It's a sad but true observation that many Democrats - likely even many Daily Kos readers - focus so much on state and national races that they don't vote in odd-numbered years. It's also true that, in order for Democrats to build the local party infrastructure to carry those important House, Senate, and Presidential races, it's important to have Democrats in power at the municipal and county level. Having Democrats in those local offices - county commissioner, prothonotary, judge of elections, township supervisor, school board director - provides a foundation for successful races at the state and national level.
Voters in the Philadelphia suburbs, particularly in Montgomery County, have a historic opportunity in 2007 to swing control of Pennsylvania to the Democratic party for years to come. The Montgomery County Democratic Party is fielding a powerful slate of candidates for county and local offices, headed by former US Rep. Joe Hoeffel running for County Commissioner. (Joe is teamed with longtime Democratic commissioner Ruth Damsker.)
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