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<p class="MsoNormal"><br></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><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The list of Central Committee members eligible to vote -
that is, Democratic precinct captains - is here: <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf">https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Faruq
R.A. Nelson<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Danis R
Pelmore<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Charlene
Stevens<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Josh
Hartke<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Aaron O.
Ammons<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Eric
Jakobsson<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Ruth
Wyman<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Christopher
Stohr<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Jared
Miller<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Robert
Naiman<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Sandra
Hansen<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">Maryam
Ar-Raheem (party chair.)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri;color:black">(David
Brayfield supports Keith but he is out of town; Evan Keller supports Keith but
he has moved.)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf">https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/">http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Here's the national endorsement list:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://keithfordnc.org/endorsements/">https://keithfordnc.org/endorsements/</a><br>
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<span></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></span></p>

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<div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">===</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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