuses, so this is a simplified depiction of the results. Be gentle! Everyone had great patience with the subcaucusing process.

If you have any feedback you’d like to share about the convention, please add your comments to this post. Just click the headline and look at the bottom of the page. Thanks!

If you are convening or co-convening, we need you to attend Precinct Caucus Convenor Training on January 28. If you have not been signed up to convener/co-convene, but want to help on caucus night you are also welcome to attend. Please note, even if you have helped convene your precinct caucus in the past, the registration process has been revised and we really need to share the new process with you, so please join us.

7pm Thursday, 1/28
Hillcrest Recreation Center, Activity Room

The Hillcrest Recreation Center is in the same building as the Highland Park Branch Library, at 1978 Ford Parkway.

The training will take one hour, with an optional session afterwards about the “walking subcaucus” process for those who need brushing up.

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Representative Erin Murphy would like you to join her on December 9th to rehab a home in Columbia Heights that has been foreclosed upon. At the completion of the rehab it will be matched with a qualified Habitat for Humanity Homeowner.

The Volunteer day will begin at 8:30 am and end at 4pm at 4951 Madison St NE, Columbia Heights.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Mary Ellen Jaspers by phone at 612-305-7117 or e-mail at maryellen.jaspers@tchabitat.org.

The evening of Tuesday, 2 February 2010, is a big night for Senate District 64. On that night we host the 2010 precinct caucus and we need your help! Please let us know at info@sd64dfl.org if you can help as a convener, greeter, data entry team member, or in any of a number of roles spelled out more fully on our volunteer page.

The Saint Paul DFL could use your help any time during election week! Contact Libby Kantner (651-485-3431) with questions about any of these events, but know that you are welcome anytime.

Saturday, October 31

• GOTV Door Knock from 10am-1pm AND from 1-4pm. Meet at The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation Building at 411 Main St., 55102.

Sunday, November 1

• GOTV Door Knock from 12pm-3pm at The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation Building at 411 Main St., 55102.
• GOTV Phone Bank from 6:30-9pm at the SEIU Minnesota State Council Office located on the 3rd floor of the Wright building, 2233 University Ave W., 55114.

Monday, November 2

• GOTV Visibility from 4-7pm. Meet at the St. Paul DFL’s Office at 2446 University Ave W., 55114.
• GOTV Phone Bank from 5:30-8:30pm at the SEIU Minnesota State Council Office located on the 3rd floor of the Wright building, 2233 University Ave W., 55114.
• Midnight Madness starting at 9pm. Meet at The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation Building at 411 Main St., 55102.

Tuesday, November 3

• Election Day! Vote early.
• GOTV Visibility from 7-9am AND 4:30-7:30pm at the St. Paul DFL’s Office at 2446 University Ave W., 55114.
• GOTV Phone Bank from 4:30-7:30pm at the SEIU Minnesota State Council Office located on the 3rd floor of the Wright building, 2233 University Ave W., 55114.
• DFL Victory Party beginning at 8pm at the St. Paul Hotel, downtown.

The Republican strategy for this year’s city election is now clear. They have decided to focus state and city Republican money to defeat Vallay Moua Varro, the DFL and teacher endorsed candidate in the special election for school board.

The state party has funded a mailer that goes after Vallay. Instead of fielding a qualified candidate, the Republicans have opted to run a negative campaign.

Vallay Varro needs to respond to their attacks and needs your help to do it.

You can help in three ways.

1. Please contribute to Vallay’s campaign. We need to raise enough money to reach voters and remind them that Vallay is the most qualified candidate.
2. Volunteer this coming weekend for our final lit drop.

   Saturday and Sunday, October 24th & 25th
   9am to 1pm
   1028 Oak Bluff Circle, Saint Paul (Vallay’s house)
   Contact info@vallayvarro.com for more information

3. Vote for Vallay Moua Varro on Tuesday November 3rd and bring your friends.

We need Vallay Varro on the school Board. She will bring to the board a wealth of real world experience in education.

We can’t let the Republican attack machine defeat this great candidate for School Board. Our kids and our future can’t afford it.

Join SD64 as we continue Project ID. Get together with friends, eat pizza, and make a few phone calls. Whether you’re a complete newcomer to phone banking, or an old hand, this will be a great event. We’re calling people to give them information about a non-partisan event, so people are verry friendly. See you there!

Our next Project ID phonebank will be on Tuesday, June 9th from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at the SEIU State Council office (2233 University Avenue). Please RSVP to Rick Varco treasurer@sd64dfl.org if you can help out at the phonebank.

Update: this phonebank has been cancelled.

Our next Project ID phonebank will be on Tuesday, April 28th from 5:30 to 9pm at the SEIU State Council office (2233 University Avenue). Please RSVP to Rick Varco treasurer@sd64dfl.org if you can help out at the phonebank.

Rick Varco is planning a “reach out to our neighbors” phone bank for SD64 DFL on Monday, March 23, from 5:30-8:30pm. The calls will be super-easy (not asking for money, not asking for support, just sharing some upcoming community opportunities and asking for party affiliation), the goal is to make a dent in the remaining unidentified voters in SD64. We will gather at the SIEU State Council Call Center (no dialing, no busy numbers, no unanswered ringing) on the 4th floor of 2233 University Ave. Please RSVP to info@sd64dfl.org to let us know you’ll be there.

More details to come, but it looks like precinct caucuses will be held on February 3rd and the city convention will be March 21st at Arlington High School in 2009. Mark your calendars and we’ll let you know more as we know more. If you’d like to volunteer to convene your precinct, please send a note to info@sd64dfl.org.