Politically Incorrect. The bigger story at today's convention is a bit more subversive. Forty-one members of an unofficial club have placed their names on the ballots for State Executive Committee seats in response to the North Carolina State Party's chair election upset in late January. In the past, SEC candidates barely numbered enough to fill the allotted seats for Wake County. But this year, it's a whole new ballgame with nearly twice as many candidates as there are seats on both the men's and women's ballots.
A group calling itself the "Progressive Democrats of Wake County" have 41 candidates vying for 73 SEC seats. If elected, they can effectively silence more moderate, centrist and even liberal democrats who don't subscribe to the group's more ardent uber-liberal point-of-view and public office wanna-bees.
This majority of this group's "faction" is based in just 9 of Wake County's 200 precincts. The two SEC ballots (split by gender) do not list any information other than a candidate's name. There's no mention of precinct number, precinct officer position or even municipality (believe it or not there are many more in Wake County than just Raleigh).
Lack of Key Information. There's no effort to insure the NCDP nor the WCDP have fair representation across all municipalities, precincts or even racial diversity. Without this information available to convention voters, it's just another blind situation bent on keeping a few in charge while weakening the party's ability to build the best message based on what voters are focused on across the entire county.
The Smell of Victory? For those Wake County Democrats tired of the smell of defeat, NCDPpolitics is providing a fact-based list to help convention voters know what's really going on. There's not much anyone can do to rejuvenate the incompetency of executive county board given most are running unopposed for re-election. Seriously.
However, we can inform you about who's running and who shouldn't be running for the State Executive Committee seats representing Wake County Democrats. There are four sections to review:
- Endorsed SEC candidates
- Rejected SEC candidates
- SEC candidates removed from office
- Imbalance in precinct representation
1. Endorsements
Recommended SEC Candidates (Wake)
These are the hardworking democrats who've earned an SEC seat and your vote because they have (1) personally organized their precinct, (2) serve as a precinct chair or vice chair, and (3) abide by the NCDP Plan of Organization's rules and regulations:
WOMENS BALLOT
| - Antonia McFarland | 01-49 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Barbara Ann Hughes | 11-02 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Catherine Evangelista | 20-05 | Chair | Cary |
| - Christine Rothemich | 08-04 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Deborah Swain | 01-40 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Helen Bunch | 13-07 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Jannet Barns | 17-04 | Chair | Knightdale |
| - Lindy Brown | 16-09 | Chair | Garner |
| - Mary Perry | 09-01 | Chair | Wewendell |
| - Matty LazoChaderton | 04-04 | Chair | Cary |
| - Monica Coleman | 17-11 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Sheila Morris | 04-08 | Chair | Cary |
| - Sylvia Southerland | 19-11 | Chair | Wake Forest |
| - Virginia Tally | 01-22 | Vice Chair | Raleigh |
MENS BALLOT
| - Adam Terando | 07-07 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Bill Clay | 02-01 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Bob Hymen | 18-02 | Chair | Apex |
| - Doc Thorne | 04-04 | Chair | Cary |
| - Eugene Weeks | 01-22 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Harrison Shell | 01-50 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Jim Mettrey | 07-09 | Vice Chair | Raleigh |
| - Joe Parker | 07-01 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Julius West | 13-07 | Chair | Raleigh |
| - Watt Jones | 19-03 | Chair | Wake Forest |
2. Rejected SEC Candidates
Undeserving of your vote. The following democrats live in unorganized precincts but choose to overlook this fundamental requirement while seeking a seat on the State Executive Committee. Incapable or unwilling to get their "own house in order," these underserving democrats ignore grassroots organization in their own backyard! We all know people like them, those who seek a title without putting in the sweat equity to earn it.
