^{Congratulations to the Clark County Democrats on helping to elect  Justice Susan Crawford!}

On April 1, Wisconsinites elected Chippewa Falls native Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford to the State Supreme Court, defeating her GOP-backed opponent by a decisive 10 points, 55% to 45%. In what may be the most expensive judicial race ever in the US, nearly $99 million was spent on the campaign. Crawford’s election preserves the 4-3 liberal majority on the Court that is expected to hear cases on abortion, voting rights, public sector unions and congressional districting maps in the coming sessions.

Clark County Dems worked hard to contribute to Crawford’s win, hosting an appearance by Crawford in Granton on a frigid December night, raising thousands of dollars to put up highway billboards, yard signs and run newspaper ads in local publications, knocking on doors to encourage voters to the polls, and writing and sending nearly a thousand postcards to County voters in support of the candidate. One County Dem single-handedly wrote 640 postcards!

Crawford recently acknowledged the County Dems’ work with an appreciation letter. “With your support, we fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court,” she wrote. “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin—and now have won.”

View Judge Crawford’s thank you here.

Many of us are filled with dread and anxiety about what is happening to our democracy, to this country, to our communities, to people we know—maybe even happening to us and our family members. We understand. We share the same concerns.

But we will not submit to the daily onslaught, to propaganda intended for us to cave and comply in advance. We will fight back. There are millions of us and we can preserve our democracy, when we stand together. Here are a few ways to find others that believe in our freedoms and are working for a United States that follows the Constitutions and the rule of law, not a dictatorship.

Monthly Meetings: We are a community of neighbors concerned about preserving democracy, protecting the rights of all people, and using government to support and help people on many levels, from children to the elderly. We care about making sure that our children have good schools, libraries to use, work training and jobs once they graduate. We believe in the importance of access to hospitals and medical care, affordable health insurance, preserving health care access for children, the disabled and seniors through Medicaid and Medicare. Many of us rely on the effective functioning of the Social Security Administration to distribute our earned benefits as seniors. We are fighting for continued funding for child care, SNAP benefits, along with VA benefits and health care. Protecting our natural resources is vital as is ensuring we have clean water to drink, clean air to breathe and our food and living conditions are safe. Just as important is that we ensure the very American right of free speech, an independent press, and crucially our Constitutionally granted right to vote and have those votes count in free and fair elections. That means all of us—including women. We are a small, but dedicated group with a shared concern. We invite you to come meet us, share a bit of food and find out more about us. We meet the second Saturday of each month at various locations around the County. We start with breakfast around 9am with the meeting starting at 10 am. We often have guest speakers, including political candidates or experts in various subject matter join us. Check the Events tab above for details about the next meeting.

Facebook: Follow us on Facebook at Democratic Party of Clark County Wisconsin. We share news updates, alerts, notice of events, and sad to say these days, accounts of shocking events tearing apart our democracy, undermining the Constitution, and most horribly causing real harm to people. Keep abreast of the latest at our FB page.

E-mail List: Want to know about upcoming activities and actions being taken by the County Dems, State Dems and other advocacy groups? Add your name to our email listserv to make sure you receive info on all of our local activities. Sign up here. info@clarkdemocrats.org

Other Activism Resources. County Dems are involved with other advocacy and activist groups on an individual basis. One group with proactive branches in north central Wisconsin is Indivisible with chapters in the Chippewa Falls, Marshfield and Wausau areas. Indivisible publishes calendars of events, such as peaceful protests, marches, and zoom calls. Go to Indivisible’s home page here, sign up for emails or texts and search the group pages for the chapter nearest you. https://indivisible.org

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