Local Progressive Democrats of America Chapter Endorses Joan Fitz-Gerald for Congress
Boulder--The Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Chapter serving Colorado's Second Congressional District (CD-2) met on Saturday, May 3 at the Boulder Public Library to consider an endorsement in the Democratic race for the House of Representatives seat being vacated by Congressman Mark Udall. The PDA chapter voted to endorse Joan Fitz-Gerald. She received more than two-thirds of the vote, making her eligible for a national PDA endorsement.
"It is an embarrassment of riches," said Kenneth Nova of the chapter steering committee. "All three of the candidates seeking our endorsement are good progressives and would make great representatives, but Joan's experience and tenacity separated her from the others." The PDA members chose Fitz-Gerald (http://www.joanfitz-gerald.com) based on their assessment of her campaign positions, including those voiced at a forum (http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/chapters/co-2007-10-23-09-51-13-chapters.php) the PDA chapter held last October 15 and in subsequent written communication to the Chapter. PDA believes that Joan Fitz-Gerald has demonstrated her ability to be an effective legislator, and that she is the best candidate at this time to represent CD2 in the House. Fitz-Gerald has shown she is better prepared and disposed to protect the public sector than the other two candidates. Nova added, "The PDA chapter will campaign for and establish a working relationship with whomever the progressive Democratic nominee turns out to be."
Colorado's Second Congressional District includes most of Boulder County, all of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit, Grand, Eagle, and Broomfield counties, and portions of Jefferson, Weld and Adams counties.
The CD-2 PDA chapter is the state's second formally constituted PDA chapter, following one in Metro Denver (Congressional Districts 1, 6 and 7). Activists are working to launch chapters in other Congressional districts. More information about the CD-2 PDA chapter is available at its website, http://www.pdcolorado.org/cd2. Information about the national group is at www.pdamerica.org
For more information about the local Progressive Democrats of America chapter, please contact Kenneth Nova at kennethnova@pdacolorado.org.
PDA is a political action committee (PAC), independent of the Democratic Party that seeks a Democratic Party and government controlled by citizens, not corporate elites. Pursuing what it calls an "inside/outside strategy," PDA works inside the Democratic Party to encourage the Party to return it to its root, and outside the Party by building coalitions with like-minded interest groups. PDA's leaders hope to form chapters in all 435 of the nation's Congressional districts while also working within statewide party structures and in Washington's corridors of power. PDA collaborates with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, an organization currently comprising 72 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.