I’m sure I don’t need to remind everyone of the importance of this year’s Presidential Election.  In addition to electing Kamala Harris & Tim Walz (and saving democracy), we will be working to re-elect our senior US Senator Bob Casey and Chester County’s own Chrissy Houlahan to the US House of Representatives.

Democrats hold the slimmest of majorities (102-101) in the state House and need to gain three state Senate seats to have the majority there. That would enable state government to finally solve some of the real problems of the Commonwealth that Republicans refuse to address. These include real support for public education, addressing gun safety, climate and environment action, and guaranteeing reproductive freedoms.

I can assure you that Republicans are going to fight hard for every seat; as a ‘swing state’, Pennsylvania is in the forefront of the Presidential race as well as control of Congress. We’ve already seen what promises to be a tsunami of Republican negative attack ads – because when your candidates and policies are so bad and out of step they can’t find new voters, they must instead turn voters to hate Democrats.

And when Republican candidates can’t win fairly, their only hope (like with the ‘Big Lie’ in 2020) is to cloud elections with confusion and uncertainty and hope to cheat their way to victory. We must not let that happen. Donald Trump and Republicans are recruiting 100,000 ‘Election Integrity’ poll watchers, poll workers, and poll judges, holding in-person and virtual training sessions in  Pennsylvania. There is little doubt these ‘MAGA Patriots’ will claim, without evidence, voting irregularities sufficient to delay election results and take these lies all the way to the extreme right Supreme Court.

This is where we need your help. We must not only work for massive turnout here in Chester County to build irrefutable win margins, but we must also find volunteers for poll watching and vote count monitoring to ensure that, when taken to courts, wild Republican  claims and lies are defeated  by evidence and our own monitoring.

Please consider volunteering to work on Election Day (or night) for real election integrity. You can sign up here and we will work with you for training and scheduling.

The November 7 Election is now behind us. Thanks to all who volunteered to make calls, canvass doors, put out signs, and especially everyone who VOTED DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE BOARD INTO OFFICE! It was a good result, as votes went our way in a big way:

• Democrats retained the majority of the County Board of Commissioners.
• Democrats swept the Chester County government ‘row offices’.
• Democrats took all five open seats in the County Court of Common Pleas. (This is unprecedented, and helps to sway the judicial balance to support our Democratic values.)
• Democrats fought back to win big against huge outside, far-right spending on school director races in WCASD, DASD, and CASD districts within our three townships of Brandywine Creek Dems.
• Democrats won contested township supervisor positions in East & West Bradford.

That’s all great, but we now must get to work on the critical 2024 Presidential Election and the races for President/Vice President (presumably Biden/Harris), US Senator (Bob Casey) and US 6th Congressional Representative (Chrissy Houlahan), the State Senate 19th district  (Carolyn Comitta), and the 156th General Assembly (Chris Pielli).

Important election dates:

Nominating Petitions are circulated – Jan. 23-Feb. 13, 2024
Last day to register to vote in the Primary – April 8, 2024
Last day to apply for mail-in & civilian absentee ballot – April 16, 2024
Primary Election – April 23, 2024
General Election – November 5, 2024

Interested in Saving Democracy? Please join us!

The Brandywine Creek Dems, representing East & West Bradford and East Fallowfield Townships, are preparing for the November 7 election. Here’s what you need to know, and how you can help:

First – do you need to check your voter registration?  And do you anticipate family or business activities may prevent you from voting in-person at the polls on November 7? If so, you can sign up here to receive a mail-in ballot. It’s easy and safe.

Who are we voting for?

In this election, we will elect State Judges, including one critical opening on the PA Supreme Court and Chester County Government officials, including three County Commissioners, District Attorney, Prothonotary, Recorder of Deeds, Register of Wills, and Sheriff. In addition, there are five openings this year for county judges in the Court of Common Pleas.

All are important races, but none moreso than the County Commissioners and judges. Anyone who has attended a County Commissioner or Election Board meeting since 2020 knows that there are many ‘election deniers’ here who would like to make it more difficult to vote; and one could argue they may even refuse to certify a valid vote if controlling the Election Board.

For a full slate of Democrat candidates for these offices, visit the Chester County Democratic Committee Voter Guide.

At the more local level, we are electing school directors for West Chester (East Bradford), Downingtown (West Bradford), and Coatesville (East Fallowfield) Area School Districts. Township supervisors and auditors will also be selected.

Look for us to publish sample ballots soon on this website, and we also plan to mail our annual Brandywine Creek Dems Newsletter, which will include a sample ballot. You can help us cover the cost of printing and mailing by donating here. But we also have an offer that you may prefer – to buy fall plants from Bloombox (September 1-30), with 15% of the price going to our organization to cover this expense.