From The State Chair

Judy Duhamel, chair of the South Dakota Democratic Party, sends this out to all Democrats (and supporters of Dem candidates) in Pennington County

Sunday, July 9, 2006

Dear Pennington Dems,

I simply must share the enthusiasm for yesterday's event in Jackson Park in RC.

Truthfully, it's the largest crowd I've seen here in years---not sure of the number, but well over 100 I'm guessing. Two R doctors and wives attended and demonstrated their support for Jack Billion/Eric Abrahamson. Other Republicans were there too. And of course many of our hills area Democrats participated.

Pennington County Dems did a spectacular job of planning and executing those plans for the picnic. The food was excellent and all things highly organized. The effort to publicize was rewarded with better-than-expected attendance.

Clearly this was a group of citizens who are not apathetic and who are hungry for leadership. Their attentiveness to Eric and Jack was impressive--and don't we know how tough that is in a picnic setting! Their level of enthusiasm escalated after listening to Eric and Jack. If yesterday in RC was any kind of barometer for the November election, start smiling! So many individuals were eager to sign up and to help in numerous ways---read that again, WERE EAGER TO SIGN UP TO HELP!

I'm proud of the work of the Pennington County Democrats and all those volunteers who organized Red, White and Billion--the BBQ Picnic and I grow more optimistic weekly about all our candidates throughout SD scoring wins for Democrats!

And I'm proud not only of all our candidates but of those who recruited and support them and will continue to work tirelessly to change the complexion of politics in South Dakota.

Thanks to All,

Judy