<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1710" target="_blank">http://www.justforeignpolicy.<wbr>org/node/1710</a><br>
<br>
<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Champaign County Democrats endorse Congressman Keith Ellison
for DNC Chair<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy, <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Champaign, IL – On Wednesday, January 25, the Champaign
County Democratic Central Committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse the
candidacy of Keith Ellison to be the next chair of the Democratic National
Committee. <a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13703720/dnc-chair-election-rules-members" target="_blank">On
the weekend of February 24</a>, members of the Democratic National Committee
will meet and vote to determine the new DNC chair at the DNC's Winter Meeting. [1]<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Democratic precinct committeemen who supported the
resolution to endorse Keith Ellison included Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing,
Urbana City Clerk Phyllis Clark, Party Chair Maryam Ar-Raheem, Urbana Aldermen
Aaron Ammons and Eric Jakobsson, County Board Member Josh Hartke, former Urbana
Alderman Ruth Wyman and former County Board Members Jan Anderson and Robert
Naiman.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In declaring their support for Keith Ellison to lead the
DNC, Champaign County Democrats <a href="http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/" target="_blank">join</a>
the Democratic Party of DuPage County and Kankakee County Democratic Party, as
well as U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, State Rep. Carol Ammons, State Party
Vice-Chair Karen Yarbrough, U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky, and the Illinois
Democratic County Chairmen’s Association. [2]<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With Senator Sanders, Rep. Ellison <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/29/obama-and-sanders-battle-over-tpp-and-the-democratic-platform/" target="_blank">led
the fight last summer</a> to get the Democratic Platform to oppose the anti-democratic,
anti-worker Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP]. [3] <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank">Just Foreign Policy</a>
[4] welcomes the decision of Champaign County Democrats to endorse Keith
Ellison to lead the DNC and <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dnc-dems-help-keith-ellison?r_by=1135580" target="_blank">calls
on the DNC</a> to pass a resolution supporting U.S. withdrawal from the TPP and
renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] to make it
serve the interests and values of working families. [5]<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">References:<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. <a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13703720/dnc-chair-election-rules-members" target="_blank">http://www.vox.com/policy-and-<wbr>politics/2016/11/23/13703720/<wbr>dnc-chair-election-rules-<wbr>members</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. <a href="http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/" target="_blank">http://ildcca.org/2017/01/<wbr>idcca-endorses-congressman-<wbr>keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/29/obama-and-sanders-battle-over-tpp-and-the-democratic-platform/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.<wbr>com/news/post-politics/wp/<wbr>2016/06/29/obama-and-sanders-<wbr>battle-over-tpp-and-the-<wbr>democratic-platform/</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. <a href="http://justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank">http://justforeignpolicy.org/</a><br>
5. <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dnc-dems-help-keith-ellison?r_by=1135580" target="_blank">http://petitions.moveon.org/<wbr>sign/dnc-dems-help-keith-<wbr>ellison?r_by=1135580</a><br>
<br>
<span></span></p>
</div>===<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_6285086303676047326gmail_signature"><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"><a href="tel:(202)%20448-2898" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
</div></font></span></div>
</div><br></div>