Dear Texas Democrat, The big news this month is that the San Antonio federal court has

released interim redistricting maps for Congress, the Texas Senate and the Texas House, and set an election date for May 29, 2012. While there appears to be some certainty regarding our Democratic primary, we strongly believe the interim maps presented by the San Antonio court grossly misrepresent the demographic realities of our state, and do the communities who were responsible for the new Congressional seats Texas gained a great disservice. The Texas Democratic Party will continue to support our allies who are fighting to ensure that all communities have the political representation that they deserve. In order to accommodate the changing election dates and to keep our state convention on June 8-9, 2012, weve updated our Delegate Selection Plan . You can download a copy of the TDPs Delegate Selection Plan here, and a summary of the proposed convention process here. Democratically Yours,

An Evening at Solaro Winery March 24, 2012 Dripping Springs, TX The Roast & Toast of Boyd & Betty Richie April 28, 2012 Austin, TX Primary Election May 29, 2012 Democratic State Convention June 8 & 9, 2012 Houston, TX Follow #TXD2012 on Twitter for news on the TDP and our Democratic candidates.

In This Month's Report

Candidate Filing Truth Team Compliance for First Time Candidates Fundraising Events New Additions to the Staff

Boyd Richie Chairman Texas Democratic Party

Candidate Filing
The second candidate filing period opened this morning and will run through Friday, March 9th. You can keep up with filings on Twitter by following @TXDemParty or the hashtag #TXD2012. You can also see the updated list of candidates who have filed in our office on our website, and we post a link to that page on Facebook at the end of each day, so make sure you Like us there as well!

Truth Team
The Texas Democratic Party this month had the privilege of unveiling the Texas Truth Team with DNC Chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. This team is comprised of a group of elected officials and key surrogates that will promote President Obama's accomplishments, hold Republican candidates accountable for false attacks on the President, and expose the failed policies of Texas Republicans. Click here for more on the Truth Team...

Compliance for First Time Candidates

Now that the filing period has reopened, you or someone you love might be considering a run for elected office. This decision is a biggie and before you jump head first into the wide world of running for office, Id like to give you a few items to add to your campaign set up to do list. Click here for more from TDP's Comptroller, Sarah Joyner...

Fundraising
February has been a very busy month in our finance department. We kicked of our 12/12/12 Sustaining Membership drive with an online launch and a phone bank in which members of our State Democratic Executive Committee have been calling Democrats all over Texas to ask them to contribute $12 for the next 12 months in order to help us win in 2012! The phone bank is on-going and isnt limited to SDEC members, so if you or someone you know is interested in helping us recruit new Sustaining Members in your area, please email cmasters@txdemocrats.org.

Events
Well be holding two exciting events in the near future. The first is a wine tasting event at the Solara Winery in Dripping Springs on Saturday March 24th. If you would like to join us or learn more about it, please click here.

The second is the Roast and Toast of Boyd and Betty on Saturday, April 28th in Austin. Im told that our closest friends will "honor" Betty and me with (nearly) merciless mockery. Im sure this is one you wont want to miss, so click here to learn more.

New Additions to the Staff

New to our finance staff is Cristina Masters. Cristina is a new resident to Texas, who recently relocated from the UK. As an undergraduate, she interned for former Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington, D.C. and Representative Nita M. Lowey in New York. She earned a Masters degree in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh and worked for the official political magazine of the Scottish Government, organizing large-scale conferences and smaller events. She also managed a worldwide recruiting event for the University of Edinburgh, which garnered over 4000 participants and was the first of its kind in the UK. She is thrilled to be back in the US, working with the Party to help turn Texas blue. And our new New Media Director is Kyle DeBeer. As a regional political director for the Democratic National Committee, he worked with party leaders, candidates, elected officials, activists, and allies to promote President Obamas agenda and to elect Democrats in 13 states from Wisconsin west to Alaska. Previously, Kyle worked for the Association of State Democratic Chairs as their deputy director and served as the executive director of the Wyoming Democratic Party. Citing his accomplishments as a state party executive director, Campaigns & Elections magazine included Kyle on their 2006 list of Rising Stars. Kyle received a B.A. in classics/history/politics from Colorado College. He and his fiance currently reside in Belton, Texas.

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