County Democrat chairperson Kevin Postalwait
conducts election of delegates to state convention
More than 1,500 people will be part of the State Democratic Party Convention on June 13-14.
Six of those delegates were selected Saturday at a Calhoun Convention held in Arnoldsburg, with any registered Democrat eligible to participate in the selection.
Calhoun Democrat chairperson Kevin Postalwait followed the procedure for the local convention, allowing nominations from the floor.
Following the vote, three women and three men was selected.
Ronzel Haverty, Washington District; Scottie Westfall II, Sherman District; Harold Carpenter, Lee District; Ali Haverty, Washington District; Shirley Ball, Sherman District; and Trina Beall, Center District.
LEFT (L to R) Margie Evans, Democrat Executive Committee Secretary, Harold Carpenter of Arnoldsburg and Calhoun Commission candidate Chip Westfall; RIGHT Calhoun Commissioner Rick Sampson and magistrate Teresa Robinson, incumbents running for re-election
LEFT Assessor Jason Nettles and latest family addition; RIGHT Ron Blankenship, candidate for House of Delegates and Harold Carpenter
Scottie Westfall III was selected as an alternate, Ronzel Haverty was selected for the Rules Committee and Harold Carpenter was selected to the Regulations Committee.
County Democrat Executive Committee secretary Margie Evans said the committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17 in the little courtroom at the county courthouse.
A special Meet the Candidates Dinner will be held April 26th at noon at the Arnoldsburg Community Building, Evans said.
Sheriff's candidate Eugene Stevens
(foreground) and convention members
The local conventions are "An exciting way to get involved with the local party," says State Democratic Executive Committee Director Tom Vogel.
"They'll go to the State Convention, where each Congressional District will divide up and those delegates will elect the delegates that attend the National Convention based on the vote of the people on May 13th Primary. That determines how many delegates each candidate gets," Vogel explained.
Previously the delegates were chosen on the election ballot itself, largely based on name recognition.
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