Arizona Democrats Turn Out the Vote
Posted by on October 10, 2006 at 03:01 PM
Lisa, the Arizona Democratic Party Field Director, sent us in this update about Arizona's 50-State Turnout:
In Arizona, Governor Janet Napolitano kicked off two walks in Phoenix. One canvass was meeting at Congressman Pastor's campaign office, where he does a weekly canvass in support of local candidates. Congressman Pastor's volunteers go door-to-door spreading the word about the Democratic ticket - the whole ticket - from our Senate candidate, Jim Pederson, down to the local county candidates.The Governor also attended a rally/kick off with a group of correctional officers, who were joined with our legislative candidates from the 14th and 15th Districts. After hearing from Governor Napolitano and other organizers, they hit the streets to go door-to-door.
The correctional officers organized the walk themselves. They have been really supportive of the Governor. She's been endorsed by every major law enforcement organization in the state and this was one of the things they wanted to do in order to support her campaign.
Other Arizona campaigns also participated in other parts of the state. Jim Pederson's campaign staff kicked-off the 50-State Turnout with a walk, as did the Giffords' campaign who has been recruiting and sending canvassers out every weekend. In Tucson, Secretary of State candidate Israel Torres and his campaign team recruited volunteers for the 50-State Turnout canvasses.
On the afternoon conference call, we also heard from two of your DNC-funded field organizers, Nathan and Francisco.
Nathan talked about the Arizona field effort, which has been in place for over a year, with voter contact starting early January:
Our voter contact began in January of this year with a door-to-door canvass with Representative Griljava, Representative Pastor and Representative Honda. We began our coordinated campaign program in April and since the April ramp-up began, we have made over 350,000 phone calls and have knocked on 70,000 doors. Because of this great output we have collected more vote-by-mail applications than in 2002. We continue to ramp up for our Get-Out-the-Vote effort, which officially began on Friday, October 5th, as county recorders began mailing ballots to those voters who have already requested.
Francisco, who is tasked with Hispanic outreach, discussed the steps Arizona Dems have taken to reach out to Latino voters:
Our Hispanic Outreach has gotten a tremendous response. Starting in January, we have walked and phone thousands of people in heavily Hispanic areas across the state. We have been able to build strong ties with Hispanic media outlets across the state in all three areas, radio, print, and TV. We have also built a strong network of activists by reaching out to community leaders and organizations who have been active organizers of the pro-immigrant rallies, community events, and neighborhood activities.
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