October 2022 Newsletter
Greetings, Senate District 50 DFL Voters!
IT IS GOTV TIME!
A bunch of red, white, and blue VOTE buttons
What is GOTV?
GOTV (Get Out the Vote) is the period of time at the end of a campaign cycle when our focus shifts from supporting individual candidates to voter turnout – getting as many DFLers to the polls as possible.
This is how we win all the way up and down the ballot! Edina, Bloomington, and our neighboring suburbs must turn out BIG to ensure a DFL victory statewide, so we need your help NOW. The work we put in between now and November 8th is what is needed to make sure Governor Walz and Lt. Governor Flanagan are re-elected, as well as Keith Ellison, Julie Blaha, Steve Simon, and DFLers down the ballot.
The DFL has staffed a GOTV Action Center in Edina at 7380 France Avenue, #220 where you can grab a snack, will be trained, and be given a list of doors (turf) to knock.
Sign up here to door knock.
Sign up here to phone bank.
Special GOTV events with candidates, elected officials, and special guests may come up between now and Election Day – stay tuned to our Facebook page and private group for the most up-to-date information.
A photograph of DFL Coordinated Campaign walking literature for doorknockers to use and distribute to voters.
DFL GOTV BUS TOUR COMES TO SENATE DISTRICT 50!
November 7: Join DFL Party Chair Ken Martin and special guests as they travel the state to rally and get out the vote. Sign up for the Edina stop on the bus tour rally and door knock here. We can’t wait to see you there!
Minnesota’s Second Gentleman Tom Weber takes a selfie of a group of volunteers in the DFL Edina Action Center. At the front with him are Speaker Melissa Hortman, Minority Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen, Rep. Dean Phillips, U.S. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A VOTER!
Early voting is available at city hall – early voters should go to the Bloomington Civic Plaza for Bloomington voters or Edina City Hall for Edina voters. If you plan to vote on November 8th, find your Election Day polling place at MNVotes.org.
Our website has a printable sample ballot and a list of our endorsed candidates.
Have issues on Election Day? Call the DFL Voter Protection Hotline at 1-833-DFL-Vote (1-833-335-8683) or text QUESTION to 43367.
HOSPITALITY PROJECT
Volunteers love snacks! If you’d like to sign up to help provide snacks, beverages, or a meal for volunteers and staff in the DFL Coordinated Campaign office, please reach out to me, Anita Smithson at Outreach@SD50dfl.org
Our SD50 DFL Endorsed Candidates
Dr. Alice Mann – State Senate District 50
Rep. Heather Edelson – State House District 50a
Rep. Steve Elkins – State House District 50b
See the full list of DFL-endorsed candidates on our WEBSITE.
A collage of four photos. Top left: A group of DFL volunteers and elected officials including Governor Walz and Lt. Governor Flanagan gather outside at the Edina GOTV Action Center. They are holding yard and rally signs, and the Phillips Government Repair Truck is behind the group. Top right: DFL endorsed Hennepin County Attorney candidate Mary Moriarty takes a selfie while door knocking in Edina for the full DFL ticket including Heather Edelson and Alice Mann. Bottom right: Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks to volunteers at a GOTV rally at the Edina Action Center. Bottom left: SD50 Chair Sharon Billings smiles while holding her original Wellstone! yard sign.
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DFLers like us are voters – make your plan to go to the polls between now and November 8th.
Vote Blue!
Anita Smithson
DFL Volunteer