Today, the Democratic National Committee is announcing the launch of its state-based Victory Leaders Council (VLC) program, which will help Democrats put red states in play as well as mobilize volunteers and grassroots support in blue states. Arizona, Georgia and Utah will be the first three councils to launch. Councils will exist in red and blue states that have not been contested in recent presidential elections. The goal of the councils is to help elect Hillary Clinton and win down ballot elections this cycle and beyond.<\/p>\n
Each Victory Leaders Council will include prominent individuals and elected officials but depend on grassroots activists who put elbow grease into electing Democrats up and down the ballot. They will expand our ground capacity in each state, helping to deliver votes and volunteers to Hillary Clinton and down-ballot Democrats at every level of the ticket. These structures will live on beyond Election Day to help Democrats win in mid-term elections, flip Republican majorities, and to help President Hillary Clinton enact her policy agenda.<\/p>\n
Victory Leaders Councils will be volunteer-led and driven but will work closely with each Hillary For America state director as well as the executive directors and chairs of each state party. The VLC program will be overseen by the Democratic National Committee’s field team and each VLC leader will have a designated liaison at the DNC. Victory Leaders Councils will not only keep stakeholders engaged through regular meetings but will also organize door-to-door canvasses, phone banks, and Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in each state.<\/p>\n
“We are committed to winning up and down the ticket from the White House to the state houses,” said Donna Brazile, interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee<\/strong>. “We are building on the momentum of our hugely successful convention, where we passed the most progressive platform in history that would do the most good for the most families. There is a stark choice for voters to make in this election, and Democrats have a historic opportunity and responsibility to help voters see that choice clearly. The Victory Leaders Councils are one more way that Democrats are investing in all 50 states.” <\/p>\n “Democrats are competing across the country and building for the future,” said Brandon Davis, Chief of Staff at the Democratic National Committee<\/strong>. “In states from Georgia to Arizona, demographics and politics are changing quickly — and Democrats are making the investments to make gains now so that we can take majorities later. We are mobilizing voters across the country to elect more Democrats and to deliver on the policies being driven by the Clinton-Kaine ticket and Democrats at every level of the ballot. In the meantime, the Republicans are pursuing outdated policies that have failed hard working families and our communities.” <\/p>\n Adam Parkhomenko, the DNC’s National Field Director<\/strong>, will be overseeing the Victory Leaders Council program at the DNC.<\/p>\n Below is the Victory Leaders Council roster for Georgia. Victory Leaders Councils are still in formation and additional members may be added on a rolling basis. Announcements for Arizona, Utah, and additional states are forthcoming. GEORGIA VICTORY LEADERS COUNCIL (in formation, additional members may be added)<\/strong><\/p>\n Hank Aaron<\/p>\n Stacey Abrams<\/p>\n Kim Alexander<\/p>\n Pinney Allen<\/p>\n Oliver Allen<\/p>\n Emmanuel Avraham<\/p>\n Amber Bailey<\/p>\n John Barrow<\/p>\n Sarah Beeson<\/p>\n Taylor Bennett<\/p>\n Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander<\/p>\n Prue Benson<\/p>\n Patty Bentley<\/p>\n Robin Biro<\/p>\n Vivian Bishop<\/p>\n Ken Britt<\/p>\n Scott Brown<\/p>\n Molly Burke<\/p>\n Park Cannon<\/p>\n Kip Carr<\/p>\n Jason Carter<\/p>\n Seth Clark<\/p>\n Max Cleland<\/p>\n Verna Cleveland<\/p>\n Gail Davenport<\/p>\n Wendy Davis<\/p>\n Stephen Dawkins<\/p>\n Rick Day<\/p>\n Andre Dickens<\/p>\n Pam Dickerson<\/p>\n Hattie Dorsey<\/p>\n Karl Douglass<\/p>\n John Eaves<\/p>\n DeUndre Eberhart<\/p>\n Angela Eells<\/p>\n Louis Elrod<\/p>\n Stacey Evans<\/p>\n Vince Farley<\/p>\n Edgar Fields<\/p>\n Shirley Franklin<\/p>\n Gloria Frazier<\/p>\n Glen Paul Freedman<\/p>\n Billy Freeman<\/p>\n Sam Fuller<\/p>\n Anna Gandy<\/p>\n Gordon Giffin<\/p>\n Myesha Good<\/p>\n Craig Gordon<\/p>\n Kwanza Hall<\/p>\n Dan Halpern<\/p>\n Aaron Harris<\/p>\n Sharne Haywood<\/p>\n Laura Heery<\/p>\n Steve Henson<\/p>\n Falak Hindash<\/p>\n Scott Holcomb<\/p>\n Paul Horning<\/p>\n Md. Jahangir Hossain<\/p>\n Robbie S. Huff<\/p>\n Carolyn Hugley<\/p>\n Elisabeth Huhn<\/p>\n Michael Jablonski<\/p>\n Lester Jackson<\/p>\n Tharon Johnson<\/p>\n Hank Johnson<\/p>\n Mereda Johnson<\/p>\n Jon Keen<\/p>\n Dar'shun Kendrick<\/p>\n Lonnie King<\/p>\n John Lewis<\/p>\n Steve Lomax<\/p>\n Brenda Lopez<\/p>\n Pedro “Pete” Marin<\/p>\n Valencia Martin Seay<\/p>\n Keith Mason<\/p>\n Darrell Mays<\/p>\n Dewey McClain<\/p>\n Billy Mitchell<\/p>\n Caesar Mitchell<\/p>\n Antonio Molina<\/p>\n Ben Myers<\/p>\n Adelina Nicholls<\/p>\n Mary Margret Oliver<\/p>\n Vincent Olszwieski<\/p>\n Nan Orrock<\/p>\n Jacob Orvis<\/p>\n Will Palmer<\/p>\n Elana Parent<\/p>\n Phaedra Parks<\/p>\n Jannquell Peters<\/p>\n Matthew Plott<\/p>\n Dubose Porter<\/p>\n David Poythress<\/p>\n Brian Prince<\/p>\n Andy Prozes<\/p>\n Sheikh Rahman<\/p>\n Nikki Randall<\/p>\n Stephanie Ray<\/p>\n Richard Ray<\/p>\n Kasim Reed<\/p>\n Sally Rosser<\/p>\n Paul Rosser<\/p>\n David Scott<\/p>\n Katherine Seelman<\/p>\n Rutherford Seydel<\/p>\n Laura Turner Seydel<\/p>\n Freddie Powell Sims<\/p>\n Pradeep Sinha<\/p>\n Adam Smith<\/p>\n Calvin Smyre<\/p>\n Steve Stephens<\/p>\n Pamela Stephenson<\/p>\n Horacena Tate<\/p>\n Erica Thomas<\/p>\n Andrea Young Thomas<\/p>\n Zan Thornton<\/p>\n Otis Threatt<\/p>\n Michael Thurmond<\/p>\n Sarah Todd<\/p>\n Teresa Tomlinson<\/p>\n Bob Trammell<\/p>\n Ivory Watts<\/p>\n Mary Lou Waymer<\/p>\n Adrienne White<\/p>\n Mack Wilbourn<\/p>\n David Wilkerson<\/p>\n Nikema Williams<\/p>\n Cheryl Williams<\/p>\n Al Williams<\/p>\n Keith Wilson<\/p>\n David Worley<\/p>\n Andrew Young<\/p>\n Carolyn Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, the Democratic National Committee is announcing the launch of its state-based Victory Leaders Council (VLC) program, which will help Democrats put red states in play as well as mobilize volunteers and grassroots support in blue states. 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