Halloween Parade: Walk or Ride with Harrison County Democrats

The annual Halloween Parade will be this Saturday. The Harrison County Democratic Party will again have its Little Red Wagon as an entry. Our candidates will also be very active.

The parade starts at 6:00 PM from the fairgrounds. If you would like to walk or ride with us or our candidates, try to get there by 5:00-5:30 PM. Check our candidates facebook sites, as many of them have updates on what they are doing in the parade. They would love to have as many people as possible and might even have a shirt for you. The weather looks great, so there will likely be a big crowd and this is the last parade before Election Day.

Here is a list of our candidates facebook pages if you want to check them out. They would also appreciate any "likes" or "shares".
Dennis Byrd for Judge
Rachael Armstrong for Prosecutor
Heidi Sellers for State Representative
Richard Young for State Senate
Bill Bailey for Congress
Donnie Hussung for County Council, District 2
Terry Miller for Commissioner
Carl Attwood for Sheriff

Pictures of Democrats at Lanesville Heritage Weekend, Part II

We wanted to share some pictures of Democrats at the Lanesville Heritage Weekend. We will have this in several installments. Today will be part II.

Pictures from J-J Dinner, Part II

We wanted to share some pictures from the Harrison County Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this year. This is our second installment, which focuses on our candidates. A big thanks to Rachael Armstrong for the pictures!

Dennis Byrd, candidate for Judge addresses why he is the only person qualified for the job

Supt. of Public Education, the 2014 Keynote Speaker addresses the crowd

Former Seymour Mayor Bill Bailey talks to the crowd

Terry Miller, candidate for Commissioner, District 3 discusses important issues

County Assessor Rena Stepro, who is unopposed, talks to the audience

Leisa Emily, candidate for County Treasurer, talks to attendees

Rachael Armstrong, candidate for Prosecutor, discussing disturbing statistics on the current Prosecutor's Office

Mike Claytor, candidate for State Auditor, would be the only CPA to hold the office

Merlin "Dick" Lillpop, candidate for re-election as Webster Township Trustee

Bill Lyskowinski, candidate for re-election as Franklin Township Trustee. He is unopposed

Kyle S. Nix, candidate for County Council, District 1 discusses key issues

Danny Stults, candidate for County Council, District 4, addresses the crowd

Sen. Richard Young closes out the evening

July Edition of 9th District Democratic Newsletter

Enjoy! You may click each image for a larger version. And congratulations to Heidi Sellers and Richard Young on their endorsements from the AFL-CIO.

A Few Pictures of Democrats at the Harrison County Fair Parade

We had a few of our members take some pictures of Democrats and our candidates at the Harrison County Fair Parade this Sunday. Thanks to everybody for the great turnout!

From Our Friends in Floyd County: Bailey, Sellers & Freiberger react to controversial State Board of Education action.

We wanted to share this press release from our Democratic friends next door in Floyd County. What can you do in Harrison County to put an end to these radical GOP policies? Help us to elect Heidi Sellers, Doug Leatherbury, and re-elect Sen. Richard Young. Visit, like, and share their facebook pages to help spread the word!

 

Bailey, Sellers & Freiberger react to controversial State Board of Education action.

 

New Albany – On Wednesday, Kevin Sue Bailey, Heidi Sellers and Chuck Freiberger – educators and candidates for State House District 72, House District 70 and State Senate District 46 respectively – released the following statement after the Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) controversially stripped Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz of duties assigned to her as chair of the State Board.

“As educators, we were motivated to run for office because of our passion for the future of our state’s youngest citizens.  We spend every day working with students at New Albany - Floyd County Schools, West Clark Community Schools, Greater Clark Schools, and Harrison County Schools to ensure they receive the highest quality education possible.

“Regrettably, constant political interference not only complicates our jobs, but most importantly it’s unfair to our students.

“Our children’s future and college and career preparedness shouldn’t be a Democratic or Republican issue.

“We appreciate the political dialogue and desire to improve our state’s education system, but it’s about time we solely focus on the needs of Hoosier students, not those of for-profit out-of-state schools or private schools looking to add extra revenue to their budgets through vouchers.

“Today’s meeting revealed that the State Board of Education is more interested in scoring cheap political points rather than solving the real issues that help prepare our children for the jobs of the future.

“The last election ended in November 2012, yet it seems Republicans are still in denial as they’re still furiously trying to undo the results.

“Apparently, the election is still being contested by the governor and by members of the State Board who instead of respecting the decisions of Superintendent Ritz as the elected State Superintendent, are attempting to diminish her powers rather than abide by her judgments as a duly elected official.

“Elections have consequences and the State Board of Education should remember who they serve – Indiana’s parents and students – not politicians or political parties.  Perhaps Governor Pence has forgotten that Superintendent Ritz got 1.3 million votes, more than he did, in the 2012 election.

“Our students deserve better and we look forward to getting back to school and being part of the solution – not part of the problem. Together WE can do better!”

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Fighting for common sense education policy

This year in the Statehouse, House Democrats proposed common sense improvements to our state’s education policy, all of which were blocked by party line Republican votes. Instead Republicans voted to:

• Forgive $91,000,000 in charter school debt at the expense of squeezing public school budgets even tighter (HEA 1001)
• Allow firearms on school property (SB 229)
• Allow homeschooled students to participate in sports programs at public schools (HB1047)
• Spend millions of dollars to fully fund the Governor’s duplicative and controversial education agency where staff are paid salaries over $100,000, while teachers continue to see their classroom budgets decrease (HB 1319, Amendment 4)
• Backed out on implementing the Pre-K pilot program after taking credit for its passage

Congratulations to our Primary Winners!

There were not a lot of contested races yesterday, but congratulations to our winners! Also, a big thank you to those who did not prevail yesterday for running clean campaigns. And it was a double good day for Terry L. Miller, winning the primary on his birthday.

Terry L. Miller, County Commissioner, District 3
Kyle S. Nix, County Council, District 1
Bill Bailey, U.S. Congress
Joe Martin, Jackson Township Trustee
Aaron Scott, Spencer Township Trustee

Terry L. Miller

Kyle S. Nix

Bill Bailey

Joe Martin

Aaron Scott

Now, on to November so we can take our county back from the clutches of the radical Tea Party Republicans!