These may be good democrats at heart but their lack of effort makes them undeserving at this time:
WOMENS BALLOT - candidates in unorganized precincts
| - Barbara Whitman* | 10-04 | Raleigh |
| - Debra McHenry | 15-01 | Garner |
| - Greer Beatty | 12-05 | Raleigh |
| - Janet Schanzenbach | 20-02 | Cary |
| - Jeanette Mayo | 07-04 | Raleigh |
| - Manuela Seymour | 07-06 | Raleigh |
| - Nancy Looper | 04-11 | Cary |
| - Paulette Hill | 12-05 | Raleigh |
| - Rita Roberts | 08-05 | Raleigh |
| - Ruth Merkle | 04-12 | Cary |
| - Stephanie Elbialy | 05-05 | Raleigh |
| - Tristy Evely | 04-06 | Cary |
*Currently listed as a registered Republican on the State Board of Elections Voter Registration
MENS BALLOT - candidates in unorganized precincts
| - Bill Yoder | 08-05 | Raleigh |
| - Blaise Strenn | 13-01 | Raleigh |
| - CharlesMalone | 01-36 | Raleigh |
| - Chris Heagarty | 08-02 | Raleigh |
| - Chris Jaun | 05-05 | Raleigh |
| - Conen Morgan | 05-05 | Raleigh |
| - Keith Karlsson | 07-06 | Raleigh |
| - Kevin Seymour | 07-06 | Raleigh |
| - Marshal Harvey | 01-16 | Raleigh |
| - Matt Calabria | 01-21 | Raleigh |
| - Max Mattia | 18-04 | Cary |
| - Mike McKeown | 19-13 | Raleigh |
| - Ron Sanyal | 08-02 | Raleigh |
3. Wake Candidates Kicked off SEC in 2010
In September 2010, several Wake SEC members were kicked out of office for failure to attend two or more quarterly meetings AND failed to send a proxy in his or her place during their term under Section 4.01 of the Plan of Organization. Incredibly, three of these individuals (asterisked below) want you to vote them back on the SEC today. Don't waste your vote on these no-shows when so many others would like the opportunity to serve
- Greer Beatty **
- Joanne Casey **
- Max Mattia **
- Laura Farkas
- Sarah Winkler
- Winnona Swayze- Anton Grantham
- Edward Rubio
4. Imbalance in Precinct Representation
Nine precincts in Wake County have crowded the SEC ballot, stacking it with multiple candidates. Identified below are the few precincts attempting to consolidate control over the rest of Wake County's Democrats. These handful of precincts represent less than 5% of the county's 200 precincts.
Use the list to vote for better representation across all precincts. Choose between candidates from the same precinct to help create balance across the county in building a stronger democratic party. Time to end the old-guard working to undermine our new State Party Chair David Parker's efforts. Vote for democrats making a difference by working from the grassroots level on up.
Precinct 13-07 = seeking 6 seats
| Brenda Eaddy | 13-07 |
| Helen Bunch | 13-07 |
| Janet West | 13-07 |
| Janice Sears | 13-07 |
| Adriadn Ortega | 13-07 |
| Julius West | 13-07 |
Precinct 17-05 = seeking 5 seats
| Dora King Morgan | 17-05 |
| Eunice Jones | 17-05 |
| Nervahna Crew | 17-05 |
| Max Adams | 17-05 |
| Mary Starkey | 17-05 |
Precinct 18-01 = seeking 4 seats
| Kathi Lizak* | 18-01 |
| Linda Suggs | 18-01 |
| Will Cubbison* | 18-01 |
| Chris Lizak* | 18-01 |
Precinct 01-02 = seeking 3 seats
| Greg Flynn* | 01-02 |
| Mark Ezzell | 01-02 |
| Paul Collins* | 01-02 |
Precinct 01-22 = seeking 3 seats
| Rosa Gill* | 01-22 |
| Virginia Tally | 01-22 |
| Eugene Weeks | 01-22 |
Precinct 01-50 = seeking 3 seats
| Pat Hawkins | 01-50 |
| George Greene | 01-50 |
| Harrison Shell | 01-50 |
Precinct 5-05 is UNORGANIZED yet seeking 3 seats
| Stephanie Elbialy | 05-05 |
| Chris Jaun | 05-05 |
| Conen Morgan | 05-05 |
Precinct 07-09 = seeking 3 seats
| Stephanie Eriksen-Goslen* | 07-09 |
| Jesse Goslen | 07-09 |
| Jim Mettrey | 07-09 |
Precinct 18-07 = seeking 3 seats
| Doris Weaver* | 18-07 |
| Hazel Slocumb | 18-07 |
| Prabha Ramakrishnan | 18-07 |
* SEC members who voted against NCDP Chair David Parker and who publicly endorsed his opponent Bill Faison.
