2nd Congressional Meeting Agendas
December 13th - Hybrid Meeting
AGENDA FOR MDP 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
MONTHLY HYBRID IN-PERSON/ZOOM MEETING
Saturday December 13, 2025, 10:00am
Technical Education Center, 1375 S. Clare Ave. Harrison, MI
Via ZOOM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82543440592?pwd=ULaeG9aFFI6fHz2EPndmXmJXl4bsct.1
Pledge to the Flag
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement:
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
Speaker and/or Program:
Updates from candidates running to defeat Moolenaar in 2026 Update from candidates running for statewide offices Update from candidates running for Michigan House and Senate Roll call of officers:
(Peggy) Roll Call of District Committee Members:
(Peggy) Roll call of Counties:
Determination of quorum:
Approval of agenda:
Approval of minutes:
Officer’s reports:
Chairperson - John Helge
Vice Chairperson - Cathy Willermet
Treasurer - Dallas Dean
Secretary - Peggy Raddatz
Committee Reports:
● Rules and Bylaws Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). John Helge - Manistee County D.P.
● Finance and Fundraising Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). Ken Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
3). Jessica Iliff – Mecosta C.D.P
4). Betsy-Anne Moskowitz –
5). K.P. Mahoney – Muskegon C.D.P.
● Candidate Recruitment and Support (for candidate) Committee:
1). Mark Yonkman (Chair) – Wexford County
2). David Austin – Gratiot County
3). Deborah Van Dyke – Kent County
4). Ed Miller – Mason County
1). Cathy Willermet (Chair)
2). Karen Turnbull - Mecosta County
1). Michelle VanSlambrouck (Chair)
2). Karen Greenbay – Mecosta County 3.) Deborah Van Dyke- Kent County
4). Brad Wade – Lake County
● Policy and Resolution Committee:
1). John Helge (Chair)
2). Michael Lynch - Gratiot C.D.P.
● Audit Committee:
1). Robin (Alexson) Aslakson (Chair)
Unfinished Business:
New Business:
Election of new Vice Chairperson of the MI2CD
County Reports:
Good and Welfare:
November 8th - Zoom Meeting
Sept. 13th In-Person Meeting Returns to Mecosta County
If you cannot attend in person, please log on to our ZOOM feed using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577407163?pwd=xetgNf9fyfgtcMW7bpAcaKA36JFWpi.1
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577407163?pwd=xetgNf9fyfgtcMW7bpAcaKA36JFWpi.1
JULY 12TH IN-PERSON MEETING ROLLS INTO LUDINGTON
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Chris Swanson, Guest Speaker
We will be meeting in the beautiful city of Ludington, home of sugar sand beaches on the shore of Lake Michigan, at 10am on Saturday July 12, 2025, in the West Shore Bank Meeting Room located in the Ludington Public Library 217 East Ludington Avenue.
Our Guest Speaker will be Chris Swanson, Genesee County Sheriff, who is running to be Governor of the State of Michigan. Make plans now to get a group together from your county party and join us for this important meeting, which will be immediately followed by our annual ice-cream social fundraiser. If you cannot attend in person, please log on to our ZOOM feed using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577407163?pwd=xetgNf9fyfgtcMW7bpAcaKA36JFWpi.1 |
AGENDA FOR MDP 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
MONTHLY MEETING
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Ludington Public Library
217 East Ludington Ave, Ludington, MI
Via ZOOM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577407163?pwd=xetgNf9fyfgtcMW7bpAcaKA36JFWpi.1
MONTHLY MEETING
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Ludington Public Library
217 East Ludington Ave, Ludington, MI
Via ZOOM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577407163?pwd=xetgNf9fyfgtcMW7bpAcaKA36JFWpi.1
Pledge to the Flag
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement:
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
Speaker and/or Program: TBA
Roll call of officers:
(Peggy) Roll Call of District Committee Members:
(Peggy) Roll call of Counties:
Determination of quorum:
Approval of agenda:
Approval of minutes:
Officer’s reports:
Chairperson: John Helge
Vice Chairperson: Cathy Willermet
Treasurer: Dallas Dean
Secretary: Peggy Raddatz
Committee Reports:
● Rules and Bylaws Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). John Helge - Manistee County D.P.
● Finance and Fundraising Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). Ken Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
3). Jessica Iliff – Osceola C.D.P.
