Each office has candidate information, signs, and more. You can also register to vote and sign up to get your ballot by mail for each election.
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7-3-2010
Navajo County Voter Registration Outreach Program

Each month, Doris Clark , from the County Recorder’s Office, has office hours in Pinon, Whiteriver, and Kayenta to register voters and answer questions. The following is her schedule:

First Wednesday in Kayenta at the Kayenta Justice Court, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

First Thursday in Pinon at the Pinon Chapter House, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Second Monday in Whiteriver at the Social Services Building, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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7-3-2010
Early Voting List

July Message from the Chair

Congratulations go to Sabrina Butler , our own LCRD President, who has just been hired as the Coordinated Campaigns Field Director in Southern Navajo County and Northern Gila County! Sabrina will see that we are all involved in and informed of the decisions for the election of our candidates in Legislative District 5 ( Elaine Bohlmeyer, Bill Shumway, & Pres Winslow ) and Congressional District 1 ( Ann Kirkpatrick ) and for the statewide elections.
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7-4-2010
Our Democratic Candidates

We have an excellent slate of Democratic Candidates for this year's election! Some of our races are contested, so we will have to make decisions among these fine candidates.

Here are our candidates for the office from the National (U.S. Senate and House of Representative), Arizona (statewide and legislative districts), and Navajo County. If the race is contested, the candidates are listed in order.

U.S. Senate
John Dougherty
Cathy Eden
Rodney Glassman
Randy Parraz
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6-12-2010
New Precinct Committee People
Congratulations to all of our new Precinct Committeemen (PCs)!

These 33 new PCs will be elected on August 24th, or to save money the Navajo County Board of Supervisors may “deem them elected” at their meeting. They will take office in January.
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6-13-2010
Who Was the Legislature Working For?

Looking back at the actions of the past legislature raises the question, “who were they working for?”

It certainly wasn’t for the voters who elected them. The programs that help ordinary people and benefit the state as a whole were targeted for cuts.

We can see how out of step the legislators are by the overwhelming—64%--voter support for the1% sales tax increase to save education, health, and law enforcement programs. The legislature could barely agree to send this issue to the voters to decide.

Most of the legislation that passed carried out the agendas of—and was actually written by—various special interest groups such as the NRA; Grover Norquist’s tax-abolishing group; and the anti-immigrant group with ties to white supremacists (they call their group “FAIR”!), who wrote our infamous immigration bill.
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5-1-2010
May Message from Navajo County Chair
Exciting news this month!

We have a full slate of Candidates for Legislative District 5. Now we have Elaine Bohlmeyer as our candidate for Senate and Bill Shumway and Pres Winslow as our candidates for the House.

Our two offices (LCRD ‘s in Winslow & WMD’s in Lakeside) open this month, and the State Party is hiring Luther Lee as our Native American Outreach Director again!

All three offices will have voter registration and Permanent Early Voting List (PEVLs) materials as well as candidate petitions, contribution forms, and campaign materials.
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4-25-2010
Dems Have A Full Slate for Legislative District 5
The Democratic party now has a full slate of candidates for Legislative District 5, with the addition of Prescott Winslow in the House Race. He joins Bill Shumway, also running for the House. They are competing for two open seats. Jack Brown, a Democrat, is retiring and Bill Kopenicki, a Republican, is running for the state Senate.
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3-18-2010
It is Time for a Change
March has come in like a lion that has torn into funding for education, essential services, our parks, and, maybe more importantly, health care and jobs.

The recently passed budget will cut KidsCare for Arizona's most vulnerable children and reduce ACCCHS eligibility among needy Arizonans.

Because of these cuts Arizona will lose 19,600 jobs in health care and an additional 22,400 jobs from industries that rely on health-care spending.

According to The Arizona Republic, the Republican led plan to save $765 million will keep Arizona from getting $1.5 billion in federal matching funds.

It is time to change the legislature, which has been lead in the wrong direction by the Republicans for over 40 years. Republicans seem to think that giving tax cuts to the rich and corporations is the way to solve a financial crisis. It is time to elect Democrats who will solve these problems responsibly and help Arizona prosper.

Barb Smith, County Chair
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2-3-2010
NCDC Chair’s February Message

In case you haven’t been paying attention, in Arizona, the Republican Party has been in charge of the Legislature for 42 years!

The Legislature has made cuts in taxes for corporations and a few people, but the more important fact is that they drastically changed the tax code. The Republicans’ new tax code favors the wealthy and puts the tax burden on the rest of us, the middle class.
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1-1-2010
Little Colorado River Democrats
The LCRD's are looking forward to the coming election year and getting our Democratic candidates elected!

There is much work to do: getting out our message, getting petitions signed, collecting clean election contributions, registering voters, signing voters up for the Permanent Early Voter List, and getting voters to polls! These jobs will take a lot of time and effort. I know our members will be up to the challenges, and we will be successful in turning Arizona Blue!

We will also continue with our monthly Winslow Adopt a Street cleanup and plan for our annual fundraiser.

Sabrina Butler
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12-24-2009
Candidates Seeking To Connect With Voters
A number of candidates for offices from governor to members of the state House of Representatives and Corporation Commission, are beginning to organize and seek support from voters.

Here is a list of the candidates who have contacted the Navajo County Democrats.
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11-21-2009
Az. & Mont. Targeted As Next Blue States
Arizona and Montana are targeted by the national party as the next states to develop Democratic majorities, according to Don Bevins, state party chairman. He spoke at a state party meeting in Kingman, attended by delegates from Navajo County and others from around the state.
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11-11-2009
White Mountain Democrats Thank Kirkpatrick for Health Care Vote
The White Mountain Democrats have voted to thank Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick for her vote in favor of health care reform. The Congresswoman from Arizona's First District helped to provide the total necessary to send the bill to the Senate.
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1-1-2009
Wht. Mtn. Dems Work On Early Voting
The fundamental purpose of the White Mountain Democrats (WMD) is to identify, recruit and elect Democrats to government offices. In addition, our mission is to advocate and work for the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party.

The White Mountain Democrats are working to increase voter registration and more recently Permanent Early Voters among local Democrats. Callers contact Democrats to ask if they want to be on the Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL). Application forms are then delivered to all who are interested and then sent to the Navajo County Recorder.
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11-14-2009
Local Dem Publishes Book
David Dotson, under the pen name, Lew Dodgson, has published a book titled Wriggly Rex: Amoral Leader, a humorous look at conservative politics. Dotson introduced the book to the White Mountain Democrats at their November 11 meeting. There was an enthusiastic reception and many sales. Dotson is donating all money from these sales to the Navajo County Democrats. The book can be downloaded at www.wrigglyrex.com
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10-28-2009
State Education Candidates Blast Incumbent

Democrats seeking the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction joined Wednesday to decry the quality of public education in Arizona and blast incumbent Republican Tom Horn. But they saved their sharpest criticism for the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Jason Williams, a teacher who served as executive director of Teach for America in Phoenix, said 76% of Arizona fourth graders cannot read at grade level, and many of them will wind up in prison.

Penny Kotterman, a teacher who served as president of the Arizona Education Association, will compete with Williams in the Aug. 24, 2010 primary. She said 66% of children fail to graduate.
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