Guest Speaker:  Andrea White, Wife of Bill White
Candidate for Governor of Texas

Thursday, September 23rd
11:45 a.m.
Amarillo Club
Starburst Room – 30th Floor

Cost:  $15.00
RSVP:  359-4473 or 356-9082
Space is limited so call soon!

Hostesses:  Roberta Hicks, Claudia Stravato, Sylvia Perkins

President Obama announces the end of the combat mission in Iraq and discusses the future of the U.S. commitment to helping build a stable Iraq in an address to the nation from the Oval Office. August 31, 2010.

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Keith Hampton Endorsed by the Texas State Bar Association as the “Best Qualified” candidate, Keith pledges to be fair, compassionate, accessible and devoted to the rule of law. If elected he will be the only judge who has handled death penalty cases in all stages of litigation – from accusation, trial, appeal and all [...]

AADH is hosting a Democratic Rally Saturday, August 14th from 1-5 pm at the Gazebo at Memorial Park in the Gazebo. We have a ton of candidates from the 2010 Democratic ticket coming to speak and this is your chance to meet them and ask questions. We will have  free fajitas courtesy of El Bracero’s [...]

The next one will be July 17th at the Unitarian church.

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The next one will be July 17th at the Unitarian church.

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The Outreach Committee is asking for 20 volunteers (at least 15 women) to help Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, July 10. You may volunteer for the whole day or just morning or afternoon from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please call Lorita (806-655-0446) if you plan to be there. Tools and know-how are provided by [...]

High Plains Food Bank Community Garden
The Out Reach Committee of the Democratic Headquarters needs volunteers to work in the High Plain Food Bank Community Garden on the morning of May 15th. The garden supplies fresh produce to 161 agencies in our area. We would like to have around 20 people to volunteer. [...]

From The White House Blog:
Posted by Jesse Lee on May 10, 2010 at 10:00 AM EDT

The President has always viewed nominating new Justices to the Supreme Court as one of his most important responsibilities, and his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan reflects the results of a careful and thorough search across America’s exceptional pool [...]

Over the last year we have been working hard to improve the way we function as a headquarters for local and area democrats. To that end we have made some recent additions to the Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters staff.
Prenis Williams has come aboard as our Candidate Development Chair. A retired educator and former coach, Prenis [...]

Kay Bailey Hutchison has announced today she will not resign her Senate seat and will finish out her term.
Hutchison, 66, will serve out her third term, which ends in 2012. She had previously said she would resign her seat.

Congress is expected to vote Sunday to pass the HCR Bill. This is a good time to call your representatives and tell them to support the bill. You can find complete contact information for all of our area representatives here.

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining (despite its name, it no longer regulates railroads).
Jeff Weems is a partner at a Houston law firm specializing in the [...]

Linda Chavez-Thompson A former Executive Vice-President of the National AFL-CIO,she was the first woman and the first person of color to hold that position. She was appointed to President Bill Clinton’s Race Advisory Board, and the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. In 2004, the American Association of People with Disabilities’ (AAPD) created [...]

The core mission of the Texas General Land Office is the management of state lands and mineral-right properties.
Hector Uribe wants to lead the General Land Office from the 20th Century hydrocarbon-based energy sources to 21st Century renewable energy sources. Uribe will vigorously battle global warming by promoting renewable energy sources such as wind and solar [...]

Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana announced Monday he will not be running for re-election.

The announcement comes as a surprise as the two term Senator, who has never lost an election, was leading his Republican opponent by a margin of 20 points in a recent poll.

Bayh said his decision to leave Washington was due to [...]

“Meet the Candidates” reception and program sponsored by the League of Women Voters this coming Monday evening, February 15, in the meeting room off Center Court in Sunset Center, 3701 Plains Blvd. Refreshments and visiting start at 5:45 p.m. and the program at 6:30 p.m.
All Republican and Democrat candidates appearing on the March 2 [...]

Due to popular demand the Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters Board of Directors has voted to develop a Committee for Community Outreach.

Jerry Stein will head up the new committee.  Jerry is a retired Catholic pastor and long-time local activist.  He has been on the Peace Farm Board,  since near its beginning in 1986.

We are [...]

Tune in tonight to KVII Pro News 7’s 5:00 broadcast to see Abel Bosquez, Democratic candidate for State Representative answer viewers questions.

This week Channel 7 is featuring all four candidates running for the position that was left vacant by David Swinford’s retirement live on Pronews7 at five.

The schedule is Tuesday with Democrat Abel Bosquez, followed [...]

Today the President did something unusual in American politics – initiated an open dialogue with members of the opposite party. Visiting the House Republican retreat, he took questions on anything they wanted to talk about. He heard them out, acknowledged where they were right, and gave a genuine explanation where he felt they [...]

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations can spend as much as they want to support or oppose any candidate for public office.

Further entrenching the “rights” of big business, the court used the guise of free speech protections to strike down the Bi-partisan law know as the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform.

“We find no basis for the [...]

Following the loss of a long-held Sentate seat in Massachusetts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now says that Democrats lack the crucial votes to push President Obama’s signature health care legislation through without significant changes.
“In its present form without any changes I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House,” Pelosi told [...]

In a massive upset in traditionally liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown has defeated Democratic candidate Martha Coakley.
Brown’s victory robs Democrats of the 60th vote needed to block Republican fillibusters and will most likely pose a huge threat to President Obama’s proposed health care overhall.

