Welcome to the Harrison County DFA website! HCDFA is a county group that works with Democracy For America and individual democratic and progressive groups. Please take some time to check out our website. You will find political events in your area on our Events Calendar. Join us to receive email updates or participate as a volunteer. We look forward to endorsing socially progressive and fiscally responsible candidates, keeping you up to date on events in our nation, county and state, and increasing political participation and awareness in Harrison County, West Virginia.
MAYBE NOT THE PHOENIX, BUT . . .
Before the dust had even settled on the floor of the 2004 Democratic Election Headquarters, as it was being dismantled in Clarksburg WV, and the signs, pamphlets and other campaign materials were being packed away, a small group of dedicated volunteers who had worked long hours manning the phone banks, the visibility sites, and the neighborhood canvassing crews, met together to share their feelings of disappointment, disillusionment, and anger at the final outcome.
It was decided that instead of wallowing in the pain of the moment and then sitting back and waiting for another election year, we would not hand over our state to the Republicans so easily. We knew that the strong emergence of the opposition did not just happen. It came about through careful planning and a full "year around" effort on their part.
We began Harrison County Democracy for America (HCDFA)as a concerted and determined effort to work both with and beside other Democratic organizations to provide the necessary dynamic force needed to regain and hold on to the political reins in West Virginia and change our "red" state status back to the "blue" that it should be.
And now HCDFA, which began in the dust and confusion of Election 2004, is fully operational and is busily girding loins, loading the catapults, and sharpening lances for the elections of 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and beyond! We invite you to become a part of this grassroots effort.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Harrison County Democracy For America is to enact positive change in the county's Democratic Party, to insure support of all true Democratic candidates, and to create a more positive and proactive organization to support Democratic goals and positions. We intend to do this through active participation in the existing party structures, including the Executive Committee, Men's and Women's Clubs, and Young Democrats. We want to reinvigorate these organizations with new positive energy and leadership. And help put a new face on the Democratic Party as we enter a new century and an evolving political climate.
