Pottawatomie Co. Dems

Highlighted Events

4/29, Tues - Our April Monthly meeting, at Toto’s TacOz, 515 Lincoln Ave, Wamego, KS. Supper at 6pm, Program at 7pm. Our featured speakers will be Bill from the Food and Farm Caucus of the Kansas Dems. He will address caucus priorities, activities and the Farm Bill. We also have invited a current elected official who is running for Kansas Governor in the upcoming election.

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April 4-7, Walmart Boycott https://thepeopleunion.com

April 12-27, Indivisible is hosting events for members of Congress during the April recess.

April 19, “Stop the Cuts” rally will be held Saturday, April 19, 11:30am - 1:30pm at the Manhattan, KS, City Park, 11th and Poyntz. https://indivisible.org

May 17, Sat - Carriage Factory Art Gallery “Park Crust and Crumb Social”. Join our Harvey Co Dem friends, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, located at 128 E 6th Street, Newton, KS. Info at harvcodems@gmail.com

Notes from the Chair

This is the home of the Pottawatomie County Democratic Party of Kansas. We are here to listen to any and all concerns, and with your support will facilitate the election of individuals who will once again allow us to sleep at night. As a County Party, our goal is to expand and improve our communication.

Thank you to all that could attend our February & March meetings. Both were well attended. “No hour of life is wasted that is spent with supportive friends.” Once again, you will ultimately make the difference. And remember, '“If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride.”

It was great to see Pottawatomie County Dems represented at the “Hands Off Rally” on April 5th. The group had just under 1000 very polite protesters with creative signs and fun costumes. If you want to improve your mental health, attend and make a statement. And we joined Manhattan again just this last Saturday, April 19.

In recent news events, we have been made aware people are being deported without due process. This is not the first incidence of a president who attempted to override constitutional rights. In 1841, President Van Buren attempted the extradition of fifty-five slaves, wrongfully treated as property, back to Cuba. Former President John Quincy Adams was enlisted to represent these enslaved individuals. Adams fought the government, and after speaking for nine straight hours, won the Amistad Case before the Supreme Court and set them free.

Please contact your Senators to vote “no” against bill H.R. 22 called the SAVE Act or better known as the “Silencing Americans Act”. This bill is designed to cut the voting rolls back. It will end mail-in voter registration, proof of citizenship will no longer be a simple driver’s license, it will require a birth certificate, or a passport based off the birth certificate. Married people who have changed their names would now not be able to register using original birth certificates; thus, disenfranchising women, trans, and nonbinary people. And unless college student had their birth certificates stashed in their dorm rooms, registering to vote would not be allowed.

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Your 2025-2026 officers are Steven DeHart, Chair; Kathy Swenson, Vice-Chair; Ann-Marrie Kennedy, Treasurer; and Marsha DeHart, Secretary. You can email us any time.