Missouri Democratic Insider: March 1, 2024

ICYMI: Camp Carnahan & Candidate Filing Opening

Over the past weekend, the Missouri Democratic Party hosted over 80 participants in Jefferson City at a revival of the successful Camp Carnahan training course offered to Democrats interested in running for office, working on campaigns, or community organizing across the state.

Respected campaigners from across the state and country came in to train participants and participants were welcomed by a video from DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and a presentation on messaging by Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners.

The original Camp Carnahan was a highly successful training program that was started in 1997 by Governor Mel Carnahan, as a series of eight regional camps, which trained over 800 participants in the fundamentals of winning elections.

Missouri’s candidate filing period to run in the statewide August 6th Primary Election opened on Tuesday, February 27th, and closes on March 26th.

On the opening of candidate filing, MDP Chair Russ Carnahan said, “We were proud to see so many Democrats from across the state show up yesterday and file to run for office, including several Camp Carnahan graduates or candidates staffed by Camp Carnahan graduates. Stepping up to run to serve your community as an elected official is a noble and worthy cause, and making sure potential candidates in every corner of the state have what they need to run is critical in ensuring diverse candidate slates. The Missouri Democratic Party is committed to rebuilding our statewide infrastructure to empower Democrats who want to step up and run for office. We are excited and getting organized as we head into the 2024 election cycle.”

Want to Run for Office?

Candidate filing period is officially open and Missouri Democrats still need candidates in several key districts and across the state. If you or someone you know is interested in running for state house or just wants to know more about what running would be like, fill out this form to get more information or to sign up to run.

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This Week in Review: GOP Lawmakers Come for IVF, “Honorary” KKK Member Tops GOP Gubernatorial Candidates List

The Guardian: Republican Josh Hawley’s anti-abortion arguments echoed in Alabama IVF case

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision reverberates in Missouri

Kansas City Star: Is IVF at risk in Missouri? Experts say abortion rights vote would protect the procedure

Vanity Fair: Republicans Care So Much About Protecting IVF That They’re About to Block a Bill That Would Do Just That

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision reverberates in Missouri

KRCG: Sen. Tracy McCreery of St. Louis files legislation to protect IVF treatments

Vanity Fair: An Insane Missouri Law Prevents Pregnant Women From Getting Divorced—Even If They’re Victims of Domestic Violence

New Republic: GOP Senators Say They Support IVF—Just Not a Federal Law to Secure It

Heartland Signal: Republican gubernatorial candidate for Missouri is an honorary KKK member

Raw Story: ‘Hypocrites’: ‘Honorary’ KKK member running for Missouri governor trashes GOP comrades

USA Today: Missouri GOP governor candidate given ‘honorary 1-year membership’ to join KKK, suit says

Daily Mail: Missouri GOP is working to remove candidate with ties to KKK who has been pictured performing Nazi salute at cross-burning

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Become a Member of the Missouri Democratic Party

Putting an end to far-right extremists and electing more Democrats in Missouri depends on the Missouri Democratic Party and supporters like you.

That means investing in our Party, building our county parties, fostering relationships with community organizations, supporting our legislators in Jefferson City as they fight for us during the 2024 Legislative Session, and providing candidates with training and resources. That work starts now.

Party Dues:

Individual: $35

Students/Senior Citizens (65+) $25

Family: $40

State Committee: $200

State Representative: $200

State Senate: $350

Executive Committee: $500

DNC Member: $500

Statewide Elected Officials: $2,000

U.S. House: $5,000

U.S. Senate: $7,500

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Volunteer to Put Abortion on the Ballot w/MDP

The Missouri Democratic Party is gearing up to support our democratic priorities this year and will be collecting signatures to restore abortion rights. You can sign up to volunteer for this effort here:

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Ballot Request Period Open to Participate in MDP’s Party-Run Presidential Primary & Ballots Have Started Dropping

We have gotten many calls about the mail ballots that were automatically mailed to over 27,000 registered Democrats. They are legit! Merriman River Group is MDP’s trusted vendor handling our ballots, they look like this ^

REQUEST YOUR BALLOT HERE