Gov. Dean Announces Half Million Dollar Investment in State Parties
Dean Fulfills Pledge to Provide Personnel, Funds to all 50 State
From the DNC:
http://www.democrats.org/news/200504080003.htmlParties: Effort Begins With MO, ND, NC, & WV
Little Rock, AR — Speaking before the Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC) today, Gov. Howard Dean announced that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) invest nearly half a million dollars to strengthen the state Democratic Parties in Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, and West Virginia. The announcement comes as the ASDC meets for the first time since Gov. Dean was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party.
The $465,000 investment was agreed upon while working with the state parties on their specific needs, and will fund a variety of positions and programs. The investment marks the beginning of a broader effort to make the Democratic Party competitive in all 50 states by strengthening state Democratic Parties.
"This is just the beginning," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Governor Howard Dean during the announcement, "today we are launching our plan, but as our team continues to work with the state parties we will announce additional investments in the weeks ahead. We have to show up if we're going to win, and we have to rebuild and empower our state parties."
Responding to the announcement, West Virginia Democratic Party State Chair Nick Casey said that, "Governor Dean pledged to take the Party back to the grassroots, and we needed this investment to accomplish exactly that. He asked us what we needed at the grassroots level and he listened."Governor Dean, whose outreach to the grassroots has taken him to 14 states in only two months as Chair, will follow up his visit to the ASDC by joining the the Arkansas Democratic Party and the chairs of Arkansas county Democratic Party committees on Saturday for a "Grassroots and Grits" breakfast meeting...."
Dean in Arkansas at press conference.
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