Wow, what a result for MEA recommended candidates! As reported in MIRS this morning, 93 out of 103 MEA recommended candidates won their races. More amazing is that 71 out of 79 MEA recommended House candidates won. In our own backyard, Huckleberry fought off a strong, mean-spirited challenge from Ginster to win the 70th House seat. As you know, first time a Democrat has won this seat in over 75 years. A positive message of change resonated with the voters this year. Even as important, the efforts of the BIMEA coordinating council helped to get out the MEA vote for Huck!
While we celebrate our victories, we can not rest. It will be important that you and all of our members continuing talking with our state and national reps to let them know what the issues are that face public education. It is your efforts in this cause that will shape the legislative public education agenda. Set aside time to attend Lobby Day in February. Encourage your PAC contributors to attend the monthly Leg Councils that we have with Reps Calley and Huckleberry. Continue with the PAC contributions; these contributions will help you as you find education friendly candidates to run for your school board. In most of our districts, these will be the next races that we need to focus on so start recruiting candidates now!
I hope to see you and your RA delegate this weekend in Lansing for the Fall RA.
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I want to take the time to personally thank our Uniserv Directors for their hard work during this long campaign season!
ReplyDeleteThey all were on the move and setting great examples for us all!
Following are some comments about why we need to give to PAC, as heard at the MEA PAC meeting yesterday:
*Only 20% of our members statewide give to PAC. The most common reason was that "nobody asked them to".
*Only 1/2 of locals actually run a PAC drive!
*90% of MEA members vote!!!
*9 seats were added to the House Dem. Caucus! MEA PAC was 20% of their funding efforts.
*MEA endorsed 12 House candidates and ALL 12 won.
*MEA's polling data was shared and requested by many groups. This data was used to help put some candidates over the top and helped them to win!
*MEA held receptions for both Republican and Democratic candidates.
*"Right to Work" initiative in Colorado was defeated! This defeat cost at least $15 million. Association PAC dollars helped.
I could go on and on but you may be bored. It is true that if the local president and uniserv director are passionate about the importance of PAC, more dollars tend to be collected.
Don't forget to take the time to ASK and good luck with your future collection attempts.
Lynn