Nine SCDW Members Elected to State Legislature!

election-watch-party-dsc_0249-smBittersweet Election Results.
Although the presidential election was horribly disappointing, there were local results to celebrate at the Nov. 8 Election Watch Party.

Although we are still stunned by and struggling with the results of the national election, there is more to be happy about at a state level. Despite the misleading messages from the other side about our state Supreme Court justices, we were able to retain those judges and prevent Gov. Brownback from filling even one of those seats. That’s a huge victory and a strong indication of the widespread and deep dissatisfaction with the governor.

Another indication of general unhappiness with the status quo in Topeka were our successes in the primaries and in the Nov. 8 Kansas election. SCDW is very proud to announce that our organization has a combination of nine members and associate members who will be sent to the Kansas Legislature in the next session! Congratulations to all!

Henry Helgerson – HD 83
Gail Finney – HD 84
Jim Ward – HD 86
Elizabeth Bishop – HD 88
John Carmichael – HD92
Tom Sawyer – HD 95
Brandon Whipple – HD 96
Lynn Rogers – Senate District 25
Oletha Faust-Goudeau – Senate District 29

SCDW celebrated our election wins at an Election Watch Party held at the Murdock Theatre in Wichita on Tuesday evening, Nov. 8th, as well as our monthly SCDW meeting on Thursday evening Nov. 10th.

We would have liked to have seen all our member candidates win their seats, but we are so very proud of their courageous campaign efforts for the citizens of Kansas. We hope to see all them again in two years!

Now is the time we’re called on to do things we may not have done before… to face down bigotry and hate, to expose abuses of power, to call out cronyism and corruption, to combat authoritarianism, to call out lies, and to fight for the living.

We have our work cut out for us. As Hillary Clinton says, “FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S RIGHT IS WORTH IT!”

—Donna Wirth

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