Barack Obama to Keynote Leon Dem's Fundraiser Aug. 24th
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Presidential Candidate Barack
Obama to Keynote Leon Dem Party's
Collins-Steele Dinner
“Senator Obama’s participation at our annual dinner will be an historic event in Tallahassee,” said Rick Minor, Chair of the Leon County Democratic Party. “We’re honored to have the Senator as our keynote speaker. This is a testament to the great progress our local party has made over the past two years.”
“The Leon County Democratic Party has come a long way,” said Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman. “Two years ago they had no office, phone line, or website. But thanks to an outstanding team of hard-working Democrats, they’ve earned a reputation throughout the statewide Democratic community as a local party on the move. They’re seen as a very capable host for a leading Democratic presidential candidate such as Senator Obama.”
The event is the Leon County Democratic Executive Committee’s (DEC’s) major fundraiser for the year, and is expected to draw nearly 500 attendees. Doors will open at 5:30 pm with the dinner program starting at 6:30 pm sharp.
Tickets are currently available online at www.LeonDems.com and are $100 each. Members of the Leon County DEC or other Florida DECs may purchase tickets at the discounted rate of $80 each.
The Collins-Steele Dinner, named in honor of two Tallahassee legends - Governor LeRoy Collins and civil rights leader C.K. Steele - is the premier fundraising event for the Leon County Democratic Party. Last year’s Collins-Steele dinner was a sold-out event featuring former U.S. Senator Max Cleland.
Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother, Obama is the only African-American currently serving in the U.S. Senate. He attracted national attention when, as a candidate for the U.S. Senate, he delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. In November of that year, he won a landslide victory to the U.S. Senate, receiving 70% of the vote.
The Leon County Democratic Executive Committee is the official representative body of registered Democrats in Leon County. It has supervisory power and jurisdiction over Democratic Party affairs in Leon County, and its members serve as the “Democratic voice” of their constituency in the precinct they represent.
The efforts of the Leon
County DEC led to remarkable
victories in the 2006 elections. In
terms of percentage voter turnout, Leon County
was ranked first out of
the 67 Florida counties in the general
election. This is
Leon County’s highest ranking in at least ten
years. In the
statewide race for Chief Financial
Officer, Leon County voters contributed 36,000
votes to Alex Sink’s margin of
victory. And in
local races, a Democrat
was elected in every local race that had a
Democratic candidate.
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