Our Goals for 2008:
1. Raise money to support progressive candidates in 2008
2. Issue endorsements to progressive women and other
feminist candidates in statewide and local elections
3. Mobilize voters to support women or feminist candidates for statewide and local office
15 Victories!
THE FOLLOWING RI NOW PAC ENDORSED CANDIDATES were elected on Nov. 4th:
STATE SENATOR
Charles Levesque *ELECTED
Check out Senator Levesque's Record of Accomplishment
District 11
Josh Miller *ELECTED
District 28
Rhoda Perry *ELECTED
District 3
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Edith Ajello *ELECTED
District 3
Elizabeth Dennigan *ELECTED
District 62
Grace Diaz *ELECTED
District 11
Rod Driver *ELECTED
District 39
Frank Ferri *ELECTED
District 22
Chris Fierro *ELECTED
District 51
Art Handy *ELECTED
District 18
Amy Rice *ELECTED
District 72
Deb Ruggiero *ELECTED
District 74
David Segal *ELECTED
District 2
Mary Ann Shallcross Smith *ELECTED
District 46
Donna Walsh *ELECTED
District 36
RI NOW PAC GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
RI NOW PAC ENDORSES THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES for the general election:
STATE SENATOR
June Gibbs
District 12
Charles Levesque
Check out Senator Levesque's Record of Accomplishment
District 11
Salvatore Lombardi
District 21
Josh Miller
District 28
Rhoda Perry
District 3
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Edith Ajello
District 3
Elizabeth Dennigan
District 62
Grace Diaz
District 11
Rod Driver
District 39
Frank Ferri
District 22
Chris Fierro
District 51
Art Handy
District 18
Amy Rice
District 72
Deb Ruggiero
District 74
David Segal
District 2
Mary Ann Shallcross Smith
District 46
Donna Walsh
District 36
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
FRANK FERRI
We are looking for volunteers on Sunday, October 19, Sunday October 26, and Sunday, November 2. We also need workers the week before the election as well as on ELECTION day!
The energy of the campaign is infectious! Please call me at 447-1684 (Pauline) with your availability! The Ferri Camaign is also looking for volunteers for phone banking, canvassing and office work any day between now and November 4. If you have some time and want to volunteer for a great cause we can use your help and are flexible with times and date.
Rod Driver
We have new supplies of flyers and lawn signs! We just need more help going door to door to distribute them. The ideal times are Saturdays and Sundays. But, with the election just over two weeks away and much territory to cover, we are also going out on weekdays. (When people aren't home, we just leave a flyer.) The forecast is for slightly cooler weather but no rain at least through Monday. Thanks for all your help last weekend. Please tell me how it went if you haven't already done so. Please call Rod at 539-7985 (home) or 374-0349 (cell).
The Progressive Leadership Fund is coordinating phonebanks to contact voters and to urge them to vote for the progressive candidates we have endorsed. And we need your help to make these calls so that we can build progressive power in RI and achieve real change at the State House.Please contact me at danbass33@gmail.com to schedule a time to volunteer. For information on the Progressive Leadership Fund and our endorsed candidates, please visit http://www.plfri.com/.
DEB RUGGIERO
Canvassing/Phone Banking in Providence:
All Providence dates are 6 P.M. -8 P.M. at:
RI Democratic Party Office
South Main Street, Providence
Monday, October 27th
Sunday, Oct 26 from 1pm-5pm at 78 Columbia Ave in Jamestown. Please email peterasen@gmail.com or call 354-9923 to sign up. If you have free weekend cell phone minutes and can bring your own phone and charger to this one that would be great (but it won't be needed for future phonebanks thereafter).
ADDITIONAL PHONEBANKS:
Monday Oct. 27th, 5:00-8:30 pm at Obama HQ (located at 321 South Main St in downtown Providence (RI NOW night).
Tuesday Oct. 28th, 5:00-8:30 pm at Obama HQ (located at 321 South Main St in downtown Providence
Wednesday Oct. 29th, 5:00-8:30 pm at OSA/NEARI offices (located at 99 Bald Hill Rd in Cranston, near Warwick Mall)
Thursday Oct. 30th, 5:00-8:30 pm at Obama HQ (located at 321 South Main St in downtown Providence)
Saturday Nov. 1st, 11:00am-5:00pm at Obama HQ (located at 321 South Main St in downtown Providence)
Sunday Nov. 2nd, 1:00-8:00 pm at Obama HQ (located at 321 South Main St in downtown Providence
Monday Nov. 3rd, time and place TBD
ELECTION DAY, ALL DAY from 7am to 9pm (we need people to commit to 3-hour shifts, either to be at the polls or to make phone calls with us)
RI NOW PAC ENDORSEMENTS
Disclaimer: RI NOW PAC makes endorsements when a candidate who requests our endorsement meets our endorsement criteria. RI NOW PAC reserves the right not to endorse in all races based on organizational priorities, resources, or any other reason.
RI NOW PAC ENDORSES THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES for the September 9th Primary:
State Rep District 2
David Segal
State Rep District 11
Grace Diaz
State Rep District 16
John DeGenova
State Rep District 23
Jeffrey Gofton
State Rep District 28
William Hall
State Senate District 31
David Bennett
State Rep District 39
Rod Driver
State Rep District 43
Annette Berarducci
State Rep District 51
Chris Fierro
The Second Annual PAC-a-Picnic Party!
Bring a Dish to Share!
Help the RI NOW PAC Support Progressive Candidates in Rhode Island!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
4:00-7:00 pm
Hosted by Carolyn Mark, RI NOW PAC Chair
99 Larch Road
East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818
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RI NOW PAC
P.O. Box 8413
Warwick, Rhode Island 02888
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