My Fellow and Sister Democrats,

On behalf of the Dauphin County Democratic Committee, I would like to wish you
and your loved ones a very happy new year.

As we Dauphin County Democrats reflect on 2011 we can take great pride that we ran an almost complete slate of candidates for countywide office. The party raised a significant amount of money to help our candidates. We provided palm cards, signs, radio ads, direct mail to over 11,000 democrats and we had a knock and drag effort for election day. This was the first time we attempted to have this type of coordinated effort. We certainly hit some bumps in the road, but we competed with well qualified candidates, and we played all 9 innings. ( For those who don’t know I played high school softball ) My friends, we didn’t win the election, but we started the process of rebuilding our Democratic Team.

I want to thank the executive committee and its officers for taking the very important first steps in rebuilding our party. I recognize your efforts in attending not only the monthly meetings and standing committee meetings can be exhausting. You made tough decisions, you were true leaders.

Howard Parker, Judith Buxton, Christina Mihalik, John Jones and our district leaders all played an important role in this first step toward victory in 2015. We are so very grateful for all your efforts. Thank you.

You read it correctly, 2015 The Dauphin County Democratic Party is going for Majority Commissioners and we are starting today .

Early this year, training will take place for officers and district leaders, we are also preparing to train committee people in the very near future. We also will be signing up volunteers as well as, committee people who are energized by the re-election of President Barack Obama.

We have momentous elections this year, with the President, Senate, Attorney General, Auditor General and Treasurer up for election.

We have lost Congressman Holden to redistricting so we will have several candidates that will be representing pieces of Dauphin County. We also will have candidates running in all our legislative districts for state legislator and we will have 2 candidate’s splitting Dauphin County for state senate seats. We will work diligently to elect The entire Democratic Ticket while never losing sight that these are all pre-games leading up to the County Commissioner races in 2015. That is our goal.

The Republicans have tried to divide us by redistricting, but we will not be fractured or split by gerrymandering. We will stay united and we will not falter, we are proud Democrats united in our efforts to maintain Social Security, Medicare, Public Education , and to build the middle class. We stand with labor, and we stand with those who make less than 250,000 a year. We stand for the 99% of this country who are trying to just get by.

We have a busy year before us, God Bless you, God Bless the Democratic Party, and God Bless America.

Happy New Year

Marilyn Levin
Chairman