Crow Wing

Our Mission: The Crow Wing County DFL,  a unit of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor party,  provides organization and support for local, state, and national Democratic candidates, and provides a vehicle for participation in the democratic process.

 

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Issues:See our party platform (Ongoing Platform + Action Agenda) for issues that are important to us. A few of these issues are:

  • Equal opportunities for everyone
  • Quality affordable public education
  • Workers right to organize and bargain collectively
  • A clean, safe environment
  • Taxes based on income / ability to pay
  • The right to a secure retirement for everyone
  • A national, single-payer health care system to provide full coverage for ALL citizens

Crow Wing DFL Fall FUNdraiser: Sign up for a Zoom meeting invite for the CWC DFL Rally & FUNdraiser at:
https://forms.gle/mBML8PSEFiPw2WRh7

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Get voting information and register to vote HERE!

Your vote is important!

Meetings:  The Crow Wing DFL Executive Committee meets on the first Thursday of each month, 6pm, at Wings Café, 16384 Airport Rd #7 (3.41 mi) Brainerd, MN.  This is an open meeting to all area Democrats.. Call (218) 270-8030 for details.  The August meeting will be on the 12th.

Contributions: The Crow Wing County DFL (Campaign Finance Reg#20271) needs your donations to support our mission and the basic principles of our organization.  Donations can be made securely on-line by visiting our ActBlue Contribution page or can be sent to our mailing address. The Crow Wing County DFL uses contributions to fund a myriad of activities. Our expenditures support the basic principles outlined in our mission statement. Some of the items we use your contributions for include:

  • Contributions to candidates for use in their campaigns
  • Operating expenses for the Crow Wing County DFL organizing unit
  • Maintenance of an office during election years
  • Mailings
  • Conventions
  • Fair booth
  • Yard signs and other campaign materials

The Minnesota Political Campaign Refund (PCR)
provides refunds of $50/individual or $100/couple
per year for contributions made to Minnesota political
parties and candidates for state offices.

Thank you to those who have donated already.

Volunteer:The Crow Wing County DFL is always in need of your help. There are a number of tasks to be done during each election cycle and we are always interested in hearing from new people. Call or email us for more information.

Executive Committee 2020 – 2022:

Officers:

Tiffany Stenglein – Chair
Tom Besnett – Vice Chair
Sally Boos – Secretary
Martha Stenglein – Treasurer
Kathryn Hegstrom  – Outreach & Inclusion
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Directors:

Don Bye – Director
Shannon Crosby – Director
Marcia Ferris – Director – Communications / Social Media Admin
Jim Grgurich – Director
Julie Hella – Director
Tracy Lyons – Director
Dale Menk – Director
Robert Nesheim – Director – Fair Booth Coordinator
Eric Norquist – Director – Technology / Website / FaceBook Admin
Nate Parsons – Director
Bruce Peck – Director
Gail Rach – Director – FaceBook Admin / Graphics Design
Martha Rustad – Director
Sharron Ryappy – Director
Brett Severson – Director
Betty Simenstad – Director
Ed Shaw – Director
Lori Tomberlin – Director

Resources

Accommodation Resources

Here you can find some recommendations as well as resources on planning unit events.

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DFL Party Documents

Here you can find the DFL Constitution, Official Call, Platform, and Action Agenda.

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Staff Directory

Here you can find a list of the current DFL Staff as well as their emails to get in contact. Here are some key contacts emails: Party Affairs Questions - partyaffairs@dfl.org Training Questions - training@dfl.org VAN Questions - voterfile@dfl.org PCR Questions - pcr@dfl.org

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