Opportunity Tour: Pullman
Join us for the Opportunity Tour: Pullman on TUESDAY, May 17th at 915 56th Street in Pullman 6:00 p.m. The Pullman Progressives are co-hosting a Candidate Forum in conjunction with our monthly business meeting. Meet and learn about Joseph Alfonso for Congress, Kim Jorgensen Gane for State Senate, Jared Polonowski for State House, Mark Ludwig for State House and Don Doggendorf for Allegan County Commissioner. We look forward to seeing you there!
Join hosts, Jill Dunham, Austin Marsman, Sandy Foster, Keith Howard and Cathy Weirick at Maude’s in Otsego! Tickets start at $50 per person and will include food.
For Veterans, Senior & Students discounted tickets email info@Justin4Mi.com.
Justin has so many ties to Otsego. He grew up here, graduated from Otsego High School in 2009, and was the drum major of Otsego’s marching band. He is thrilled by the opportunity to serve our community. Let’s step up BIG TIME and support him all the way to Lansing to represent us in the Michigan Legislature!
Monday, May 23 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Meet at Sweetwater Donut Mill Plainwell
Three times the impact!!
Austin Marsman for County Commissioner
Justin Mendoza for State House
Joseph Alfonso for Congress
An Evening Reception with
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
4:30 – 6:00pm
Saugatuck, MI
Address provided upon RSVP.
$1,000 – Host
$500 – Sponsor
$250 – Advocate
$100 – Friend
Contributions can be made here
or checks can be made payable to:
“Gretchen Whitmer for Governor”
For more information, please contact Emily at
Emily@gretchenwhitmer.com
Opportunity Tour: Wayland
June 2nd from 6:30 to 8 pm
Cherry Pavilion, Wayland City Park
Join us and meet our fabulous candidates:
Dr. Kimberly Barrington (State House District 79)
Kai DeGraff (State Senate District 18) and
Joseph Alfonso (Congressional District 4)
PRIDE IN THE PARK
We are excited to be part of Community Pride in Douglas!
Visit us at Beery Park on Saturday, June 4 between 12pm and 6pm
Candidate Corner
Have you checked out the new maps yet? Allegan County now has portions of SIX State House Districts – 38, 39, 42, 43 79 and 86! We now have THREE State Senate Districts and our new Congressional District is 4. So many exciting candidates to support! Check out the new districts on the link below: Analysis of Allegan County new districts Below are the Democratic candidates running to represent some or all of Allegan County. Please visit their websites and support their campaigns!
Congressional District 4
State Senate:
District 18 – Kai DeGraaf
District 20 – Kim Gane
District 31 – Kim Nagy
State House:
District 38 – Annie Brown & Joey Andrews
District 39 – Jared Polonowski
District 42 – Justin Mendoza
District 43 – Mark Ludwig
District 79 – Dr. Kimberly Barrington
District 86 – Larry Jackson
County Commission:
District 3 – Don Doggendorf
District 5 – Austin Marsman
We are planning another Allegan Dems Candidates brochure for 2022! We can only do this with your financial support! Please donate to our Unite 2 Build campaign and help us strengthen the Democratic brand in Allegan County!
Austin only needs around 500 more votes than 2018 to WIN!
Let’s show up for Austin!
Austin Marsman for Allegan County Commissioner is hosting weekly office hours both in-person and virtual on Tuesday evenings. Contact austinforallegan@gmail.com for more information.
Many thanks to Darren Watrous for stepping up to facilitate discussion with Wayland Area Democrats! Please contact Darren or email info@allegandems.com to get involved!
What’s on the Ballot?
Reproductive Freedom is on the ballot. You must sign the Reproductive Freedom for All petition, but don’t stop there. The State Legislature is quickly becoming center stage for Reproductive Freedom. Thanks to redistricting, Allegan County has several opportunities to send Democrats to Lansing. Please give your time and money to help our fabulous candidates get there. Gaining control of Lansing is critical to almost everything and Reproductive Freedom tops the list.
Free and fair elections are on the ballot. Jocelyn Benson and Dana Nessel MUST be re-elected to stay in office to protect the security of future elections among the thousands of other reasons. The challenges to the 2020 election certification could have had an entirely different outcome without JBens and Dana protecting democracy.
Public Health is on the ballot. Gretchen Whitmer fiercely protected this state from the Covid pandemic. Gretchen has protected us from bill after dangerous bill with her veto power. She has increased funding for education and fixed the damn roads! We are so blessed to have that woman from Michigan as our Governor.
We can’t take the 2022 election for granted. Never canvassed before? Well it’s time YOU started! Join us on Tuesday, June 21 at the Allegan Tech Center for our official 2022 Campaign Kick-off. We need every Democrat to support our candidates with their money and their time. With fair maps, we have the opportunity to take the Legislature and finally make the changes that we have been fighting for. It’s time for you to step up and help us make the opportunity our reality!
P.S. We have Reproductive Freedom, Promote the Vote, Raise the Wage and Good Time petitions at our Allegan office (Mon 12-3 pm, Thurs 3-6 pm, Sat 1-4 pm) or call me to find a closer opportunity. The deadline for Reproductive Freedom and Promote the Vote is end of June; for Raise the Wage and Good Time, the deadline is end of May. Please sign as soon as possible.
Jill Dunham
Chair, Allegan County Democratic Party
May Business Meeting
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Pullman
915 North 56th Street
