Democratic Town Committee
of
Carlisle, MA
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
"If you want to be
a true professional, do something outside yourself."
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 3/1933 - 9/2020
Welcome to News and Information
Next CDTC Monthly Meeting Oct. 15, 2026
Preview:
Take action to help the Democrats in the Mid-Term elections 11/3/26 !!!
Next Monthly Meeting Info
Who: DTC Members and Friends
What: DTC Monthly Meeting, public welcome
When: Oct 15, 2026. Thursday, 7 PM
Where: virtual only until further notice (Hollis closed)
Virtual: Members and friends will receive the meeting link via an email
If you didn't receive the zoom link via email, contact
Summary: Picnic, Sunday Afternoon, August 23, 2026
Who: Hosted by 3rdMAD and CDTC
What: Annual Picnic, meet State and Local Officials
When: Sunday, Aug 23, 1PM - 4PM
Where: Bob Wallhagen, 64 Timothy Lane, Carlisle
The following elected officials spoke:
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State Senator Mike Barrett
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Governors' Council Mara Dolan
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Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan
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(Other candidates for state and local offices)
Hosted by:
Bob Wallhagen at rwallhagen@aol.com
Third Middlesex Area Democrats
Robert G. Logan, Chair
Postcards to voters are complete !!!
We had packs of postcards to write to voters to support our candidates. These cards are from the Progressive Turnout Project (turnoutpac.org/postcards), which has identified states with key elections in 2026. Most of the cards were mailed on Oct. 12, 2026 to democratic leaning voters in Ohio, which has important US House, Senate, and Governor’s races. Contact danscholten9@gmail.com for info about upcoming postcard campaigns.
Growing the Carlisle Democratic Town Committee (CDTC)
Are you concerned about where the country has been going? We research and post here high leverage candidate campaigns and grassroots organizations that you can help with texting, phoning, postcards, donations and showing up. Our letter writing campaign has already reached out to all Harris campaign supporters in town.
Join us now by emailing: nancyCDTC@rosepath.com
Find Any Grassroots Work You Want - In a Minute or 2!
mobilize.us is the shopping mall of events. Most of our grassroots opportunities list here and mobilize provides a common interface for you to sign up for work. Get an account and you can easily get a list of all that you are signed up to do via mobilize.
The quickest way to find what you want: Go to mobilize.us, then
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Click the Filters button in the top tool bar
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Select the type(s) of event e.g. "text banking"
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Select date range and all the campaigns you might be interested in.
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Click Apply Filters
2026 Senate Elections
Two primaries are done in the Lean D and Tossup categories.
OH: Sherrod Brown
NC: Roy Cooper
A recent Newsweek article says Roy Cooper will face a headwind, though he served as governor most recently. Problem: Newsweek says Dems "have lost a meaningful share of registered voters since 2024, while GOP has shed fewer". Still, at the moment recent polling show shows Cooper leading.
2026 House Elections Taking Shape, Redistricting
Dems need a gain of 2 to a loss of 2 GOP. Check the survey below for all the House tossups. You will see that mostly we will be trying to flip red seats this year. We do not know primary winners yet, nor the results of redistricting, but you can always visit the state's democratic party and volunteer or donate.
If you cannot decide on a state, PA has 3 tossup districts, and is always a fight! As to redistricting, so far, only CA of all our tossup states has undertaken it.
Other Ways to Help Elect Democrats in 2026
Ground Game Training and Deployment
Grassroots Democrats, founded in 2019 and associated with Field Team 6, has programs to train volunteers, especially youth, in grassroots work and also deploy them. Some of their programs pay the workers. They need donations.
2026 Special Elections
Ballotpedia lists three special elections: CA-01 (strong lean red) and CA-14 (solid blue) on August 4 and 18 respectively. GA-13 (solid D) is also holding a special election to fill a vacancy. Time is better spent on more closely contested races.
