Lake of the Woods Democratic ClubCelebrate Juneteenth, Freedom Day, with the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club at a picnic at the LOW Community Center. This event will begin at 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, June 19, at the Community Center Pavilion at Sweetbriar Park.
The cost is $12, which includes a fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings.
Tickets can be reserved in advance online. For full information, please follow the link below.
Dr. Rosalyn Cooperman, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, will present a talk on “Women’s Political Candidacy in the Age of Trump” on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. via Zoom video conference. There is no cost to attend, but your registration in advance is required in order to receive the Zoom login information. Those without access to Zoom video can still participate by telephone and should indicate phone-only when registering. Please register by sending an email to Jen Heinz, LOW Dems Program Chair, at jenheinz6103@gmail.com by Monday, July 20.
Dr. Cooperman will discuss the political candidacy to Congress of women, drawing on examples from the two most recent election cycles, 2018 and 2020. She’ll share her perspective and her research on how women navigate gender and party on the campaign trail. Her talk will be followed by a question and answer period.
Rosalyn Cooperman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington. Professor Cooperman earned a B.A. in Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Ph.D. in Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on women’s political participation, campaign finance, and the political behavior of party activists, and her work has been published in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, American Politics Research, and Social Science Quarterly. Since 2004, Cooperman has served as a Principal Investigator for the Convention Delegate Study (CDS), a survey of Democratic and Republican Party delegates. The CDS, initiated in 1972, is the longest standing survey of U.S. party activists. Since 2016 Professor Cooperman has served as an Expert Contributor for Gender Watch, a program of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University, which tracks women’s political candidacy in U.S. elections. Professor Cooperman is presently working on a book manuscript, Pink and Blue Waves in Old Dominion: Women Legislators in the Virginia General Assembly.
The Zoom login information will be sent to all registrants the day before the program. If you have not used Zoom before, no worries! Please indicate that when you register and a time will be scheduled for Zoom training in advance of the program.
Questions may be directed to Jen Heinz at jenheinz6103@gmail.com. We hope you can join us!
A tri-county rally and fund-raiser for Amy Laufer’s campaign for State Senate will take place Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Lake of the Woods Community Center.
Rep. Abigail Spanburger will be on hand to introduce and support the candidate.
The event is sponsored by the Democratic committees of Orange, Culpeper and Spotsylvania counties and will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. in Marion Pronk Hall of the community center.
An entrance fee of $25 per person will be collected at the door. All funds will be used to support the Laufer campaign. Additional contributions will be encouraged.
Refreshments will be served and musical entertainment will be offered.
More information is available at the candidate’s Web site at Amy Laufer for Virginia.
Ann. F. Ridgeway, candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, received an enthusiastic welcome from a large crowd attending the LOW Democratic Club’s annual Flag Day Picnic on June 12.
The event, which took place in Marion Pronk Hall at the LOW Community Center, featured full fried chicken dinners, door prizes and even a song from the fabled “Demettes” songstresses.
But the highlight of the event was an appearance by Ann Ridgeway, whose “We the People” campaign is working to represent the 30th state senate district in the November election. The Madison County, wife, mother, teacher and community activist explained her reasons for becoming a political candidate and answered questions on the issues from voters.
In support of her campaign, the LOW Democratic Club presented Ridgeway with a check for $500.
More information about Ann and her candidacy is available at her Web site at Ridgeway for Delegate.
Ben Hixon and Amy Laufer, candidates for Virginia State Senate subject to the June 11 Democratic Primary, met in a debate sponsored by the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club on Wednesday, May 8 at the LOW Community Center. A video of the full debate, including questions submitted by the audience is available at the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/lowdemocrats/videos/2054410934864220/?t=1