Niki soundly defeated her Republican opponent in one of the most conservative of Massachusetts' Congressional Districts. Visit her web site at http://tsongas.house.gov/
Tom is, and will continue to be, deeply involved in the local community. He has served as assitant to two U.S. Senators, Gary Hart and Barbara Mikulski. He has served a variety of businesses and government agencies.
Visit his web site, http://www.tomconroy.org for more information.
In order to be effective, our committee must maintain expertise in the following areas:
Electioneering - This is the actual work of supporting candidates and their campaigns. This includes all the work that town committees typically do, including sign holding, mailings, telephoning, and local networking.
Candidate Qualification - We should be a resource for new potential candidates. Based on our experience with recent elections, and with our unique local perspective, we can provide advice and expertise, as well as person power. We need to maintain a database of voters in our town, and work with committees in surrounding towns to advise and support new candidacies.
Committee Development - In order to do this work, we must strengthen our membership and enhance our visibility to the public.
Fundraising - We must have enough funds to support these activities, and to run ads in the local media. We plan to host major fundraising events for statewide candidates.
Town Committees are the backbone of grass roots politics. With the advent of the Clean Elections system, the grass roots can become more important to candidates than wealthy contributors.
With the Bush administration pretending that they have a mandate to serve the rich and powerful, we must organize locally to represent the rest of us.
We must provide a vehicle for support of Democratic ideals and opposition to unfair Republican policies.