All District Strategy
for Funding
Whereas the recent Democratic takeover of Congress has proven the effectiveness
of Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy for funding the Democratic Party
in every state regardless of the voter registration advantage to the
other side or the history of Republican voting patterns and resulted
in election victories and Democratic Party advances and
Whereas the California Democratic Party’s
recent election funding decision resulted in only modest advances and
victories not on the scale of results nationally, and
Whereas providing resources
for candidates in each legislative district will build the Party’s identity
in every geographical area, develop a deep reserve of competitive Democratic
candidates and encourage volunteer loyalty,
Be it resolved
that the California Democratic Party shall adopt at it’s 2007 Convention
to allocate at least $4 million to be spent in all Assembly and State
Senate districts that are open seats or in which there is a Democratic
challenger to a Republican incumbent, to assure that every endorsed
Democratic candidate for the state legislature gets at least some funding
for the general election, enabling candidates to mount a viable campaign,
then
Be it resolved that for the general election, each
party-endorsed Democratic challenger or party-endorsed Democratic candidate
for an open legislative seat shall receive at least $50,000 in seed
money, and that candidates who raise $50,000, produce a field plan,
and sign up 50 volunteers or more shall received at least $50,000 in
additional matching funds. The money shall be spent to implement
a grassroots organizing and GOTV effort by the candidate. Evidence
of volunteer sincerity will be a five dollar check to the candidate.
This
policy will spread the Democratic message to voters in every part of
Submitted by Leon Thompson 77th Assembly District E-board Representative leon@eastcountyunited.org; 619-316-0657 |