Politics – Washington County Democratic Party

Democrats Oppose Appointment of David Stout as County Commissioner for District 9

Campaign Candidates Election Alerts Elections Politics StatementsSeptember 18, 2024

Designation will amount to election interference by giving Mr. Stout an advantage in his race for County Commissioner vs. Democratic Candidate Raven Olson The Washington County Democratic Party (WCDP) strongly opposes the proposed appointment by the Washington County Commission of David Stout as County Commissioner for District 9, in the seat of the late Commissioner ... Read more

Washington County Democratic Party Endorses Kamala Harris for President

Elections Politics StatementJuly 22, 2024

Local Democrats thank President Biden for his transformative presidency Today, the Washington County Democratic Party (WCDP) acknowledges President Joseph R. Biden’s decision not to seek re-election in the upcoming presidential race in November of 2024, thanks him for his leadership which has resulted in transformational change in the United States, and collectively endorses Kamala Harris ... Read more

Washington County Democratic Party Condemns Tennessee Republicans’ Continued Assault on Democracy in our State

Democracy Politics StatementsApril 15, 2023

WCDP Calls the Public to Join our Efforts Yesterday, the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee State House announced its intent to wrap up the legislative session in a single week. Speaker Sexton wants to expedite the approval of all the GOP’s bills. Notably, none of these bills address the need for significant action on sensible ... Read more

Local Democrats Condemn Republicans’ Efforts to Expel Tennessee House Democrats Who Called for Gun Reform

Gun Reform Politics StatementsApril 4, 2023

Washington County Democratic Party Encourages the Public to Take Action in Support of Common Sense Gun Laws in Tennessee On Monday, the Republican leaders in the Tennessee House introduced a resolution to expel Representatives Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) after the first two were stripped of their committee assignments with ... Read more

Washington County Democrats Launch 2024 Election Cycle following Successful Reorganization and New Structure Adoption

Convention Events Leadership Politics ReorganizationMarch 28, 2023

Democratic Party Elects Leadership, Validates New Bylaws, and Initiates Strategic Roadmap The Washington County Democratic Party (WCDP) held its 2023 Biennial Reorganization Convention, as mandated by Tennessee law, this past Saturday, March 25, at Carver Park Recreation Center in Johnson City. Attendance at the event doubled from its 2021 edition and saw the election of ... Read more

Statement on the 2022 Election

Elections Politics StatementsNovember 10, 2022

Local Democrats Thank Voters for Large Turnout and Candidates for Inclusive Campaigns The Washington County Democratic Party (WCDP) thanks voters for turning out in record numbers during the midterm election in our county (at 39.95% compared to 30% statewide). We should all be proud of the work accomplished to date to inform voters about issues ... Read more

Top 10 Pro-Life Reasons to Vote for Democrats on November 3rd

Campaign News Education Environment Equality Faith Health Care Politics WomenOctober 21, 2020

There are two issues I hear frequently from Republican voters in Tennessee as to why they vote for Republican candidates: guns and abortion. You see, I’m intimately familiar with the narrative: “Democrats only want to take away my guns and kill babies.” Propaganda works. First of all, plenty of Democrats own guns. They enjoy hunting, ... Read more

No One Likes A Bully

Health Care PoliticsNovember 15, 2019

Opinion Piece by Chair Kate Craig Ballad Health is developing quite a reputation for bullying anyone who speaks out about their policies and practices as well as how the medical monopoly is negatively impacting the community’s access to healthcare. Last week, national news outlets ran stories on how Ballad Health was seeking federal charges against ... Read more

Online “Public Schools” are Detrimental for Actual Public Schools

Education PoliticsJuly 14, 2019

I like to fall asleep with the television on Nick at Nite. This morning I woke up to a commercial for Tennessee Connections Academy. Connections Academy runs online K-12 “public” schools in all 50 states. At least that’s how it was advertised. Here’s their website for Connections Academy. And here is the website for Tennessee ... Read more

Here we go again, but this time may be a bit crazier

Campaign News PoliticsJune 27, 2019

Last week, Donald Trump “officially” kicked off his 2020 campaign for re-election in Orlando, Florida. The “original” announcement regarding his re-election campaign actually took place the day of his Inauguration, when he boldly announced he was going to run again in 2020 and would be accepting donations for that campaign. That was something that was ... Read more

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Democrats Oppose Appointment of David Stout as County Commissioner for District 9

Washington County Democratic Party Endorses Kamala Harris for President

Washington County Democratic Party Condemns Tennessee Republicans’ Continued Assault on Democracy in our State

Local Democrats Condemn Republicans’ Efforts to Expel Tennessee House Democrats Who Called for Gun Reform

Washington County Democrats Launch 2024 Election Cycle following Successful Reorganization and New Structure Adoption

Statement on the 2022 Election

Top 10 Pro-Life Reasons to Vote for Democrats on November 3rd

No One Likes A Bully

Online “Public Schools” are Detrimental for Actual Public Schools

Here we go again, but this time may be a bit crazier

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