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Current club Vice President Steve Cummings has published a book on Democratic Party politics. The book, published in late April is entitled "Red States, Blue States and the Coming Sharecropper Society" and is published by Algora Publishers of New York. For information on the book, please contact the publisher's website for the book at

http://www.algora.com/233/book/details.html

Or you can go to http://www.algora.com, look up "books by year" and click on 2008.

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The regular August meeting has been canceled. In its place on Thursday, August 28 will be a series special Democratic Nomination parties. Two have been filled.

The remainder is at the home of Dennis Charles, 943 McHugh Ct., Ventura. The party will start at approximately 6pm with Obama's acceptance speech scheduled for 7pm. If you wish to attend the nomination party, please RSVP Vern Novstrup at -email-.



The parties will run from approximately 6 to 8pm.  For more information go to the My.BarackObama website and find Ventura Democratic Club for Barack Obama.

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The CDC Archives, some 50 boxes of over 50 years of Democratic Party memorabilia is now stored in club member Steve Cummings' garage. CDC, the Ventura club and other Democrats plan to undertake the cataloging and preservation of these archives for use by future Democratic activists and other researchers. To that effect, a series of Archive Parties will be hosted by CDC and the Ventura Club to work on the archives and raise money for the project. All Democrats are welcome to work on the archives and anyone interested in working should call Steve Cummings at (805)-644-3286 or contacting by email at -email-.

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Two Ventura Club members were elected as two of the four statewide officers of the California Democratic Council (CDC), the statewide organization of Democratic clubs. Heather Lacayo will serve as Secretary and Steve Cummings will serve as Controller for the next two years in the organization. CDC unveiled a new business plan to assist Democratic clubs around the state. CDC also plans to conduct a statewide endorsing convention for President, probably in early December. Chartered in 1952, CDC emerged as a power in California and Democratic Party politics in the 1950s, as it was the only Democratic organization that could issue endorsements as the state political parties were barred by law from doing so. It was instrumental in electing Pat Brown for governor, Claire Engle for the U.S. Senate, and taking control of the California legislature in 1958. It is still the only state-wide Democratic organization that can issue an endorsement for president. Further details will be forthcoming as to how club members can participate in this convention.

As a final note, the Democratic Club of Ventura, as an affiliated club of CDC is given this web site.

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We have organized into 7 community districts to better cover the city between elections.

Contact the following for info:

College District, Carol Lindberg, 642-1682
Midtown District, M.L.Peterson, 648-3272
Montalvo District, Anthea Adams, 644-2031
Downtown-Westside District, Virginia Donohue, 643-1473
Pierpont District, Edie Brown 676-1877
Northeast District,
Southeast District, 

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