Winning In The South

Written by: Darryl @ DI on Oct 1, 2006 4:08 PM EDT

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When Howard Dean formed DFA, he challenged citizens from all across the country to run office, including the South.

In Montgomery, Alabama, Anita Kelly answered that call running to become the first female African-American judge in the history of Montgomery County, which was ground zero for bus boycotts, Rosa Parks and the ascendency of a young Martin Luther King.

Running against a powerful Republican incumbent, and the odds, Anita won.

My name is Darryl Daniels, I'm a member of Alabama for Democracy and I worked on Anita Kelly's campaign in a number of roles, including as a advisor. I'm now working with another candidate in this area who is running for office and I need YOUR help.

The new candidate that I'm working with is Greg Pierce. He's a 52-year old, first-time candidate for Congress, who is running in district (the 3rd CD), which should be held by Democrats based on demographics. However, it has been occupied by a Republican for the past decade. We want to change this and there's no better or more crucial time to change the situation.

Here's what you can do to help us. First go to Greg's DFALink campaign site www.dfalink.com/campaign.php?id=... and sign up as a supporter. Ask others on your email list to do the same. It shows DFA that Greg has support and is worthy of their endorsement.

Second, go to Greg's website and make a donation of whatever amount you can (the more the better as we are facing a very well-funded incumbent).

Finally, please call or write DFA and ask them endorse to this Alabama candidate for Congress. Anita Kelly was one of the Dean Dozen selected by DFA in 2004 and we need to keep winning here in the South.

Just a note in closing. I've known Greg since the Dean Campaign, he was one of many Dean supporters here in Alabama. He's commited to the progressive values that made America and will represent us all well in Congress.

As Gov. Dean noted so many times, we need to win in the South. Greg is not just another candidate running with a "D" behind his name, but the kind of person we need to elect
to help us save our country at this critical time.

Thank you for reading. By helping us win here, you're helping us win everywhere.

Darryl Daniels
AlabamaFor Democracy

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