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Message from the Chair

From the Chair, Val Torrens

Our monthly LD meeting is this Thursday, August 28 at the Poulsbo Library downstairs meeting room. Per usual, we will open at 6:30 pm for schmoozing until 7:00 pm when our business meeting starts. There will be the usual pizza choices (cheese, veggie, meat) and water for imbibing. This is a great time for potential candidates to mix with the LD members and get themselves known to the electorate. As I mentioned in a previous Email Blurb, the LD will be voting on a proposed bylaws amendment. The vote at this meeting will determine whether the proposal will take effect or not. There will also be another amendment that will be proposed for the first reading with the decision set for the September LD meeting.  All this is in recognition of the fact that our processes need to be updated and more inclusive in how we operate as an organization.

And, in terms of voting, candidates have been invited to speak for one minute to the LD prior to the LD voting on the LD Executive Board recommendations. There will be no questions from the audience. Candidate questionnaires have been sent out to the members for review.

Only members will be able to vote on these items and according to our bylaws one must be a member 28 days prior to the vote. If you have questions about your membership, please contact Ginger Sommerhauser, our Membership chair and keeper of those records. You will receive your voting credential when you check in at the meeting. The list of the Executive Board recommendations is at the end of this letter.

Tickets are still being sold to our annual Salmon Dinner & Auction. This is our major fundraiser for our LD and it is a lot of fun! You get to eat great food, enjoy great company and have fun bidding on items provided by your fellow Democrats and Democratic supporters. Daria Ilgen and Shannon Turner are our co-hosts and Patrick Wright and Leiyomi Preciado share the auction duties. So, I know we will be well entertained by them.

And, in case you missed the announcement, we have Shasti Conrad, our state Democratic Party Chair as a guest at our Annual Salmon Dinner & Auction! Chair Conrad is a dynamic speaker and she can share with us what the party is doing to counter the horrors that emanate from the federal government and its leadership – or lack thereof – and what we can do to help put our government back on track.

We are also fortunate to have State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti back with us. He said he really looks forward to being at our event and was delighted to be asked to come again. We also have our very own State Senator Drew Hansen who will wrap things up by letting us know what’s happening at the state level and how we can help him.

So, please come join us, gather with your friends, eat, drink and be merry and raise the roof!

Here is what the E-Board recommends:

Office                     Candidates                                           Recommendation to LD

Bainbridge Island City Council

District 3 (South)     Mike Nelson vs Sarah Blossom              No recommendation

District 5 (Central)   Clarence Moriwaki vs Peter Raffa           Approve both

District 7 (North)      Joe Deets vs Lara Lant                          Approve both

 

Bremerton Mayor   Greg Wheeler vs Jeff Coughlin               Approve both

Bremerton City Council

District 3                  Christy Cammarata vs Michael Simmonds     No recommendation

District 7                  Rick Tift vs Matthew Baptiste Cerra        No recommendation

 

Bremerton Mun. Court Judge Tom Weaver vs Steve King          No recommendation

 

Poulsbo Mayor      Ed Stern vs Dan Weedin                        Ed Stern – Endorsed

Poulsbo City Council     

Position 5                Michael Fitzpatrick vs Kevin Sheen          No recommendation

Position 6                Doug Taber (unopposed)

Position 7                Gary McVey (unopposed)

 

Bremerton SD

District 4                  Shannon Turner vs Jenny Farley            Endorse Shannon Turner

District 5                  Ben Anderson vs Linda Osborn Simpson  No Recommendation

               

North Kitsap SD

District 1       Debra Strawhun vs Leighton Thomas     Leighton Thomas – Endorsed

District 3       Miranda Smallwood vs Timothy Rovik     Endorse Miranda Smallwood

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July 17th 2025