<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Bob—thanks for this. Would it helpful me to phone or write each of the members of the Central Committee who haven’t yet explicitly stated their support for Ellison yet? <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal">At tonight's meeting of the Champaign County Democratic
Central Committee, we'll vote on whether to endorse Keith Ellison to be the
next chair of the Democratic Central Committee. The meeting is at 7pm, at the
CCDems office in downtown Champaign.</p><div class=""><span class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">The list of Central Committee members eligible to vote -
that is, Democratic precinct captains - is here: <span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf" class="">https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf</a><span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Of those folks, my understanding is that the following have indicated
that they support Keith and plan to attend the meeting: <span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Faruq
R.A. Nelson<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Danis R
Pelmore<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Charlene
Stevens<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Josh
Hartke<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Aaron O.
Ammons<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Eric
Jakobsson<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Ruth
Wyman<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Christopher
Stohr<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Jared
Miller<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Robert
Naiman<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Sandra
Hansen<span class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">Maryam
Ar-Raheem (party chair.)<span class=""></span></span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family: calibri;" class=""><span class=""> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri;" class="">(David
Brayfield supports Keith but he is out of town; Evan Keller supports Keith but
he has moved.)<span class=""></span></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">If someone is not on that sub-list, it doesn't necessarily
mean they oppose; it may just mean we haven't reached them yet in the last few
days.<span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Check the list of other folks and see whom you know. If you
don't have a phone number for them, maybe you have an email address or can
message them on Facebook. <span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf" class="">https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf</a><span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">The following link may be useful. It's the endorsement of
Keith by the Illinois Democratic County Chairmen’s Association. The link
includes a list of Illinois Democrats who have endorsed Keith, including Senator Tammy
Duckworth and Rep. Carol Ammons. <span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/" class="">http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/</a><span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Here's the national endorsement list:<span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://keithfordnc.org/endorsements/" class="">https://keithfordnc.org/endorsements/</a><br class="">
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<span class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'm hoping for an overwhelming yes vote tonight. I'm looking forward
to calling Emily in the state Dems office tomorrow morning and telling her that
Champaign County Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Keith to lead the DNC. Emily
reports to Mike Madigan and his deputy, the state party chair, both of
whom will be voting in February on the next DNC chair. <span class=""></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
<div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">===</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Robert Naiman<br class="">Policy Director<br class="">Just Foreign Policy<br class=""><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank" class="">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br class=""><div class=""><span style="text-align:left" class="">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="text-align:left" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div></div></div>
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