Dump Mike Ferguson (NJ7)

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The Blue 7th PAC monthly Meetup will be at the Vermuele Mansion in North Plainfield at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14th. 7th Congressional District candidate Linda Stender will be our guest. This will be a more intimate opportunity to talk with Stender and learn more about her campaign.

The Vermuele Mansion is at the corner of Clinton Ave and Greenbrook Road.
You can RSVP for this event at MeetUp.com .

For this event we are asking folks if they can bring some soda, wine, cookies, snacks, etc. for everyone to munch on. Please don't go crazy, but if most of us bring a little something we should be in good shape.

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Newsweek has good news for organizations like Blue 7th PAC which are trying to defeat an incumbent Republican:

Coming on the heels of Democratic wins in closely watched gubernatorial races in (Blue) New Jersey and (Red) Virgina this week, all of this has got to worry Republican leaders contemplating next year’s elections. When NEWSWEEK asked registered voters whether they planned to vote for a Democrat or a Republican in those elections, 53 percent said a Democrat and 36 percent said a Republican. It’s a long way from now to next year’s Congressional contests. But no one knows better than the president how much things can change in a year.

It means that the mood of the country is definitely leaning toward the Democratic Party and gainst Republican incumbents. The country is seeing the failures of Republican leadership and are ready to move another way.

But New Jersey's 7th district still leans Republican, and the national mood may not translate here. We have to make sure it does. We need to be ready to take advantage of that, working together to raise the money, organize the volunteers, push the messages and beat the streets.

You can help by joining us for the Indigo Girls concert on February 8th for a fundraiser at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. Tickets are just $100 for the concert and $150 if you want to come to a cocktail party before with a special guest! Order tickets online or mail in the form today.

Sponsorships are available, as well. $500 for the Host Committee (2 tickets to Party & Concert), $1000 for Patrons (4 tickets to Party & Concert), $2500 for Sponsors (6 tickets to Party & Concert) and $5000 for Honored Guests (10 tickets to Party & Concert). You can pay for a sponsorship online or mail in the form, as well.

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On February 8th the Blue 7th PAC will hold a cocktail party in Princeton, NJ at 6 p.m., and then go to see the Indigo Girls at the McCarter Theater at 8 p.m. The Indigo Girls are an excellent, Grammy winning folk-rock band, and this show has been sold out since September. It's a hot ticket, folks!

Tickets are just $100 a head for the concert, and $150 for the cocktail party and concert. There's only 100 tickets available!

Sponsorships are available, as well. $500 for the Host Committee (2 tickets to Party & Concert), $1000 for Patrons (4 tickets to Party & Concert), $2500 for Sponsors (6 tickets to Party & Concert) and $5000 for Honored Guests (10 tickets to Party & Concert).

Tickets and sponsorships are available now online!

All funds raised will go towards building a Democratic majority in the Congress by working locally to build grassroots support and expose Republican hypocrisy.

You can download a flyer for the event in PowerPoint and PDF.

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Mike Ferguson raised more than $300,000 between April 1 and June 30, 2005 and has more than $600,000 on hand. There's more coming in every day, including another $5,000 from Tom DeLay .

We need your help to level the playing field. We're holding a fundraiser on August 29, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. during the Somerset Patriots vs. the Long Island Ducks game at Bridgewater's Commerce Bank Ballpark. We're reserved the Executive Deck for the evening. Available online, Tickets are $100, and sponsorships are available at $500 (Host), $1000 (Patron) and $2500 Sponsor).

The Executive Deck is all ours, and you will get to meet Mayor Joe Tricarico who is exploring a run for Congress. The menu is pretty good, too! Hamburgers, chicken, pasta, tossed salad, rice, steamed potatoes, desert, soft drinks, coffee and cash bar beer!

You can buy tickets or pay for a sponsorship online , or download our flyer and mail in a check with the attached form.

Mike Ferguson is already at least $600,000 ahead of us. You can help us make up for that by contributing online today and/or attending our ballpark fundraiser.

Please RSVP to picnic@blue7th.com.

Monday August 29th, 6 P.M.. Tickets can be purchased on site or onlinehere . Contact picnic@blue7th.com orcall (908) 561-6387 for more information on this and future Blue 7th PAC events.

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Please follow this link to directions for today's picnic at Deer Path Park in Readington, NJ.

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Today at the Somerset County 4H Fair Senator Jon Corzine will be at the Somerset County Democrats tent (near the food tent) at 5:15 p.m. (August 18, 2005) and be walking the fair until a little after 6 p.m.  Everyone is invited to come out and meet our next Governor -- and be sure to wear your Dump Mike pins!

Speaking of Dump Mike pins, a commenter on the Dump Mike site named Kathy tells me that she saw someone on 20/20 being interviewed at a museum.  That is very cool!  If you were wearing your pin and got interviewed by 20/20 please drop me a line.

Last, as you know we have two fundraisers coming up.  The picnic is $15 and the ballpark event is $100 (with sponsorships at $500, $1000 and $2500).  Please puchase tickets online or RSVP if you are coming to these events to picnic@blue7th.com .  There are only 100 tickets available to the ballpark event and you get food, fun and friendship -- plus a ballgame!

