Cross Posted at the Fairfax County Young Democrats Blog
Last night Andy Hurst held a fundraiser at the home of Sharon and Seth Stark to try and bring in some extra cash before the second quarter filing deadline, and he did just that. He also threw a pretty darn good party.
I had a blast, I'd guess there were 40-60 people there, and at around 8PM it was announced that $8,500 had been raised so far just on June 30th. That might not seem like a lot, but keep in mind, it was only ONE day's total, and for a House Seat. I can't wait to see the final numbers come out in a few weeks.
Andy laughing it up with Hosts Seth and Sharon with Chairman George Burke looking on.
More importantly, Andy gave an amazing speech, in which he said that he promised to take the fight directly to Tom Davis, and not hold any punches. I wish I had taped the speech to transcribe parts of it here, or at least taken notes. But he mentioned reminding voters about Davis's all expense paid trip to Italy, that Davis subpoenaed Terri Schaivo, and so on. Please contribute so he can continue to spread his message of change to the 11th district.
It should also be noted, that the fundraiser was hosted and attended by all Democratic Party Chairs with jurisdiction over the VA-11 district; George Burke (11th Congressional District Chair), Victor Bras (Prince William County Chair), Ginny Peters (Fairfax County Chair) and Dan Drummond (Fairfax City Chair).
I for one am excited, and am looking forward to Tom Davis having his first real challenge in years. Let me tell you, every Andy Hurst event that I've gone to, the energy has been electrifying, Andy has been knocking on doors since at least August 2005, and understands people powered politics better than any politician I've ever met (save maybe Governor Dean).
At the event, I asked Michael Burns, one of Andy's staffers, what the plan was from here to November, this was his response:
"knock on every door in the district...twice"
Mike, Andy Sounds like a plan, let's help them out.
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