● Candidate Recruitment and Support (for candidate) Committee:
1). Mark Yonkman (Chair)
2). David Austin – Gratiot County
3). Deborah Van Dyke – Kent County
4). Ed Miller – Mason County
● Political and 2nd CD Party Organizing Committee:
1). Cathy Willermet (Chair)
2). Karen Turnbull - Mecosta County
● Communications Committee:
1). Michelle VanSlambrouck (Chair)
2). Karen GreenBay – Mecosta County
3.) Deborah Van Dyke- Kent County
● Policy and Resolution Committee:
1). John Helge (Chair)
2). Michael Lynch - Gratiot C.D.P.
● Audit Committee:
1). Robin (Alexson) Aslakson (Chair)
Unfinished Business:
New Business:
County Reports:
Good and Welfare:
Agenda is complete, meeting is adjourned
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement:
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
Speaker and/or Program: TBA
Roll call of officers:
(Peggy) Roll Call of District Committee Members:
(Peggy) Roll call of Counties:
Determination of quorum:
Approval of agenda:
Approval of minutes:
Officer’s reports:
Chairperson: John Helge
Vice Chairperson: Cathy Willermet
Treasurer: Dallas Dean
Secretary: Peggy Raddatz
Committee Reports:
● Rules and Bylaws Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). John Helge - Manistee County D.P.
● Finance and Fundraising Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)
2). Ken Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
3). Jessica Iliff – Osceola C.D.P.
● Candidate Recruitment and Support (for candidate) Committee:
1). Mark Yonkman (Chair)
2). David Austin – Gratiot County
3). Deborah Van Dyke – Kent County
4). Ed Miller – Mason County
● Political and 2nd CD Party Organizing Committee:
1). Cathy Willermet (Chair)
2). Karen Turnbull - Mecosta County
● Communications Committee:
1). Michelle VanSlambrouck (Chair)
2). Karen GreenBay – Mecosta County
3.) Deborah Van Dyke- Kent County
● Policy and Resolution Committee:
1). John Helge (Chair)
2). Michael Lynch - Gratiot C.D.P.
● Audit Committee:
1). Robin (Alexson) Aslakson (Chair)
Unfinished Business:
New Business:
County Reports:
Good and Welfare:
Agenda is complete, meeting is adjourned
MI 2nd Congressional District Meeting Summary - March 15, 2025
We had a truly fantastic turnout for our first meeting of 2025 on Saturday, March 15, 2025! Attendance would have been even higher but the highly engaged folks in Clare County made sure MAGA Moolenaar was "welcomed appropriately" as he marched in their Irish Parade.
The attached PDF document contains a summary of the meeting for your review. We collaborated to develop a viable strategic action plan for the 2025-26 election cycle, and we will share that plan with you in the next few weeks.
There will be NO MEETING of the 2nd CD in April!
We want to support the MDP Rural Caucus Rural Summit in the Soo. Please plan to attend and learn how we can collaborate and become an even stronger political force in our rural counties. Here is a link to more information: https://mdpruralcaucus.com/rural-summit/
Challenge your local county party leaders to plan and execute an "empty chair" town hall meeting to enable all voters in your county to express their anxiety, stress, and anger about the chaos and corruption being inflicted on us by the regime in Washington. We deserve to know why MAGA Moolenaar is doing nothing but supporting this travesty, but he refuses to meet with the public.
If you are in the Greenville area, come to the Empty Chair town hall meeting scheduled to begin at 1pm on Saturday March 29, 2025, at the Greenville town library building.
As always, I remain available to provide additional information and to answer your questions. Do not hesitate to contact me using my contact information below.
The attached PDF document contains a summary of the meeting for your review. We collaborated to develop a viable strategic action plan for the 2025-26 election cycle, and we will share that plan with you in the next few weeks.
There will be NO MEETING of the 2nd CD in April!
We want to support the MDP Rural Caucus Rural Summit in the Soo. Please plan to attend and learn how we can collaborate and become an even stronger political force in our rural counties. Here is a link to more information: https://mdpruralcaucus.com/rural-summit/
Challenge your local county party leaders to plan and execute an "empty chair" town hall meeting to enable all voters in your county to express their anxiety, stress, and anger about the chaos and corruption being inflicted on us by the regime in Washington. We deserve to know why MAGA Moolenaar is doing nothing but supporting this travesty, but he refuses to meet with the public.
If you are in the Greenville area, come to the Empty Chair town hall meeting scheduled to begin at 1pm on Saturday March 29, 2025, at the Greenville town library building.
As always, I remain available to provide additional information and to answer your questions. Do not hesitate to contact me using my contact information below.