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Phone Bank with Tenth for Obama/Lake County OFA Waukegan Sunday, February 5 Super Bowl Party with Committee to Elect Ann Kindle Waukegan Sunday, February 5 Pat Carey Fundraiser Grayslake Monday, February 6 Tenth for Obama/OFA Phone Bank Highland Park Tuesday, February 7 Phone Bank with Tenth for Obama/OFA Arlington Heights Thursday, February 9 Coffee Shop Stop Lincolnshire Saturday, February 11 Vernon Township Democrats Congressional Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting Buffalo Grove Sunday, February 12 Coffee Shop Stop with Carol Sente Mundelein Saturday, February 25 Tenth Dems & WCPT Live Candidate Forum Deerfield Saturday, February 25 LWV Candidate Debates Highland Park. Sunday, February 26 March Madness-A Cinderella Story Gurnee Thursday, March 22 Lake County Democratic Convention Waukegan Wednesday, April 18

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6th District Dems take Congress to task The three Democrats running in the March 20 primary for the 6th Congressional District decry the partisanship and lack of cooperation in Washington. Daily Herald  •  2/3/2012 6:59:00 PM Carey fund-raiser Democrat Pat Carey, running for re-election to the County Board in District 6 in central Lake County, is hosting a fund-raiser at The Vine of Grayslake on Monday, Feb. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will available. For more information, see her Web site, patcareyforlakecounty.com or call (847) 223-1438 The NewsSun  •  2/2/2012 5:50:00 PM Yancey fund-raiser Friends of Artis Yancey will hold a fund-raiser Feb. 15 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Gojo’s Cafe, Belvidere and Green Bay roads, Waukegan. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar will be featured to support the Democratic candidate for coroner. Tickets range in price from $25 to $500. For information, call (847) 244-5746 The NewsSun  •  2/2/2012 5:50:00 PM League of Women Voters plans candidate debates The League of Women Voters of Deerfield, Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park and Lake Forest/Lake Bluff will be holding public candidate debates for the Illinois House District 58, Illinois Senate District 29, and the 10th Congressional District races on Feb. 26. The debates will take place at the Highland Park Country Club, 1201 Park Ave. W, Highland Park. Only opposed races will have debates. Pioneer Press  •  2/2/2012 10:54:00 AM 6th District Democrats ready to rumble Barrington Hills accountant Leslie Coolidge, Lake Zurich business owner Geoff Petzel, Barrington retired businesswoman Maureen Yates and University of Illinois at Chicago graduate student Tim Ritter of Cary are running in the March 20 Democratic primary. Daily Herald  •  2/2/2012 5:30:00 AM Reactions to Obama's State of the Union address Prior to the address, Samantha Thomas, assistant director of the Community Connection office, said she would like to see Obama’s long-range agenda alleviate “the polarization between the Democrats and Republicans, between the 99 percent and the 1 percent.” “He’ll ask for cooperation from the Republicans, which he’s not likely to get. He’ll ask for his jobs bill to be passed, which is not likely,” said Thomas, adding that she feels the atmosphere in Washington is “divisive and detrimental” to progress. The NewsSun  •  1/24/2012 10:18:00 PM Candidates for 6th, 8th districts square off in Palatine Sixth District candidates Leslie Coolidge of Barrington Hills, Geoffrey Petzel of Lake Zurich, and Maureen Yates of Barrington also squared off at the forum. Daily Herald  •  1/21/2012 6:32:00 PM Tenth Dems Tenth Dems has organized a training seminar for Lake County residents who want to become deputy voter registrars. The training session is conducted by the county clerk’s office, and once you complete the session you will officially be able to register others to vote. The Lake County deputy voter registrar training will be held Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. at Tenth Dems Community Connection, 118 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. You must be 18 years old and registered to vote in Lake County. If interested, contact volunteers@tenthdems.org, or call (847) 266-VOTE (8683) The NewsSun  •  1/20/2012 7:00:00 PM Vernon Area Public Library seeks board replacement The board will appoint a replacement for Hossain’s term, which expires in May 2017. Candidates must complete the “application for trustee appointment,” available at www.vapld.info or the Patron Services Desk in the library, 300 Olde Half Day Road Lincolnshire; candidates must be registered voters living within the district. Applications will be due Feb. 27 Pioneer Press  •  1/20/2012 2:24:00 PM Sente poised to host legislative forum In preparation for the 2012 legislative session, State Rep. Carol Sente, D-59th, of Vernon Hills, will host a Budget and Legislative Forum to hear directly from residents about ideas to improve Illinois. Sente invites all residents of the 59th House District to attend the event which will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Laschen Community Center, Century Room, at 294 Evergreen Drive in Vernon Hills. For more information or to RSVP, contact Sente’s constituent service office at (847) 478-9909 Pioneer Press  •  1/16/2012 9:56:00 AM Democrats To Watch State of the Union at Durty Nellie's Northwest suburban Democrats will gather on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., at Durty Nellie's Pub, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine, to watch President Obama give his annual State of the Union address. The President's speech is scheduled for 8 p.m. "More than 100 people attended last year's event, and we're expecting a good turnout again," stated Matt Flamm, one of the organizers of the event, in a press release. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Patch  •  1/16/2012 Dem forum A Democratic candidate forum will held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Zion-Benton Public Library, 2400 Gabriel Ave., Zion. The NewsSun  •  1/9/2012 5:30:00 PM Tenth Dems Tenth Congressional District Democrats is accepting applications for its Spring Semester Internship Program, available to high school juniors and seniors, college students and graduate or law students with a desire to help the Democratic Party. The NewsSun  •  1/9/2012 5:30:00 PM First in line Democratic candidate for Congress Leslie Coolidge is bragging that when the State Board of Elections opened Friday morning to accept candidates' filings, she was first in line. Coolidge is running in the 6th District primary against Geoffrey Petzel of Lake Zurich, Tim Ritter of Cary and Maureen Yates of Barrington. Daily Herald  •  12/28/2011 State rep to host job seeker seminar in Vernon Hills State Rep. Carol Sente will host a Job Seeker Seminar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 at the College of Lake County’s Southlake campus, 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills. Attendees will receive assistance on a variety of topics relevant to jobseekers, including sessions on improving written communication, interviewing, using available resources and starting and maintaining a small business. A panel of employers will be on hand to answer questions and career service booths will be set up outside the workshop rooms. Call (847) 478-9909 Daily Herald  •  12/23/2011 4:45:00 PM

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