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THE VOICE
Volume 27 . Issue 9 . September 2025
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WHITNEY WHITE
President
NOVEMBER 4 ELECTION INFORMATION
Election Day | Tuesday, November 4
Early Voting | October 20-31
Important Deadlines:
First day to apply for a ballot by mail:
Wednesday, January 1
Applications are not automatically sent. Find out more about voting by mail by clicking on the links:
Kendall County: https://www.kendallcountytx.gov/448/Voting-by-Mail
Bexar County: bexar.org/elections
Last day to register to vote:
Monday, October 6
Last day for Elections Department to receive mail ballot application:
Friday, October 24
Last day for Elections Department to receive mail ballot:
Tuesday, November 4, 7 pm if not postmarked
Wednesday, November 5, 5 pm if postmarked locally by Tuesday, November 4, 7 pm
Want to know what's on the November ballot? Click here to view the League of Women Voters non-partisan voter guide: https://lwvtx.clubexpress.com/voters-guide#gsc.tab=0. Paper copies of the Voter Guide are available at the Dem office.
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Make plans to attend the BAD meeting on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11
11:30 a.m.
28 Songs Brewhouse & Kitchen
110 Market Street, Boerne
Our speaker will be Gary Taylor,
candidate for Texas District 21.
The meeting will begin promptly at noon. If you plan to order food and eat during the meeting, please arrive by 11:30 a.m.
The November BAD meeting will be on Thursday, November 13. The speaker will be Kendall Scudder, Texas Democratic Party Chair.
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Join us for the NO KINGS protest on Saturday, October 18, 11:00 a.m. at Boerne City Hall. Wear your t-shirts, bring your signs and send your message to Washington! Sign up here:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/842797/
Note: The Boerne Police Department will provide security for the event.
If you would like to help offset the $1,100 cost, please bring a donation to the protest.
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LAURA BRAY
Kendall County Democratic Party Chair
NOTES FROM THE CHAIR
Recently, some stories have appeared about structural changes within the Texas Democratic Party (TDP).
Texas Tribune story & Progress Texas podcast (featuring an interview with TDP Chair Scudder)
A day after the story broke, I spoke with TDP Chair Kendall Scudder at a seminar in Austin. He said that the Tribune story had some “misrepresentations” and “wasn’t entirely accurate.” Note in the Tribune story that the reorganization was approved by the TDP governing committee a couple of weeks prior.
In the Progress Texas podcast, Kendall said, “The political class is upset that we as a party are doing things differently. We’ve gotten nothing from doing it the way we’ve been doing it for the last thirty years but failure.”
In our meeting, he made it clear that this action is *not* that TDP is moving their HQ to Dallas and firing anyone who won’t relocate. Instead, he is moving some TDP functions out of Austin and into other areas. TDP will now have administrative offices in Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Eagle Pass and Amarillo will have organizing offices. This will distribute TDP functions more evenly across the state.
In my opinion, these are positive changes and can only help the party. I will keep you posted. Feel free to email me with questions/concerns.
Earlier in September, KCDP hosted the Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Ken Martin at a standing-room-only event at our office, and it was a runaway success!! (See photos.) Chair Martin, the DNC staff, and the TDP staff seemed pleased, we had lots of great refreshments (provided by TDP), and standing room only (50-60 people) to hear DNC Chair Ken Martin speak to our group. I’ve had lots of fabulous feedback.
The Martin quote that stuck out the most to me: “When we organize everywhere, we can win anywhere.” He spoke of providing more financial support to state parties (which will help us, in the long run), and spoke to the need to listen to *all* voices within the Party, even if that person disagrees with you on a specific point of policy. At one point, he mentioned that only 45% of precinct chair positions are filled (this is a Texas-wide stat); I quickly got out my calculator and was proud to state “65%!” for Kendall County. 😊 He seemed quite pleased.
Since Trump took office, there have been 43 elections and Democrats have been “over-performing” in all. Some we won, some we lost, but Democrats over-performed in these races by an average of 16%.
Everyone seemed receptive to what Martin was saying; now we need to see if the deeds match the words.
RESIST!
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CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS!
TEXAS HOUSE
District 19 – Ellen Troxclair
Phone: 512-463-0490
Email: https://house.texas.gov/members/19
Local Address: 624 N. Main St, Boerne TX 78006
District 122 – Mark Dorazio
Phone: 512-463-0646
Email: https://house.texas.gov/members/122
Local Address: 4634 De Zavala Rd, SA TX 78249
TEXAS SENATE
District 25 – (Dr.) Donna Campbell
Phone: 512-463-0125
Email: https://senate.texas.gov/memberform.php?auth=9fCNAzPuZ3ZVgORwYpMOC%2FydJRQPKU9w0d0Dw3vgCbs6XzpfOi%2BilhrUxx2r0tuuD3VELIChCEs5BtKpV3aq8n7y%2FTNMG2vcOnw6fDrzf4MPuVpyOMVSm1YJebOU&lang=en
District Address: 229 Hunters Village, Ste. 105, New Braunfels TX 78132
U.S. CONGRESS
Senator Ted Cruz
Email: https://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact/write-ted
DC office: 202-224-5922
South/Central TX office: 210-340-2885
District Office: 9901 IH-10W, Ste 950, SA TX 78230
Senator John Cornyn
Email: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/share-opinion/
DC office: 202-224-2934
San Antonio office: 210-224-7485
District Office: 600 Navarro, Ste 210, SA TX 78205
U. S. REPRESENTATIVES
District 21 – Chip Roy
San Antonio office:
Phone: 210-821-5024
Fax: 771-200-5819
16414 San Pedro Ave, # 817, SA TX 78232
Kerrville Office:
Phone: 830-896-0154
125 Lehmann Dr, # 201, Kerrville TX 78028
DC office: 202-225-4236
Email: https://roy.house.gov/contact
District 23 – Tony Gonzales
San Antonio office:
Phone: 210-806-9920
Fax: 210-927-4903
4372 N. Loop 1604 W, # 205, SA TX 78249 (By Appt Only)
DC office:
Phone: 202-225-4511
Fax: 202-2225-2237
Email: https://gonzales.house.gov/contact
TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
District 10 – Tom Maynard
Phone: 12-763-2801
Fax: 512-763-9517
Email: tom@maynardfortexas.com
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It's time to pay your
October BAD membership dues!
PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A
RECURRING DONOR!
Donations are still critical so that we can continue to support important causes, our scholarship program, and our Democratic office. Please consider becoming a recurring donor! It’s really easy to set up your recurring donation via ActBlue. Simply go to https://secure.actblue.com/ and click on Sign In to enter your information. You can also donate via a credit card, an auto-withdrawal from your bank, or by mailing a check to BAD, P.O. Box 2132, Boerne, TX, 78006.
If you prefer to pay regular dues ($10 for students, $35 for those 60 or over, and $50 for everyone else), you can do so online by clicking here:
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We still need volunteers for
MARKET DAYS
October 11-12, 2026
You can sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094DA9AE29A2F94-58255693-october
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The COMFORT AREA DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, AND OTHERS (CADIO)
monthly meeting is on Tuesday, October 14,
at noon at the Comfort Library.
Hill County League of Women Voters education coordinator Heather Farmer will present on the 17 amendments on the November election ballot. Light lunch provided. Email layton.peg@gmail.com if you’d like to attend.
The monthly social will be held on
Thursday, October 23
6:00- 7:30 p.m.
Mixhaus Gallery, 716 High Street, Comfort
Refreshments will be served. Email layton.peg@gmail.com if you’d like to attend.
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BAD BOOK CLUB
Book Club will meet on Wednesday, October 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the Democratic Headquarters.
The book selection is Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
by Austin Frerich
Contact Janice Bloodworth at lfjan74@gmail.com for more information.
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On Thursday, September 11, Kendall County Democratic Chair Laura Bray was host to a special event that was a runaway success!!
Democratic National Party Chair Ken Martin (pictured on left) came to Boerne! He brought his staff and also in attendance were Kendall Scudder, the Texas Democratic Party Chair (pictured on right), and his staff. There were lots of great refreshments (provided by TDP), and standing room only (50-60 people) to hear Chair Martin speak to the group.
In addition to DNC and TDP personnel, there were also the County Chairs of Bexar (Michelle Lowe Solis), Comal (Vicki Locke), Gillespie (Cathy Collier), Kerr (Lynette Wedig), and Blanco (Maggie Coleman). Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar also attended.
Many thanks to Laura for bringing Kendall County into the national spotlight!
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A large crowd showed up for the September 11 BAD meeting. We heard a very informative program from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Democrats hosted a “Community Conversations and Action Evening" at the office on Saturday, September 27. It was a huge success! Lots of fun, and great speakers, including former Representative Charlie Gonzalez. There were also booths for kids, a caricature artist, other community groups, even a cake walk!
Many thanks to Linda Guajardo for organizing and spearheading the event!
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Kendall County Dems participated in the Domestic Violence Awareness Walk on October 4 in Boerne.
FYI - Intimate partner violence affects more than 12 million people each year. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men aged 18 and older in the US have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner.
| |  | Suanne Pyle (left) and Jane Brown (right) met "soon-to-be-candidate-for-something" Ron Nirenberg (center) at a recent event in Bexar County. Jane said, "I was geeking out!" | | | |
NEW T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE!
Get your latest Democratic t-shirt now! They are $20 each and are available at the Democratic office and at our BAD meetings.
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GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
Let your voices be heard by attending these community meetings.
Click on any of the icons for more information.
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Boerne City Council meets at 6:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 447 N. Main Street, Boerne.
The Planning and Zoning Commission meetings are held on the first Monday of each month in the Ronald C. Bowman Council Chambers at City Hall, 447 N. Main Street, Boerne.
| | The Kendall County Commissioner's Court meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday at 9:00 a.m. in the County Courthouse, 201 E. San Antonio Street, 3rd floor. | | The Fair Oaks City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the FOR City Hall, 7286 Dietz Elkhorn Road, FOR. | | The Comfort ISD Board of Trustees meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the CISD Central Office, 327 High Street, Comfort. | |
The Boerne ISD Board of Trustees meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in the Administrative Offices, 235 Johns Road.
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The Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at 9 Topperwein Road, Boerne.
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BOERNE AREA DEMOCRATS BOARD
President: Whitney White
Vice President: Rachel Kilgore
Secretary: Robin Prescott
Treasurer: Michele Smith
Membership: Shawn Bonner
Publicity: Corrine Castillo
Webmaster: Andy Wine
Past President: Susan Dollar
Ex Officio member: Laura Bray, KCDP
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Email: BAD@boerne-area-democrats.com
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