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Up Close and Personal: Middletown’s District 3
One story stood out in particular: a two-person Middletown team who canvassed their own neighborhood—Election District ED03. Their mission? Knock on the doors of every single registered Democrat before the November 2025 vote. That meant 120 doors—and they did it!
Election 2025: The People Have Spoken
The close races and full candidate slates point to new Democratic energy in Delaware County’s small rural towns, traditionally dominated by the Republican party. The trend is borne out by results in other states. After the recent Democratic gains in the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races, there’s a jolt of optimism about the party’s prospects, even in traditionally Republican rural areas.
Don’t Get Filtered!
If you receive our eNewsletter, check your inbox for Dec. 2 at 10am. Learn why it’s important to open!
Come Nibble, Mingle & Schmooze.
DCDC Holiday Potluck has been rescheduled to Wedneday, December 17. Hope you can join us.
New York’s real political shift in 2025.
Democrats flipped over 50 county legislative seats across the state in 2025. Republicans flipped one. Media spotlight on Mamdani’s mayoral victory overshadowed a bigger story in New York. Check out this Politico article by Bill Mahoney.
WIOX Special: Healthcare challenged, here, now.
Save the date and don’t miss this discussion: If you care about future access to affordable health care and social services in our rural upstate region, this broadcast will offer some insights. Tune in for “HealthCetera in the Catskills” on WIOX Radio for a live, special, expanded, two-hour community dialogue on Wednesday, November 19th, from 1:00 to 3:00pm.
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Communication is a Two-Way Street
We checked in with neighbors from nine DelCo towns about public meetings and here’s what we learned: democracy is alive and well on the very local level. The “privilege of the floor” is open to the public at town meetings in Bovina, Colchester, Franklin, Hancock, Meredith, Roxbury, Sidney, Stamford and Walton, and every one of our citizen-reporters thinks the practice is working well. So why not at the county government level?
DCDC Chair Kathleen Hayek
Hear our own DCDC Chair Kathleen Hayek with host Amy McDonald on The Foolish Optimist. Available October 6 on Spotify and other places you get your podcasts.
Soapbox Social Sept 7
Dems, Candidates, Live Music and Free Ice Cream! Free admission. Family friendly. Dems, Progressives, Independents and Dem curious from Delaware County and neighboring counties welcome.
See us at the Walton Fair
Visit us at the 2025 Delaware County Fair in Walton August 11-16. We’ll be in the big commercial tent with cheerful DCDC staffers and information.
DelCoDem Summer Picnic Rescheduled!
Follow us to our rescheduled picnic at Birdsong on July 27 from 2-5pm. Ticket holders are all set. Some tickets are still available while supplies last.
Picnic Rescheduled
Rain date is Sunday, July 27. Check back here for location and details.
Picnic with Josh Riley!
Join Josh and neighbors at a beautiful location for fun, great food and to help our local candidates fund their campaigns. We’ve checked the weather. Looking OK. July 20 is ON.
DelCoDem Summer Picnic
Annual event at a beautiful location that’s fun, and the way we are able to help our local candidates fund their campaigns. Tickets will be available online soon. Check dcnydems.org for update posts. You can also click the red “Subscribe” button to receive eBlast updates about events like this.
Thank You, Petitioners!
Thank you to everyone who carried and witnessed our candidate petitions and everyone who signed. This is where it all starts and it can’t happen without you.
dcDIGEST June 3: Are you a Subscriber…?
Subscribers, check your email for June 3 @ 10am to read timely local features about ICE and local efforts to “Know Your Rights”, DC Resisters rally updates, Western Catskills Indivisible, local candidate bios, upcoming events and more.
A NY Answer to Fed Cuts?
Proposed legislation — BRIDGE Act and RECOURSE Act — would withhold New York’s payments and increase workforce.
On the Radio
DCDC Chair Kathleen Hayek and DCDC volunteer Alan Haley talk about “DC Resisters” and ongoing virtual rally Zooms in Delaware County.
Saturday, April 5, 10am, Delhi: Hands Off! Rally
Saturday, April 5 “Hands Off” Rally, 10am-Noon, Courthouse Square, Main Street, Delhi. Rain or shine. Come hear speakers. Bring your friends, bring your signs, bring your cell phones to take photos and videos to share.
Petitioning! Filing March 31-April 3
Your Signature Makes it happen.
Are you registered Dem voter in Delaware County? Your signature helps put our local Dem candidates get on the ballot this November.
Delhi Rally March 4
Courthouse Square, Main Street, Delhi on Tuesday, March 4th, @ noon. Speakers are planned. Bring your friends and your signs.
Virtual Rally March 2nd
Zoom event Sunday, March 2nd @ 1pm. Use the button below to register. After you submit your registration, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and instructions.
Protest Rally Rescheduled
Due to weather advisories, we are instead holding a 1pm Zoom and rescheduling the on site gathering to another day to be determined. CLICK HERE to register in advancefor the February 17Zoom (starts at 1pm).
Protest Rally Feb. 17
JOIN US IN DELHI (check weather update). Courthouse Square, Monday, February 17, 2025. Noon-2pm. Resist. Network. Hear Speakers. Organize. Spread the Word.
UPDATE!
Snow, Ice, High Wind, and Low Temps are possible for Monday morning. Check in with us at 10am.
If a “do not travel advisory” is issued, we will postpone this event to a new date to be announced.
Launching a Successful Campaign….
Feb. 1, 2025 / 10am-1pm: Learn the basics of launching an effective campaign for office. RSVP required.
In Memory of Wendy Nief
The DCDC is sad to announce the passing of Wendy Nief on Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. Wendy was a long standing member of the Roxbury Democratic Committee and will be missed.
What will YOU do?
Friends,
Many of you are still in shock about what happened a week ago today. Some of you don’t even want to read a newspaper or hear the news.
I get it.
A few of you are coping with the catastrophe by minimizing or denying it. Several friends assure me that a second Trump term won’t be much different from the first and that the checks and balances in our system will continue to constrain him.
This is wishful and dangerous thinking.