January - Accomack County Caucus 2010

Chairman Frank Moore called the Caucus to order at 10:00 AM in the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Chamber of Commerce conference room. In addition to the 25 Accomack attendees, Delegate
Lyn Lewis and Senator Ralph Northam were present as guests, as were four members of the
Northampton Committee who attended the town hall portion of the meeting.

Using a Town Hall Format, Delegate Lewis and Senator Ralph Northam shared their concerns
about the upcoming General Assembly session. Speaking first, Delegate Lewis stated the House
lost six Democratic seats. Out of 100 total seats in the House, the Democrats now hold only 39.
The Senate has a four vote democrat majority and we now have a new Republican Governor.
With regard to the upcoming redistricting resulting from the 2010 census, this means of the three
legs on the legislative stool, the Governor, the House and the Senate, Democrats hold a majority
in only one. He said that most of the elections in the state swung on 200 votes. No new
committee assignments have been made for the new members as of this date.

Senator Northam discussed the large deficit that faces the state. He said the Governor faces a
very difficult budget. He said with out raising revenue somewhere, he didn’t see how the
Governor was going to balance it. There is a tendency, he continued, in the Republican Party to
balance the budget by stealing from the general fund. However this would cut into monies for
education, and public safety. He said the idea of a gas tax may come up to help fund the
transportation costs.

Both men then took questions from the floor. Most questions revolved around health care. Senator Northam recommended a New Yorker article “The Cost Conundrum” as an excellent article to understand not only what the state is facing, but the country as a whole.

Chairman Moore then announced that since there were fewer filings for Committee membership than the number of positions available, all thirty (30) individuals that had pre-filed were now the members of the reorganized Committee. He then recognized each Committee member present
and read the names of those not present. Committee member, Barbara Thackray, nominated a slate of new officers: Mr. Frank Moore for Chairman, Dr. Niall Finnegan as first vice chair for precinct operations, Mr. Bob Toner as second vice chair for outreach, Ms Jan Siglin as Secretary
and Mr. Berran Rogers as Treasurer. There being no additional nominations from the floor, the
slate was elected by unanimous vote.

The caucus was adjourned at 11:30 AM. The next regular meeting is scheduled for 7:00 PM.,
January 25, 2010 at the regular location.

Niall Finnegan

April 6 - Congressman Nye and State Senator Northam Attend Meeting

Rep. Glenn Nye (2nd from left) talks with Norhampton County Democratic Committee members Tony Sacco, former Chair, Second Vice Chair, Traci Johnson, and Treasurer, Bill Payne. Rep. Nye attended the April 6, 2010 NCDC meeting and briefed the committee and guests on key Congressional legislation, as well as the upcoming mid-term election.

On April 6, 2010, State Senator Ralph Northam (far left)briefed the Northampton County Democratic Committee on the most recent session of the legislature.

May 22 - Cape Charles Harbor Party

October 12 - Senator Webb visits the Eastern Shore

2010 ELECTION

From Linda Schulz, Chairman of the Northampton County Democratic Committee:

The results of yesterday's election district-wide are certainly disappointing, but we can all be VERY,VERY proud of the results in our own little corner of the world . . . especially given the difficult political environment.

In Northampton, Glenn won 7.4 % of the vote - 2119 TO 1819 votes - and carried Precincts 1, 3, and 6 by very large margins. You can see results for individual precincts at the State Board of Elections web site. Click on
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/00_p_131_D587BB48-8107-4A54-9686-97F065750FCD.shtml

The 45% turnout in Northampton for this election was higher than the average of the last two midterms.

Our Get Out the Vote effort this year was record-breaking. Our newly formed precinct operations recruited a phenomenal group of volunteers who worked hundreds of hours on phone banks and at election day polls. Without them and Bill Payne, Chair of the Outreach Committee and his hard-working precinct leaders who spearheaded the GOTV effort, we could not have accomplished what we did. Thanks to all who participated in this effort! We are now well-positioned for elections to come -- next year the re-election of Sen. Northam and Del. Lewis.

A special thanks must go to Rep. Nye's incredibly talented and hard-working campaign staff, especially Jennifer Koch, Campaign Director, Eric Anderson, Jonas Courey, and Eric Shabotynskyj, who ran field operations on the Shore and Don and Liz who assisted him.

December - Volunteer Dinner and Stocking Toy Collection a Huge Success

The Northampton County Democratic Committee's First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night and Christmas Stocking Toy Collection was a huge success! We stuffed well over 20 stockings and collected many children's books, which will be distributed by Social Services. 25 attendees enjoyed the food, fellowship and fun. Social Services Director Rich Sterrett was very appreciative of our efforts.