Giving Opportunity

Annual Drive for Pine Ridge South Dakota Indian Reservation

Contribute Clothes and Personal Care Products by November 23

Please Drop off items during office hours - Elkhorn Office 21 E Walworth Street, Elkhorn.

Our annual Packing Party will be held at the Elkhorn office on Saturday, November 23 from 11 AM to 1 PM. For more information, leave a message for Charlene (mention her name or the purpose of your call at 262-379-1277.

Walworth County Democrats participate in this annual collection and packing for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota! Needed are new or gently used and clean winter jackets, hats, mittens, snow pants and boots, warm bedding, warm clothing (flannel shirts, sweatshirts, wool socks), personal care items (shampoo, lotion, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes, deodorant), baby items, diapers.  All sizes are needed.

Ben Wikler’s post-election “first-pass” analysis:
A tiny preview—link to a pdf of the entire email

“We’re beginning to see the outlines: a red wave. A nationwide shift toward Trump of 6%. But in Wisconsin, we nearly defeated that wave.

“The shift here was just one quarter the size: a 1.5% swing from 2020. Not because Trump was weaker here than elsewhere, but because we were stronger. Thanks to tens of thousands of heroes—our candidates, the campaign, party infrastructure, allies, and volunteers—we persuaded and turned out even more voters for Harris than we did for Biden in 2020. We lost Wisconsin by just 0.9%—the smallest margin of any state in America.

“2024 was a high turnout year, second only to 2020 nationwide. But in most states, turnout went down slightly. In Wisconsin, overall turnout went up—by 1.3%, the most in the country.

“All of your work had a critical impact. You helped Tammy Baldwin win re-election. You flipped four state Senate and ten state Assembly seats on our new fair maps, setting the stage for majorities in 2026.”
—Source: email from Ben Wikler, Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Brienne Brown Heads to Madison—YAY!

Read Brienne’s note to her supporters and constituents.

We flipped the 43rd Assembly district. Congratulations to Brienne!! Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who helped acquaint voters with Brienne and got out the vote.

Special thanks to the UW Whitewater College Dems who galvanized so many UWW students to register and vote for Brienne, Harris, and Baldwin.

Brienne was an outstanding candidate and will be a superb member of the Wisconsin Assembly. Anyone who canvassed in District 43 probably heard that people were aware of Brienne and many had met her or had attended an event where she spoke.

Let us recognize the more than decade long work of hundreds of activists who worked so long and hard to get fairer legislative district maps. With out redistricting, we would not have made the gains in the Assembly and Senate that we need to be celebrating with great joy right now.

Finally, let’s also celebrate the growth in the capacity of Walworth County Dems that this election ushered in. We have made new friends throughout the county and in surrounding counties. We have grown an experienced team of volunteers, who we cannot thank enough!

The work is far from over. But we have built a team that can forge a way forward together.

Party for the Holidays

We've gotten to know so many of you and we'd love to have you join us. We will meet at the Chamber of Commerce building 203 East Walworth Street, Elkhorn, WI. Please sign up for a dish to pass; bring us your favorite recipe if you like. 

Note: the link contains what you'll bring so we can balance our selections.

Sign Up to tell us how many will be attending and the dish you will bring to share.

We have more to be proud of than you may know.

Let’s review our recent successes.

Engaging a Record Number of Volunteers

Walworth County Dems has operated as a tiny but effective team for years. This year, we experienced a growth spurt and proved that we were up to the challenge of training and organizing an much larger corps of volunteers than we have ever had before. Canvassing, distributing and mounting signs, feeding the army of hungry volunteers, working voter registration events, and keeping everyone revved up and energized, Thank you, Thank YOU, THANK YOU ALL!

Congratulations to our current and past leadership for building an organization that is well-managed and effective.

More details about the enormous outpouring of volunteers’ time and energy will be shared at the November General Membership meeting on Thursday, November 14, at 6:30 at our Walworth County Democratic Party Appreciation Party.