While presidential and national races are taking the spotlight, we have great candidates for State office in our region that need your support as well. If you want better representation in Jefferson City, please consider contributing your time and effort to these candidates.
In August our guest speaker, Dr. Dave Robertson, Political Science Department at UMSL, suffered a medical emergency which caused us to cancel the August 10 meeting. He is recovering well and provided West County Democrats with a video of the presentation he would have made to the group during our meeting.
Our September 14 Speaker: Charles Jaco
Topic: Tip of the Spear: WCD and the Election
Mr. Jaco, a Missouri native, holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University, and has received numerous awards including three Peabody awards. He has been an overseas correspondent, a reporter and anchor on radio and television, having worked for WXRT, NBC, CNN, KMOX, KTVI, KTRS, and the St. Louis American. In his spare time he’s also written both fiction and nonfiction books. We’re fortunate that he returned to St. Louis and is available to share his political expertise with us.
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