2011 Utah Dems Iron County Play Date

Posted on Aug 9, 2011

Our FIRST EVER (but not last) Bus Trip into one of Utah’s 29 magnificent counties leaves Democratic Party Chair, House and Senate Members, staff and many other supportive Democrats exhausted and energized – yes they can be both.

Party Chairman Jim Dabakis and House Minority Leader David Litvack were joined by Democratic Representatives Jennifer Seelig, Patrice Arent, Joel Briscoe, Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Brian Doughty, Lynn Hemingway, Brian King, Marie Poulson, as well as Senator Karen Morgan, County Chairs from Salt Lake, Kane, Summit, Utah and Washington counties, the Veterans and Progressive Caucus Chairs as well as many other Democrats from around the state on Friday, August 5, 2011 as they hopped on a bus for Cedar City to support Iron County Democrats.

We enjoyed the Cedar City Family Festival, attended “The Music Man” at the Shakespearean Festival’s 50th Anniversary and then a tasty meal at Rusty’s Steakhouse in one of Utah’s most beautiful canyons. The Iron County Democratic Chair, Doug Hawks and over 100 Dems from the Southland welcomed us to Southern Utah as we rev up and prepare for municipal elections in 2011 and to re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012. This is the beginning of “Team Democrat,” as our party grows across the state.

New energy is buzzing statewide as Chairman Dabakis travels from county to county, sharing his energy and encouraging Democrats to get involved wherever he lands. Democrats are ready to win, and as we gathered in Cedar City strategies on just how to do that in all 29 counties were born.

We would like to thank Iron County Democrats for hosting this most successful bus trip to Iron County! We look forward to visiting other Utah counties to share this energy and get them fired up to recruit Democratic candidates to win elections in their counties.

If you missed the fun, your next chance to join us is on the Southern Utah Red Rock Tour, Aug. 22-25. Details for that can be found at http://redrocktour.utahdemocrats.org/ - this will be your chance to meet some of the organizers that are going to help Democrats win statewide offices!