October 2023 Chairman’s Notes
“I know that solving problems requires a game plan, a serious and bold strategy to take on the challenges facing all Virginians.”
– Glenn Younkin, 74th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
We have a game plan. Governor Youngkin can’t implement the rest of his serious and bold strategy to ensure the people of Virginia have individual liberty, equal justice, rights, and opportunities until we retain control of the House of Delegates and retake the State Senate. Our game plan is to get our candidates: Lee Peters, Paul Milde, Jim Tully, Tara Durant, and Nikki Baldwin to victory. These are the most important elections in Virginia for control in Richmond next year. We win here in Stafford, or we lose in Richmond.
We have a game plan for Stafford County, as well. We want to protect parental rights, ensure fiscal responsibility, and ensure Stafford is a great place to live. Our game plan is to re-elect Crystal Vanuch, and elect Deuntay Diggs, and Jennifer Harper to the Board of Supervisors, and re-elect Susan Randall and Patricia Healy, and elect Mary Rupert to the School Board. These elections drive control of the policies that Stafford County will have for our children, for our school system, for our county tax rates, for zoning, and for so much more. We win these elections in Stafford, or we risk losing everything that Stafford is.
We have one more piece to our game plan – our Constitutional Officers. Democrats have been so impressed with the work our five Republican incumbents have done that they didn’t even field opponents in four of these elections. But that doesn’t mean we can take these lightly. Every vote counts every time. We need to ensure that Scott Mayausky defeats his opponent, and we need to re-elect David Decatur, Eric Olsen, and Kathy Sterne, and elect Mike Sienkowski. These positions are critical for the functioning of the county, and we must ensure that our trustworthy and capable nominees get across that finish line.
The Democrats have a game plan, too. We all know what it is. We’ve all seen their strategies: raise local taxes 40%, mask kids, send $10 million of Stafford’s money to Hampton Roads, treat victims like criminals and criminals like victims. We’ve seen what they’ve done to Loudoun County. We can’t let that happen here. We can’t let that happen to the Commonwealth. We can’t let that happen to Stafford.
We stand where it counts. These elections matter. Each vote matters. You matter. And what you choose to do now, and over the next 35 days, will make the difference. Keep fighting. Stand up for Stafford. Stand up for Virginia.
OCTOBER MEETING
We will hold our next official meeting on Monday, October 9 at 7PM at the Falmouth Fire Station – 250 Butler Rd. The full call is below.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED #1 – STAFFORD COUNTY FAIR
We need your help to staff our GOP tent at the Stafford Fair this Thursday-Sunday, Oct 5-8 at University of Mary Washington (RT 17, Stafford), 121 University Boulevard. We need volunteers for all four days, One shift each Thursday and Friday, from 5-8, and two shifts each Saturday and Sunday: 12-4 and 4-8 on Saturday, and 12-4 and 4-7 on Sunday. Spanish speakers and families are particularly welcome: good optics as Nancy Pelosi says! For those in 22406, it is your home turf, so let’s have a good turnout. Please sign up on Signup Genius, and if you have any questions, please call Bill Stewart at 917-855-3018.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED #2 – EARLY VOTING
We need your help to meet voters and handout our sample ballot at Early Voting daily between now and November 4th at the Stafford Government Center. For more information, or to volunteer, contact Charles Sterne at [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED #3 – ELECTION DAY
We need your help to meet voters and handout our sample ballot on Election Day, November 7. We need volunteers at each precinct around Stafford. For more information, or to volunteer, contact your Magisterial District Chairman or Charles Sterne at [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED #4 – ELECTION INTEGRITY
We need help to ensure that the voting precincts are run by Officers of Election that we trust. If you are available all day (and it’s a long day) we would like you to sign up here https://staffordcountyva.gov/government/elected_and_appointed_officials/voter_registration/how_to_get_involved.php
If you don’t have all day, then we have slots for Election Observers or you can volunteer outside (see #3 above). If you need more information, or have questions, you can get in touch our Director of Election Integrity John Roy at [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED #5 – CANDIDATES NEED YOUR HELP
And if that’s not enough – each of our candidates need your help reaching voters. They are knocking on doors every day. They are making calls every day. They are writing postcards and letters every day. They are putting up signs every day. They are reaching out to family, friends, and neighbors to say “vote early and vote right” because if we lose Stafford, we lose everything.
We have a game plan and a serious and bold strategy to take on challenges facing Stafford and facing all Virginians. It is up to us – each one of us – to spend the next 35 days doing everything we can to carry it out. We need donations, we need votes, we need time, but mostly we need you. You are the face of the party. You are the people who make the difference every time. We have asked a lot of you, and we have to ask more. Now and for the next five weeks. Stafford is counting on us. Virginia is counting on us. I know you are up to the challenge. I know you understand the stakes. Now we need to fight. Let’s get this thing done!
In Freedom,
Tony DeTora
Chairman