Kinky Friedman has announced he will leave the Texas Governor’s race and pursue a bid for Agricultural Commissioner.
Friedman said he made the decision after consulting with other Gubernatorial candidates Bill White and Farouk Shami over the weekend.
Hank Gilbert, also a former candidate for Governor, announced his intent to seek the Democratic nomination for Ag Commissioner [...]

Hank Gilbert Lifelong rancher and former Agricultural Commissioner Hank Gilbert has been instrumental in raising public awareness about eminent domain abuse and the Trans-Texas Corridor projects in Texas. He believes the solution for protecting and developing Texas’ agriculture productivity is to elect leadership that offers fresh ideas for tomorrow’s challenges. As Agriculture Commissioner he will [...]

Hank Gilbert announced today that he is exiting the Governor’s race to pursue another bid for Agricultural Commissioner.
Gilbert’s announcement came shortly after Houston Mayor Bill White announced he will run for the Governor’s office.
“With recent entries into the race, it’s become clear that there are now two people seeking the support of Democrats [...]

After much debate, President Obama has decided to escalate the war effort in Afghanistan. The President said tonight in a speech to cadets at West Point Military Academy that troops levels will increase by approximately 30,000, effective immediately, with the first Marines expected to be in place by Christmas.

The President said his new policy was [...]

Gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer is officially out of the governor’s race. He made the announcement at a news conference earlier today, saying he just wasn’t able to gain enough support for his campaign.

Schieffer then encouraged Democrats to throw their support behind Bill White, who is currently a candidate for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Senate seat. Schieffer [...]

All 58 Senate Democrats and two independents voted to advance health care reform legislation complete with public option. Not suprisingly all 39 nay votes were cast by Republicans. GOP Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio was the only senator not to vote.
The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a debate on the final legislation to [...]

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary, announced Saturday that she won’t resign her Senate seat until after the March primaries are over.
Campaign officials provided The Associated Press a copy of her prepared speech to Republican women in Galveston on Saturday. In it, Hutchison says she is [...]

Remember the birth control pill you forgot to take?
Remember the scare when you thought you might be pregnant?
Pennies for Pause wants to eliminate unplanned pregnancy by rewarding women who choose a long-acting form of contraception.
We reward girls who make responsible choices. We encourage the most effective contraceptive method your health practitioner will recommend.

Pennies for Pause [...]

Brandon Dix, President of The Panhandle Young Democrats, received the NAACP Community Service Award Saturday, November 7th, at the Dr. R.W. Jones Freedom Fund Banquet.
The Community Service Award is given by the NAACP in recognition of an individual or organization for noteworthy service and commitment to advance racial harmony, community relations, and the public welfare.
Brandon [...]

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the [...]

From Politico:
In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.
Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that [...]

Updated: 11:00 p.m.
Get Election Results by County here
Area Ballot Issues:
# Lefors Independent School District: A $2 million bond package would provide money for projects, including remodeling high school classrooms, removing asbestos and installing technology infrastructure. No tax increase is expected.
# Vega Independent School District:Vega school district voters today rejected a proposal that would have allowed [...]

You can learn more about what’s on the ballot and find polling locations under Voter Information on the website. We will be in the office from 12:30 to 3:00 if you want to stop by or call.
http://amarilloareademocrats.org/voting-locations-for-nov-3-constitution-amendment-election/

Don’t forget to vote on the 11 proposed amendments to the Texas State Constitution.
You can find polling places and voter information on our website.

KACV’s Ellen Robertson sat down with gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer on Face to Face. See the full interview here.

The Headquarters will be opening Thursday mornings up to the election for people to come by for coffee and donuts and socialize with fellow Democrats. Hours will be 9am to 11am.

The Friends of Family Planning and Community Leaders are hosting a reception for Claudia Stravato in recognition of her recently being rewarded the Robert Wood Foundation Community Health Leader Award for 2009.
Reception is Tuesday, October 27th at the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom from 4:30- 6:30.
View Invitation

Local community leader, Claudia Stravato has been honored in Washington D.C. with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Community Health Leaders Award for her work with local Planned Parenthood and Panhandle Family Planning and Health Centers.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established the Community Health Leaders Award to recognize individuals who overcome daunting obstacles to improve health [...]

A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a “call to action” to work with other nations to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn’t sure he had done [...]

Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters has appointed Randall County Chairman Jim Otto to the Vice-Chair position on our Board of Directors.
We are all very excited that Jim has agreed to help Chairman Tony Raphael lead us into the next phase of our growth.
Jim is one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the local Democratic party. The [...]

Pop Quiz: How many Senators does it take to kill the Public Option that 72% of Americans say they want?
Answer:15.
Despite the fact that the majority of Americans say they support a public health insurance option, today the Senate Finance Committee, voted to kill it.
Two different public option amendments were rejected by the committee, the one [...]

On the Ballot for the November 3, 2009 Election are 11 proposed amendments to the Texas State Constitution.
Here is a breakdown of some of the proposed changes that may effect you.

Proposition 1 would allow for a “buffer zone” around military bases in Texas to prevent commercial and residential development in those areas.

Proposition 2 directs appraisal [...]

Great food and fun with great people. Thanks to Brandon Dix, President of the Panhandle Young Democrats, for cooking up a great meal! Everyone loved the spaghetti. I would also like to thank one special guest…, Elaine Thaxton who drove 2 hours from Oklahoma just to share in our fellowship. Everyone left tonight looking [...]