On Tuesday, May 22nd there will be a Meet and Greet Dutch Treat Dinner at Molly Monday’s in Savannah at 6:00 PM for Meryl Rice who is the 26th District Senate Candidate. All counties are invited to attend and show your support. Please RSVP Wanda Carroll at 731-699-0085 or wancar1@yahoo.com or Jeff Lipford at 731-646-1158 or utlipford@yahoo.com.

The Meryl Rice for Senate Kick-Off Rally will be on Thursday, May 24th from 6-8 PM at Big Daddy’s on Highway 64 in Whiteville. There will be refreshments, music, and speeches. A Caravan of supporters will leave the McNairy County Courthouse at 5:00 PM. Everyone come out and support Meryl Rice!

The McNairy County Democratic Party will have a booth set up at the Buford Pusser Festival in Adamsville on Saturday, May 26th.

The 7th District Democrats will sponsor the May Dinner at the headquarters on Friday, May 25th at 6:00 PM. They will be serving pizza, desserts, and drinks. Come out and support your candidates.

The 6h District McNairy County Democrats will sponsor the April Dinner on Friday, April 27th with a Hot Dog Dinner. This is no ordinary Hot Dog Dinner so you don’t want to miss it. Come out to meet your candidates and enjoy some great food!

Tennessee will send 91 Delegates and seven Alternates to the nominating convention to confirm President Barack Obama’s candidacy on the Democratic [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/04/03/your-2012-dnc-delegation/feed/ 0 http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/02/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/04/02/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:22:24 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3568 Tennessee Democrats kicked off the 2012 campaign season by celebrating Jackson Day on the Bicentennial Mall in Nashville this past weekend.  Our big tent party went into the night as 700 folks from across the state celebrated our past and looked forward to the future.

We honored Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh with the Gov. Ned [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/04/03/jackson-day-2012-fired-up-and-ready-to-go/feed/ 0 http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:00:13 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3511 Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester today released the following statement on the two year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act – which to date has helped millions of middle class families, seniors, and young people receive quality affordable health care:

“Two years ago with the stroke of a pen, [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/03/23/chairman-forrester-on-the-anniversary-of-the-affordable-care-act/feed/ 0 http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:38:14 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3410

The state election office made a historic mess of Tennessee’s Presidential Primary — with mistakes that robbed a former U.S. Congressman and his wife of their right to vote and denied voters access to the polls.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett and State Election Coordinator Mark Goins are in charge of the government office [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/03/09/election-botched-former-congressman-lincoln-davis-denied-the-right-to-vote-and-fighting-back/feed/ 0 http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:06:16 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3406 NASHVILLE – Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh announced today on the House floor that he will not seek re-election to his district 81 seat this fall. Naifeh has served in the House of Representatives for 38-years, 18 of which he spent as Speaker of the House.

“Governor McWherter always told me when it was time to [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/03/08/the-end-of-an-era-speaker-naifeh-set-to-retire/feed/ 0 http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/06/tndp-chair-chip-forresters-statement-on-results-of-tennessees-presidential-primary/ http://tndp.org/blog/2012/03/06/tndp-chair-chip-forresters-statement-on-results-of-tennessees-presidential-primary/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:29:22 +0000 TNDP http://tndp.org/blog/?p=3400 NASHVILLE — Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester released the following statement tonight on the results of the GOP Primary in Tennessee:

“Mitt Romney’s loss tonight shows that he is out-of-touch with Tennesseans and it raises serious concerns about his chances in November — if he can make it to the general election. Not [...]]]> http://mcnairydems.org/2012/03/07/tndp-chair-chip-forrester%e2%80%99s-statement-on-results-of-tennessee%e2%80%99s-presidential-primary/feed/ 0 http://mcnairydems.org/2012/02/28/mcnairy-county-democratic-party-convention-and-caucus/ http://mcnairydems.org/2012/02/28/mcnairy-county-democratic-party-convention-and-caucus/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:28:49 +0000 jefflipford http://mcnairydems.org/?p=880 The McNairy County Democratic Party will host a County Convention at noon on March 10 at the McNairy County Democratic Party Headquarters in Selmer to begin delegate elections for the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Following the adjournment of the County Convention, the McNairy County Democratic Executive Committee will convene a meeting to nominate the Democratic nominees for County Mayor and Assessor of Property.

Registration for the County Convention will begin at 11:00 AM. The local convention will be open to any bona fide Democrat in McNairy County. Any Democrat wishing to become a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention must vote in the March 6 Democratic Primary and declare their candidacy by filling out a Statement of Candidacy and Pledge of Support Form available at www.TNDP.org. Completed forms must be returned by March 1.

On March 10, participants at the county convention will elect a group of county representatives to attend the Congressional District Convention to be held on March 24. Representatives elected from each county in the Congressional District, based on 2010 lines, will elect the Delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Locations for the March 24 Congressional District Conventions will be announced at the County Convention.

At approximately 12:30, the Convention will be adjourned and the County Caucus will convene for the purpose of nominating candidates to run as the Democratic Nominee for County Mayor and Assessor of Property.  Potential candidates will be given an opportunity to speak and then nominations will be accepted. Any candidates interested in being nominated are encouraged to contact County Chairman Jeff Lipford at 731-646-1158. The qualifying petitions for the County Mayor and Assessor of Property candidates will then be due to the Election Commission by noon on April 5.