It is difficult for me to imagine how the Democratic campaigns would have functioned in Carbon County without the Headquarters on First Street in Lehighton. Adam, the Rabenold campaign manager, had a portion of the headquarters all to himself, and he was there almost every day. Matt Cartwright, our new congressman from this area, ran phone banks out of the office. Voter registration drives used the office as the staging area. Robin, our Obama campaign honcho, was in the office on a daily basis, and over a hundred Obama volunteers worked out of the office, making phone calls, canvassing, and running a major GOTV operation.
Some of us couldn’t bear to let the lease on the office lapse. A group of Carbon County Democrats decided to fund the office for the next year. Since the County Party is no longer the responsible tenant, we had to make some adjustments. The office will be rented by the Community Outreach Association. It will be called the Democratic Information Center. It will serve as the county headquarters for volunteer recruitment, voter registration, and staging area for direct action.
Romney won this county. So did Heffley. That will be the last time a Republican wins Carbon County. We will turn this county around.
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