Burnt Orange Report

John Courage Leads DFA's Grassroots All-Star Balloting Going into the Final Count

By Damon McCullar

Balloting closed on Saturday in the Democracy For America (DFA) Grassroots All-Star contest with John Courage in the lead. The final ballots are being counted and the winner will be announced later this week in an email sent from DFA.

The Courage for Congress Campaign had this to say via email:

"John Courage and the Courage for Congress Campaign wants to thank everyone for all their energetic support in our effort to win the Democracy For America Grassroots All-Star poll. It has been a very exciting and challenging effort, one in which many people have stepped forward and done some remarkable things to make this a successful effort. We know we can't thank everyone enough and there are many people who did so much that we do not even know about, but we want to express our appreciation to the following people and groups;

Charles Soechting, Chair Democratic Party of Texas

DFT/Austin and all its members and officers including:
Glenn Maxey
Fran Vincent
Marla Camp
Teri Sperry
Nick Lawrie

Jeff Hewitt, Hewitt Campaigns
Nathan Wilcox, SaveTexasReps.com
Richard Morrison 2004 Congressional candidate CD22
Anne and Bill McAffee
Sonia Santana
Peter Clark
UT Democrats and Pres. Alex Hunt

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Karl-Thomas Musselman
Damon McCullar

Trei Brundrett, w/Handwire.com and a host of Texas Bloggers including:
Charles Kuffner 'offtheKuff'.com
Rebekah Martin 'TX21.blogspot.com'

Sally Bolster, Chair Bexar County Democratic Women
Madeleine Dewar
Matt Glazer
Michael Murphy
Tracy Bogert, Pres. San Antonio Democratic League

David Van Os, Candidate for Texas Attorney General

And especially Zada True-Courage, State Democratic Executive Committee SD25

We know there were many others who emailed to countless hundreds of people on their lists and we will remain in their debt.
And to Democracy for America, to each of the other 9 outstanding
Congressional candidates and to the tens of thousands of voters, and DFA members, we want to say thank you and congratulations on a terrific contest. All of us should be proud of the way the poll was run, the way the candidates were all presented and the way Democrats around the country were given the opportunity to let their voices be heard. It was great to know that 60 Congressional candidates applied for DFA's endorsement! It is through participation like this that we will win back the House of Representatives. Every campaign for each of the finalists wins, from an effort like this. Today tens of thousands of Democrats and hopefully many independents around the country know more about some wonderful Democratic Congressional candidates and campaigns. The momentum this is building for these campaigns and for the Democratic Party for our 2006 elections will be unstoppable. John Courage and we're sure every other candidate has been honored and humbled by your attention, enthusiasm and commitment to our campaigns and to bringing about the changes needed in Washington.

We can win in November 2006 and with that win change the direction of this country and get us back on the right track to restore honesty and integrity in government, to restore American's confidence in our governments ability to meet their needs and to restoring the reputation of the United States as the world's leader for freedom, justice and democracy, which this Republican administration has nearly destroyed. Now we just have to wait until next week to get the results.."