Wake County Senior Democrats

30/03/2026

Here is the April Program! Speakers from the Dept. Ins. Dept. Justice, and the Chair of the Governor's Council on Aging!
https://mobilize.us/s/m4hJfr

27/03/2026

25/03/2026

Post Primary, One Band, One Sound!

If you would like to help from the comfort of your home, I can send you a phone bank!
Pick a race and Dial It Up!!
Also, turning out folks in your own precinct. Just call me!
Winn Decker
Lisa Grafstein
Evonne Hopkins
Terence Everitt
Paul Barringer

06/03/2026

March Meeting Agenda (it says Feb, but it is March....when you open it it is March). Speaker Bios for Rep. NC House District 41 Maria Cervania, and Wake Board of Commissioners District 2 Safiyah Jackson included along with February Minutes and Feb speaker bios.

Wake County Senior Democrats Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 General Membership Meeting This is a Live, In Person, and Hybrid meeting https://www.mobilize.us/ncseniordemocrat/event/748511/ ⇦Use this ActBlue QR Code to join right now. Page 1 is the only page we print for meetings....

07/02/2026

Aron was a wonderful young man who went on too soon. We will miss him greatly, he was NC Teen Dem Pres, College Dem Pres, and current Chair of the Affiliated Organizations Committee.

30/01/2026

This was a great town hall. I recorded it in its entirety if anyone knows how to upload a voice memo or wants to listen. She was on FIRE!

Thank you to everyone who joined me in Garner for last night's town hall!

At a tense moment for this country, I appreciated coming together to have a respectful and productive conversation about your concerns and what I'm doing to fight for you in Congress.

30/01/2026

Read it through....

🗳️⚖️ THE TIE IS RESTORED: Democrats Hold the Line in Minnesota…

The voters of St. Paul and Woodbury showed up yesterday and they did exactly what they needed to do. In a pair of special elections that could have tipped the balance of power Meg Luger-Nikolai and Shelley Buck secured crucial victories for the DFL. These wins were not just about filling empty chairs. They were about stopping a takeover. With these two seats secured the Minnesota House returns to a dead even sixty seven to sixty seven tie. The stalemate is back and in this political climate a stalemate is a shield.

The significance of this cannot be overstated. We are heading into a legislative session that starts on February 17 and the difference between a tie and a minority is the difference between having a voice and being silenced. If the Republicans had managed to flip even one of these seats they would have controlled the agenda. Instead we have a chamber where compromise is forced by simple arithmetic. Neither side has the numbers to bulldoze the other. They will have to look each other in the eye and negotiate.

We have to give credit to the candidates who stepped into the breach. Shelley Buck will represent District 47A in Woodbury taking over a seat that opened up when Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger moved to the Senate. Meg Luger-Nikolai is taking the reins in District 64A in St. Paul filling the vacancy left by Kaohly Her’s election as mayor. These are not rookie mistakes. These are experienced leaders stepping up to ensure that their communities are not left without representation at a critical moment.

For the first time since last June the legislature is fully seated. All two hundred and one members will be present when the gavel drops. That matters. Democracy does not work when entire districts are left empty because of political maneuvering. The people of Woodbury and St. Paul deserve to have their votes counted just as much as anyone else. Yesterday they reclaimed that right.

But do not mistake this for a comfortable situation. A tie is a fragile thing. It means that every single vote counts and every single attendance record matters. There is no room for error. There is no room for sick days. The DFL caucus is going to have to operate with military discipline if they want to protect their priorities. The Republicans will be looking for any crack in the armor to push their agenda through.

The vacancies that led us here were a testament to the strength of the DFL bench. Seeing Rep. Hemmingsen-Jaeger win a Senate seat and Rep. Her become the mayor of St. Paul shows that the party has a pipeline of talent. But that upward mobility comes with a risk. Every time a leader moves up it creates a vacuum that the opposition tries to exploit. Yesterday the voters ensured that the vacuum was filled by allies rather than adversaries.

The upcoming session is going to be a brawl. With the national landscape shifting toward authoritarianism local statehouses are becoming the last line of defense. A tied House in Minnesota means that the state remains a battleground where ideas have to compete rather than simply being imposed by a majority. It prevents the kind of radical overreach we are seeing in other states where one party rule has turned legislatures into rubber stamps.

We need to be realistic about what comes next. The Republicans will try to paint this tie as dysfunction. They will complain about gridlock. But gridlock is preferable to the alternative. Gridlock means that bad ideas die in committee. Gridlock means that the Red Caesar’s allies cannot turn Minnesota into a laboratory for their extremism without a fight. The voters bought us time and leverage.

This is a reminder that local elections are the firewall. While everyone is doomscrolling about the White House the real work of protecting our rights often happens in a high school gym on a Tuesday in February. Meg Luger-Nikolai and Shelley Buck held the line yesterday. Now it is up to the rest of the caucus to hold it starting on February 17.

We survived the special election but the war goes on. The House is tied but the pressure is rising. We need to stay engaged and keep our eyes on the state capitol. The balance of power has been restored but it is hanging by a thread. We have to make sure that thread does not snap.

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22/01/2026

I LOVE THIS. You go Tennessee!

17/01/2026

We had a truly AMAZING forum on Wednesday, packed house, At Large County Commissioner Candidates with Moderator the Honorable Jessica Holmes!

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29/12/2025

28/12/2025

Thank you, Wake County Senior Dems, for including me in the program tonight and for braving the storm! Always great to be with fellow Democrats!

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