Events

May Primary Filing Deadline
Filing deadline for candidates for the May 2015 primary is February 4, 2015.
Feb 4, 2015

Central and Executive Committee Meetings
Central Committee meeting will be held on Thursday February 19th at 7 pm. You are encouraged to attend but If can not be there, please email Mike Oatney at: moatney@columbus.rr.com. Executive Committee will follow.
Event Details  ·  Feb 19, 2015

#RootsCampOH
RootsCamp is a chance for Ohio's progressive activists, organizers, leaders, techies, fundraisers and bloggers to dialogue with each other. We'll share innovations, failures, old wisdom and new discoveries.
Event Details  ·  Feb 28, 2015

Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Members, the Next meeting will be held on Thursday March 19th at 7 pm. You are encouraged to attend but If can not be there, please email Mike Oatney at: moatney@columbus.rr.com.
Event Details  ·  Mar 19, 2015

Aug 5 Filing deadline for Non partisan races
Filing Deadline for Non Partisan Races in the November Election
Event Details  ·  Aug 5, 2015

Dec 9 filing deadline for Partisan races 2016 primary election
Declarations of candidacy for partisan candidates must be filed by 4 p.m. (90 days before presidential primary election)
Event Details  ·  Dec 9, 2015

News Articles

Open thread for night owls. Greider: What’s the Difference Between Sheldon Silver and Jamie Dimon?
Jamie Dimon tells those who want him prosecuted to talk to the hand. Would it say:  "Some will rob you with a six-gun. And some with a fountain pen." William Greider at The Nation asks What’s the Difference Between Sheldon Silver and Jamie Dimon? An excerpt: I have a legal question...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Economics Daily Digest: Snow risks some people's jobs, union health benefits, sharing economy
By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal Click here to subscribe to Roosevelt First, our weekday morning email featuring the Daily Digest. No Snow Days for Low-Wage Workers (AJAM) Most low-wage workers don't have the option of missing work during snowstorms, writes E. Tammy Kim,...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jan 27, 2015  

Did Bernie Sanders get Republican employers to agree with Medicare for all?
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) likely gave Republicans attempting to overturn Obamacare heartburn during a recent full committee hearing of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension. It turns out that all three witnesses saw merit to Sen. Sanders' desire for true universal...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jan 24, 2015  

Hostage mom's plea to Japan's leader: Please save Kenji
The mother of a hostage held by IS extremists pleads for his life as a deadline nears.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Obama's pick for attorney general faces heated confirmation debate
By Aruna Viswanatha and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's pick for his next attorney general faces a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that will likely highlight tensions between the Obama administration and the new Republican Congress. Loretta Lynch,...
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Blizzard-stricken East digs out amid forecast 2nd-guessing
BOSTON (AP) — New Englanders savaged by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out as New Yorkers and others spared its full fury questioned whether forecasts were overblown.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Ready for Pataki?
When discussing presidential candidates, people who do so for a living usually refer to a number of amorphously defined tiers. There’s the top tier (those likely to launch competitive bids, like Sen. Rand Paul and Jeb Bush), the second tier (candidates who could be competitive if they hit their...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Twin Visitors
An asteroid that came within about 745,000 miles of Earth on Jan. 26 appears to travel with its own moon.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jan 27, 2015  

Letter: Brooklyn to Democrats: Let’s Party!
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Editorial: The Fraud of the Student-Athlete Claim
Rashanda McCants, center
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Good Riddance to the Foam Take-Out Carton
Containers that don’t lend themselves to recycling are on the way out, if not via national legislation or the E.P.A. then through local and state laws.
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Lens Blog: On South County, Alabama
Head Start. 2013.
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Jan 28, 2015  

Father of Jordanian Pilot Held by ISIS Calls for Prisoner Swap
Youssef al-Kasasbeh appealed for King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday to free a female suicide bomber in exchange for his son’s release.
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Jan 28, 2015