Democrats of St. Mary's County Maryland

Save the Date!

The 2010 Democratic Club Annual Dinner will be held on Friday April 16th at the Hollywood Volunteer Firehouse! We will be honoring Commissioners Dan Raley and Tom Mattingly for their 12 years of service as County Commissioners! We are all excited about this evening! Please mark you calendar and tell your friends! It will be a very fun event!

Happy New Year!

The first Democratic Club meeting of 2010 will be held Monday January 18th...We will be meeting at the Democratic Headquarters at 7:00pm-- just across from the Do Dah Deli. If you have a folding chair...bring it along! We will be installing new officers and talking about the coming year! It is going to be a very exciting year...

Hope to see you at the meeting! Cindy

You are encouraged to register for the Southern Maryland Democratic Summit
to be held next weekend at the Rod 'n Reel in Chesapeake Beach. There will
be registration from 4 to 7 p.m. and a reception Friday, January 8 from 6:30
to 10 p.m. where you will welcomed by Maryland Senate President Mike Miller.
Sen. Mac Middleton and Terry Lierman, Chief of Staff to House Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer will make opening remarks at the continental breakfast
Saturday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. You can also register for the Summit
beginning at 7:30 a.m.

A wide array of elected officials and other Democratic political campaign
veterans will be in attendance throughout the seven sessions scheduled for
Saturday including Sen. Barbara Mikulski and House Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer, Maryland Democratic Party (MDP) Chairman Susie Turnbull, MDP
Executive Director Travis Tazelaar, former Senator Bernie Fowler, Ken Ulman,
County Executive of Howard County, Comptroller Peter Franchot, Attorney
General Doug Gansler, Jason Waskey, Executive Director of Maryland
Organizing for America, Sen. Roy Dyson, and Delegates, John Bohanan, Sue
Kullen, Peter Murphy, Johnny Wood and Joe Vallario,

Immediately after breakfast, former Secretary of State John Willis will
offer his thoughts on voting trends in Southern Maryland and
prognostications on the political future. Sessions will be devoted to the
Maryland Coordinated Campaign and the Rapid Response Team, Save the Bay, the
State of the Economy, Party Building, Fundraising, Grassroots, Candidate
Recruitment, Political Technology Enhancements, State Legislative Issues in
2010 and Campaign Training. Senator Mikulski and Congressman Hoyer will
provide a View from Capital Hill during lunch and Attorney General Gansler
will make brief remarks during the Taste of Southern Maryland dinner buffet
at 5:30 p.m.

It would be a good show if we could demonstrate to our elected officials
that Southern Maryland Democrats are ready to rock and roll in 2010. Please
contact Beth Swoap at the Democratic Party Headquarters to register for this
exciting event. E-mail her at or call her at (410)
414-3660.

Thanks and I hope to see you next weekend at the Rod 'n Reel.

Happy New Year!

Just a reminder that the first Southern Maryland Democratic Summit will be held this weekend! The Summit opens on Friday night! Saturday is full of training and networking opportunities! Be a part of this first of its kind event in Southern Maryland! Details are on the front page of the web site!

Wishing you the very best this new year!

Cindy