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The Nelson County Democratic Committee is a powerful resource for county citizens who want to get involved in the democratic process to make positive change at the local, state and national level.
Whether we are helping citizens register to vote, campaigning for our candidates, or developing solutions to important issues, we work in a spirit of collaborative cooperation.
We value competence, caring, and integrity. This is what binds us together as citizens of our nation, Virginia, and Nelson County.
If we would have known about Governor Northams’s blackface and other behaviors as a young man, then perhaps he would have never run in the primary at all or he would have been soundly beaten by Tom Perriello and Perriello, a true progressive, could be our governor today.
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly. The rich have always objected to being governed at all." - G. K. Chesterton
By the end of the year, we might be playing “Hail to the Chief” to President Nancy Pelosi.
The modern Republican Party holds many positions which threaten our country and it’s citizens. But the Republican’s illogical position on immigration may be the most frustrating.
There is a growing consensus, not only among progressives, that 2020 race will see such issues as Medicare For All, a $15 minimum wage, help for student debt, a New Green Deal, a more progressive tax system will be front and center for all the candidates.
Tim Hickey wants to represent Nelson County in Virginia’s House of Delegates. Meet him at Rapunzels [map] on Sunday January 20th between 4 and 6 in the afternoon.
The great enemy of the truth is
very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent,
persuasive, and unrealistic.