Longtime Democrat and Township Trustee Roger Van Sickle Retiring
Longtime Delaware County Democrat and Delaware Township Trustee, Roger Van Sickle, is retiring from public service. Roger served 41 years as township trustee. He also served our country in the armed forces, served Delaware County on various boards and committees including being president of the Delaware County Trustees Association, Treasurer of the Delaware Transit Agency […]
School Funding Forum covered by local newspaper
The Delaware County Democratic Party held a forum on Dec. 8, 2020 to discuss Ohio’s broken school funding and how legislation on the table could have fixed it. The Delaware Gazette covered the forum in the article, “Addressing school funding,” which was published on Dec. 20, 2020.
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes – November 2020
Executive / Central Committee Meeting November 17, 2020 Tonight’s meeting was opened by Peg at 7:07pm with approximately 61 attendees. Emma M. Jones displayed her flag for the Pledge of Allegiance. Secretary report – Minutes from last month’s meeting were delayed being posted to the website for review, so Peg requested that […]
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes – October 2020
Note: Until further notice, due to the current Coronavirus situation, we are continuing to hold our regular monthly business meetings in the Zoom process. Executive / Central Committee Meeting October 14, 2020 The meeting was opened at 7:10 pm, with approximately 43 members in attendance, Peg requested the USA flag be posted […]
Fast-growing Delaware County sees biggest election-turnout jump in Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch published a story about the incredible turnout in Delaware County in the 2020 General Election. 83.76% of registered voters in Delaware County voted! While Democrats may not have had the wins we wanted, our chair, Peg Watkins, told the Dispatch this is great new for our area. “There are many more Democrats […]
Biden’s gains in suburban Columbus reveal his national path to victory
The chair of the Delaware County Democratic Party was interviewed by WCMH in Columbus about the gains in suburban areas that helped Joe Biden win the presidency. In Delaware, Biden turned Clinton’s 16-percentage-point deficit into a loss of less than seven points. The president-elect’s 45.92% of the vote was the best performance by a Democrat […]
Volunteers needed during early voting at the Board of Elections
The Delaware County Democratic Party is in need of volunteers to be at the Delaware County Board of Elections to hand out the sample ballots. We have a schedule of 2-3 hour shifts. This role is so important because, as we mentioned, judicial candidates do not have party affiliation with their names! Volunteers may pick […]
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes – September 2020
Note: due to the continued Coronavirus situation, we are continuing to hold our regular monthly business meetings in the Zoom process. Executive / Central Committee Meeting September 17, 2020 Once again, Peg called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm, with approximately 49 attendees. She began the meeting with our Pledge of […]
Delaware County Democratic Party Endorses 2020 Candidates
DELAWARE, Ohio (Sept. 18, 2020) — The Delaware County Democratic Party has announced its list of endorsements for the 2020 General Election: Joe Biden for President Sen. Kamala Harris for Vice President Alaina Shearer for Congressional District 12 Jennifer Brunner for Ohio Supreme Court John P. O’Donnell for Ohio Supreme Court Antoinette Miranda for Ohio […]
Poll workers needed for Nov. 3 election
The following column was printed in the Delaware Gazette on Aug. 26, 2020. Contributing columnists: Peg Watkins, chair, Delaware County Democratic Party & Steve Cuckler, chair, Delaware County Republican Party The majority of the bipartisan poll workers in Ohio and across the country are 60 or older. However, with concerns over COVID-19 and the older […]