The 2012 Durham County Republican convention will be held March 17. Registration begins 9:00 AM and ends at 9:50 AM for same day registration. Register online here. Precinct meetings will start at 10:00 AM.
Location: DPS Staff Development Center
2107 Hillandale Road
Radio Talk Show Host Frank Roche will be a guest speaker.
We will post more information about speakers as it becomes available.
The February Durham County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00 pm. We will meet at
Healthy Start Academy
807 West Chapel Hill Street,
Durham, NC.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
If we simplified my role as Chairman down to two functions, those two main functions would be leading the party and organizing the party. For much of 2011, a lot of my time was spent leading the party; organizing the Executive Committee and filling out the various sub-committees, and then representing the party’s positions to the news media. Continue reading
Jason Melehani has contributed the first opinion piece on the marriage amendment to our public forum. We expect more to follow, as local Republicans explain their positions on this issue.
Please make plans to join the Durham Republican Party Friday, March 30th as we continue to prepare for the 2012 election season. This Lincoln-Douglass Dinner we will welcome former Ambassador to Denmark, James P. Cain as our guest speaker. Ambassador Cain was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark on June 30, 2005. He is a strong believer in public diplomacy. He is also the author of the best-selling book The American: On Diplomacy, Democracy and Denmark.
The cocktail reception will begin at 6:00 pm with dinner being served at 7:00 pm. General Admission tickets are $55 per person or $100 per couple. Discounted student tickets are available for only $40 per person.
You can purchase your tickets online .
Rob Christensen, N&O reporter and author of The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics: the Personalities, Elections, and Events that Shaped Modern North Carolina, will discuss the evolution of North Carolina politics and how the state has become the most politically competitve state in the South.
Time: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3 pm- 4 pm
Place: Durham County Library, Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Rd,
Cost: Free
In North Carolina, you must register as a Republican no later than 1/31/12 in order to be eligible to attend your Republican precinct meeting in February. Take action now to insure you have a vote and a voice!
The January Durham County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, January 17th at 7:00 pm. We will meet at
Healthy Start Academy
807 West Chapel Hill Street,
Durham, NC.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
I hope we can move to a more civil discourse on the merits of the proposed voter photo id law. In that hope, I offer the following:
The South Carolina voter id law being challenged by the Obama Justice Department is the product of a bi-partisan task force.
President Carter and Secretary of State Baker chaired the Federal Election Reform Commission in 2005. Their recommendations included requiring voters to produce a photo id. The Commission concluded: Continue reading
Hearing Gives Residents the Opportunity to Provide Input for the Durham-Orange and Durham-Wake Passenger Rail Corridors
What: Rail Transit Alternatives Analysis Public Hearing Continue reading
