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Notes from the Chair

June 2025

June is Pride Month! Be sure to visit the HC Pride Picnic on June 29th, noon-5pm. The new location for this year is Washington Township Park in Avon. Let's all support our LGBTQ+ family, friends, and neighbors by showing up!

I want to thank all the HCDP folks who have enthusiastically jumped on the bandwagon that is rolling toward electing democrats in 2026! I feel like we are still feeling our way forward, and I am so energized about all the work being done. It all may seem a little wobbly right now, but as we move forward, we'll get more solid and be ready to take on 2026 like a cyclone!



Congressional District 4 is also in a building phase, and the State Central Committee is brand new too. Thank goodness this is a non-election year, so that we have the time and opportunity to get strong. All of the HCDP committees are moving forward, some more than others, but forward is the direction we want to go. Keep it up, Dems!!

Previous Letters from the Chair

May 2025

Following the District 4 strategic planning session on February 15, Chair Matt Maeger asked Theresa Brandon and Joe Mackey with putting together a task force to develop a candidate training program for the district. As they worked through this issue, it became clear that training campaign staff would also be needed. Theresa Brandon will be presenting the bones of this program at our May meeting. I hope you plan to attend!

As a reminder, we will be having our pulled-pork fundraiser from 6:00-6:30. Come hungry!

April 2025

I have been a political party chair for a month. BTW - Just how long is the 'honeymoon period'?

It's a bigger job than it looks. But I have all the help and assistance I need. Besides, the success we will enjoy will not be because of me - but because of all of you. 

So, I got no worries.

As we move through this next term together, I would like to encourage you all to share our successes with the world. If we have fails, share those with only me and this group. I want to keep our business our business, not turned into gossip and inuendo and hearsay for social media pages and GOP friends.

We are a big group of individuals and there will be times when we will disagree on things. Let's decide now to work through them by discussion and problem solving, then move forward and let the dogs lie.

So far, so good. 

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Hendricks County Democrats Strategic Planning Retreat

A big thanks to our host!

Thanks to our host, Linda Lasiter, our newly elected Chair! Since the election, she has hit the ground running, working with our executive committees, precinct chairs, and building committees.

Another huge thanks to
Dr. Karen Whitney!

Dr Karen Whitney deserves appreciation and thanks for giving us a framework and leading us through exercises in which we developed our vision, mission, and goals. 

Come and join us

This strategic plan will be debuted at the next monthly meeting. 

We would love for you to join us and bring a friend. 

Monthly Meeting

Please Join us on April 8th, 6pm - 7pm is social hour and 7pm-8:30pm is the meeting. We meet at Hendricks County Fairgrounds, 

1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN. 46122.