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Bluebonnet
The Newsletter of Texas College Democrats October, 2012
Voting is underway in Texas! Early voting in-person will go until the 2nd of November. Check your countys Running in the 35th congressional district is Lloyd elections website to see when polling locations are open. Doggett, an Austin-native who is the incumbent for the Last month, prior to the Democratic National Convention, 25th district. Mark Veasey, the Chair of the Texas House Remember, during early voting its possible to vote Democratic Caucus, is running to represent Greater two proud Texas College Democrats were selected to throughout your county rather than at a specific polling Dallas in the newly created 33rd congressional district. If serve among the CDA leadership. site. According to GMUs U.S. Election Project, a elected, he will be the first ever African American whopping 44% of Texans voted early in 2008! congressman to represent Fort Worth. Brittany Ellenberg, President of UTD College Democrats, and Danny Khalil, Communications Director for TCD, will Election Day will be November 6th this year, the Around the state, theres a surprising number of be working with students all around the nation this year traditional first Tuesday after the first Monday in the competitive races that could go either way, and its to help turn the map blue! month. absolutely incumbent upon all Texas College Democrats to get out there and vote in those elections! Brittany, who has experience working with Organizing for Voting is absolutely vital this year, so TCD would like to America and several other community-based progressive remind all members that this is the best time to show off organizations, will be the new LGBT Caucus Vice Chair. our Democratic pride at the polls! Turning Texas blue She was given CDAs Rising Star award during the takes effort, and it all comes down to the ballot box! convention this past month. Danny is the former president of UTSAs chapter and a political science senior at the university. He will be working as the new Southwest Regional Director for CDA, which encompasses 6 states including Texas. Both are continuing a long tradition of service in College Democrats of America by Texas students. Alejandra Salinas, the outgoing president of CDA and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, was one of the speakers at the DNC in September. It will truly be an exciting year for College Democrats chapters all across the nation as new leaders emerge to fill the shoes of their predecessors in 2012.

Two Texas College Democrats Appointed to National Leadership

Dont Forget to Vote!

three are rated as solidly Democratic and one is rated as solidly Republican by the Cook Partisan Voting Index.

Representative Pete Gallego, the Democratic nominee for CD23, talks to voters on the campaign trail

Volunteer for OFA

With the most publicized election of the year so close, now is the time to get involved with Organizing for America, the presidents ground team of volunteers. OFA volunteers can make calls to important battleground states such as Ohio, Florida and Virginia right from their computers! Visit barackobama.com and use their various online outreach tools to call voters, email friends or simply help get out the vote!

Have your voice heard at the polls this year! Get out and vote!

Crucial Races Ahead!

All throughout the Lone Star State, crucial races will be played out on November 6th. Often times, many of us will often scroll down the electoral ballot unaware of how many races there are. Due to redistricting and the 2010 Census, Texas has 4 new electoral votes and thus 4 new congressional districts. After lawsuits that accused the legislature of creating maps that favored Republicans, a judicial ruling finalized a compromise. Of the four, three are rated as

Texas College Democrats with Reggie Love (the former personal assistant to President Obama) at the CDA National Convention in September

Even POTUS is doing it!