Message from the Chair:

Andy Brown, TCDP Chair

Excitement builds for the JBR Dinner!

January 3rd, 2012

Welcome to 2012, everybody! It’s going to be a good year for Democrats, and I’m excited to officially kick off the campaign season with our Johnson Bentsen Richards Dinner.

On January 15, we will gather at the Four Seasons Hotel to honor the legendary Texas lawmaker, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, along with our great Democratic candidates and elected officials from Travis County, including Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Senator Kirk Watson.

And, of course, we have a special guest star! U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will join us to speak about her long friendship with Barnes and to fire us up for the next election.

We have a limited number of individual tickets, and we expect this dinner to sell out, as it did in 2010. Click here to get your tickets now! You do not want to miss this special event, previously known as our Filing Day Dinner. The money raised at this dinner goes towards our Coordinated Campaign, so get your tickets and help build an even bigger campaign in 2012!

This biennial event has been in the planning stages for nearly a year, and I want to personally thank our Host Committee for all their hard work.

Michael Biles, Aimee Boone, Hugh Brady, Hannah Calvert, Sylvia Camarillo, Fred Cantu, Rich DePalma, Hon. Kent Caperton, Edward Cunningham, David Glassco, Deborah Green, Marcy Hogan Greer, Ora Houston, Celia Israel, Jessica Mangrum, Jack Martin, Cappy McGarr, Hon. Stan McLelland, Lynn & Tom Meredith, Dr. Nona Niland & David Braun, Beth Ozmun, Scott Pollard, David Reiter, Phillip Schmandt, Hon. Babe Schwartz, Eugene Sepulveda & Steven Tomlinson, Jan Soifer, Hon. Dennis Speight & Emily Speight, Susan & Dr. Jay Stein, Larry Temple, Doug Ulman, Gerard Washington, Wyeth Wiedeman, Suzanne & Marc. Winkelman.

Also, I am extremely grateful for the generous support of our Sponsors. Without them, the JBR Dinner would not be possible. Here is the current list, with more signing on every day:

Hon. Kirk Watson, Hon. Lloyd Doggett, Warren Wills, Hon. Elliott Naishtat, Jack Martin, Hon. Julie Kocurek, Hon. Donna Howard, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Hon. Sarah Eckhardt, Hon. David Claunch, Beth Ozmun, Black Austin Democrats, Reed & Scardino L.L.P., Dr. Nona Niland, Adam Loewy, Hon. Rosemary Lehmberg, Hon. Greg Hamilton & Hon. Ron Davis, Jim George, Jeff Eller, Hon. Bruce Elfant, Hon. Dawnna Dukes, Hon. Darlene Byrne, Michael Biles, Jamie Baskin Sam Johnson & Steve McConnico, Suzanne & Marc Winkelman, Lynn & Tom Meredith, Carlos Lopez, Austin Central Labor Council, Susan & Dr. Jay Stein, Jan Soifer, George Shipley, Amy & Kirk Rudy, David Reiter, Robert Oliver, Jessica Mangrum, Hon. Lora Livingston, Ginny Agnew & Hon. Chuck Herring, Marcy Greer, Hon. David Escamilla, Robbie Dodson, Hon. Amy Clark Meachum, Robbie & Tom Ausley, Tish & Hon. Chris Elliott, Lawrence Collins, Doug Ulman, Amera Sujata, Hon. Eric Shepperd, Ramey Ko, Dan Grant, Jeff Edwards, Mandy Dealey, Chris Cowden, Douglas Bower, Austin/Travis County EMS Association Political Action Committee.

I look forward to seeing all of you on January 15. Be sure to read this week’s interview with Governor Barnes in “On the Record with Diane Holloway” to remind yourself just how fortunate all Democrats and Texans are to have experienced his leadership then and now.

Sincerely,