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Few Tickets Left to See Mark Schauer at Dem Dinner

More speakers have been added to the lineup for Livingston County Dems' 31st annual Winans Dinner.

 

But  if you want to see them, you need to act fast. Tickets are nearly gone!

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Mark Schauer, a Howell native who is the Democratic candidate for governor, will provide the keynote address for the May 16 event at Lakelands Golf and Country Club.

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"We're excited to welcome Mark back to Livingston County and we're thrilled to have someone from our county at the top of the party's ticket in 2014," said Judy Daubenmier, chair of the Livingston County Democratic Party.

 

Besides Mark Schauer, the evening will feature appearances by all four candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 8th Congressional District; remarks by Mark Totten, candidate for the Democratic nomination for attorney general, and remarks by Garrett Arwa, executive director of the Michigan Democratic Party.

 

"This event is not only a chance to hear the vision of the top of our party's ticket but also an opportunity to hear from other statewide candidates, the eventual congressional nominee, and get the inside scoop from party leaders in Lansing," Daubenmier said.

 

The party has selected "We Vote, We Win" as the theme of the evening.

 

"It's a simple equation -- when Democrats turn out to vote, Democratic candidates win. Our challenge is to turn out people who voted in 2012 but stayed home in 2010. The results of that low-turnout election have been disastrous for Michigan working families, with local schools losing $1 billion in state aid, seniors paying taxes on their pensions, and our roads being allowed to crumble."

 

The Democratic candidates for the 8th District will each address the crowd. They are Ken Darga of Lansing, an economist who retired last year as the demographer for the State of Michigan; Susan Grettenberger of Lansing, an associate professor and director of social work at Central Michigan University; Jeff Hank of East Lansing, a constitutional rights attorney, and Eric Schertzing of East Lansing, Ingham County Treasurer.

 

Totten, of Kalamazoo, is a former federal prosecutor and a professor of law at Michigan State University. He has made justice for victims, preventing crime, protecting families from foreclosure, and ensuring ethics and transparency in government key parts of his campaign.

Also speaking will be the state party's executive director, Garrett Arwa. Before coming to work for the state party, Arwa served as the Constituency Director for President Obama's re-election campaign and also ran the Michigan Coordinated Campaign. He also served as state director for the first year of the president's re-election campaign.

 

Candidates for state and local office also will be on hand, including Shari Pollesch, candidate for 22nd State Senate; Tim Johnson, candidate for 42nd State House; Jordan Genso, candidate for 47th State House, and many of the party's candidates for all nine of the Livingston County Commission districts.

 

Susan Grettenberger, PhD, is an associate professor and the director of social work at Central Michigan University. Susan Grettenberger, PhD, is an associate professor and the director of social work at Central Michigan University.The Winans Dinner will be Friday, May 16, at Lakelands Golf and Country Club, 8760 Chilson Rd., Hamburg Township. A social hour begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The evening includes valet parking, a non-hosted bar, snacks, live music, sit-down dinner, dessert, and a silent auction.

 

Tickets are $65 per person, but only a limited number remain. Reservations may be made three ways -- by emailing livcodems@gmail.com with the number of tickets and the names of the attendees and then paying at the door by check; by sending a check made out to Livingston County Democrats to party headquarters, 10321 Grand River Road, Suite 600, Brighton, MI 48116, or by pre-paying with a credit card through ActBlue at

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/2014winans.

 

Please include the names of attendees so that name tags can be prepared. Due to campaign finance laws, the party cannot accept cash. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are available with advance notice.

 

The dinner is named in honor of Democrat Edwin B. Winans, who lived in Hamburg Township and was governor of Michigan from 1891 to 1893. He died in Hamburg Township and is buried in Hamburg Cemetery.

 

(Paid for by Livingston County Democratic Executive Committee, 10321 Grand River Road, Suite 600, Brighton, MI 48116. Printed in-house, labor donated.)

 

 


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