To My Fellow Dems:
We’ve had an interesting year. I’ve tried to learn what I could from this group, and have done a lot of observing. What I’ve noticed most is that the Wood County Democrats are a very highly-functional family, of sorts. In case there was any doubt...YOU BELONG here. Each of us brings a different skillset to the table. We may not see the great strengths we bear until we’re challenged. And this election season called upon our fortitude. I wanted to thank you for doing whatever you did to help us pull off our winS.
War was declared. And fight, we did.
WE had the best contenders for ALL the seats. WE were on the right side of history.- We knew this. But, we had to endure many days of watching the news and knowing the current conditions were dark and foreboding. – Would we EVER be able to dig ourselves out of the holes: Trump, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Mike Johnson, etc. were digging us into(?) We kept our face to the wind, and tried to remain on-topic. But we leaned on each other. We were ALL there for the battle. We “showed up”. To me, this is what got us through a summer of nonsense from an ignorant president.
I don’t think I was the only one who was nearly in tears watching the returns on Tues. night. - It was as if our “believing” had finally paid off. I got a call from Collin McNamara, assistant to Rebecca Cooke today. He thanked and congratulated the Wood County Dems for their support and hard work in representing Rebecca. I’m not going to deny we can appreciate a pat on the back for our help. But, I’d like to mention the job isn’t complete. We will have some real work ahead of us in undoing the wrongs the present administration has handed us. We also need to remember that a lot of people voted Democrat because it made no sense voting Republican (this time). The best option was to remove as much power as possible from Trump’s party. The Dems, at that moment, were a bit of a life raft. We did have superior candidates. But we couldn’t know how much control the Trump Cult held on the country . Fortunately, most people knew the Dems were the best option to reel us back in.
My advice: be vigilant and don’t expect us to “get even” with Trump in the ways he sought retribution from anyone that ever crossed him. In my opinion, he is the LEAST important person in the world now. He’s also the least to be trusted.
Cheers & thanks for the team work,
Ed Morrison, Chair 3rd CD Wood County Democrats