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      Excellent news on the publicity front this week.  Blue 7th PAC and Dump Mike Ferguson got national recognition over the past week for our strategy to win NJ7 next year.

      First, we were highlighted in a national report issued by the New Politics Institute on the use of the blogosphere and the Internet for political organizing. 

      Then, yesterday, we were highlighted in the National Journal's Beltway Blogroll column.  That got us on the front of Daily Kos , the widest read blog in America.

      We're getting noticed!  And that means we have even more work to do.

      This Saturday we have a picnic/fundraiser at Deer Path Park in Hunterdon County.   Former Mayor Joe Tricarico, who is investigating a run for Congress, and 2006 Assembly candidate Janice Kovach will be there.  Assemblywoman Linda Stender came to our picnic on the 6th in Union County.  Please come out and have some fun with like-minded folks.  Tickets are just $15 a head and can be purchased online or at the picnic itself.  Directions will be online.

      We also have a major fundraiser at the Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater on August 29th .  Tickets are $100 a piece and you get a ticket to the game, entertainment on the Executive Party Deck and a buffet dinner with a cash bar.  Please help us sell tickets using our pdf flier -- the money we raise goes towards our work winning the 7th district!  We need volunteers to make phone calls to people we have invited and remind them to purchase tickets.

      More opportunitites exist to sponsor the ballpark event .  For $500 people can join the host committee, for $1000 people can be an Event Patron, and for $2500 people can be an Event Sponsor.  These can also be purchased online, or by mailing in the online flier .

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Blue 7th PAC -- parent organization of the Dump Mike Ferguson Project -- is holding a barbeque picnic fund raiser on Saturday, August 20 th at Deer Path Park in Readington Township.  The gathering will be at the Cedar's Pavillion picnic/grill area.  The contribution is $15 for adults and under 18 free. 

Come enjoy camaraderie, volleyball, games, and the park itself with a playground, fishing pond, ball fields, fitness and walking trails, etc.  Saturday August 20 th , 4 P.M. until dark.  etc. We'll be bringing the picnic basics, but are also asking people to bring hot dogs, hamburgers, buns, chips, salad, soda or anything else they like. 23rd District Assembly Candidate Janice Kovach will attend!

Please RSVP to picnic@blue7th.com. Saturday August 20th, 4 P.M. until dark. Tickets can be purchased on site or online here . Contact picnic@blue7th.com or call (908) 561-6387 for more information on this and future Blue 7th PAC events.

 

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Blue 7th PAC -- parent organization of the Dump Mike Ferguson Project -- is holding a barbeque picnic fund raiser on August 6th at the Watchung Reservation in Mountainside. The gathering will be at the Oak Grove picnic area at the loop above Surprise Lake. Admission is $15 for adults with free for kids under age 18. Come enjoy camaraderie, volleyball, games, and the park itself with a playground, hiking trails, etc.

We'll be bringing the picnic basics, but are also asking people to bring hot dogs, hamburgers, buns, chips, salad, soda or anything else they like. If you would like beer, you have to bring it. Please RSVP to picnic@blue7th.com.

Saturday August 6th, 4 P.M. until dark. Tickets can be purchased on site or online here . Contact picnic@blue7th.com or call (908) 561-6387 for more information on this and future Blue 7th PAC events.

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Senator Jon Corzine will be attending a Backyard Barbecue at Green Brook Commiteewoman Melonie Marano's house on Sunday, July 17, 2005. EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND, so please come out for an afternoon of fun, and meet New Jersey's next Governor and a lot of cool progressives from Central New Jersey.

Where: 180 Greenbrook Road
Green Brook, NJ 08812
Map & Directions: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y51121B6B
When: Sunday, July 17th, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Sponsored By: Somerset County Democratic Organization, Elia Pelios, Chair

Please help out by bringing something to eat or drink. Don't go overboard, but if we all bring a little something we should have a lot of really awesome food. Possible items include: lemonade, water, juice, soda, hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, buns, potato chips, potato salad, green salad, juice, and Cherios (for my daughter Kendy!).

Please RSVP if you can to the Somerset County Democratic HQ at 908-218-0330 or by e-mailing bbq@somersetdems.org . Tell us how many people are coming and what you can bring.

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From NJ Citizen Action:

It looks like Ferguson's office staff deserves to be complimented for playing dumb over the phone all week long only to announce a town hall meeting with 24 hours notice. Ferguson's office has just announced that SATURDAY'S MEETINGS ARE ON for Saturday and we are moving quickly to try to get some turnout for this event. We are calling on all available people to come out to at least one of these meetings tomorrow to tell Ferguson to Keep the Promise of Social Security. Ferguson's staff held off on announcing the meeting until the last minute to minimize turnout from the opposition- Don't let him get away with it! Here are the details for both meetings: 10 a.m. at the Bernardsville Public Library on 1 Anderson Hill Road in Bernardsville.

1 p.m. at the Flemington Borough Hall on 38 Park Ave. in Flemington.

If you plan to attend or have any questions, please respond to this email or call Mike Olender at 723-246-4772 x13.

Thanks and we'll see you on Saturday!

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