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Carlisle, MA
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step
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a true professional, do something outside yourself.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 3/1933 - 9/2020
Welcome to News and Information
Next CDTC Monthly Meeting May 21, 2026
Preview:
Standard reports
Officer elections - members please attend
Outreach to town democcrats
Next Monthly Meeting Info
Who: DTC Members and Friends
What: DTC Hybrid Monthly Meeting
When: May 21, 2026. Thursday, 7 PM
Where: Hollis Rm at the Gleason Public Library
Virtual: Members and friends will receive the meeting link via an email
2026 House Elections Taking Shape.
The current House makeup is 217 GOP, 212 Dem, 1 Ind (caucuses w/ Dems) and 5 vacancies.
The 5 vacancies are:
LaMalfa (R-CA) died 01/06/2026
Eric Swalwell (D-CA), resigned 4/14/2026
Tony Gonzalas (R-TX), resigned 4/14 2026
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned 4/21/2026
David Scott (D-GA) died 4/22/2026
If these party numbers were to hold, the result would be 219 GOP and 216 Dem. 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!
2026 Senate Eections, November 3
coming soon
2026 Special Elections
Ballotpedia lists two special elections: CA-01 (strong lean red) and CA-14 (solid blue) on August 4 and 18 respectively.
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.
Postcards soon available! - We Write Voters!
We just finished our last batch of postcards in March 2026. We plan on writing more News Boosting Postcards to combat disinformation and make sure voters in Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and North Carolina learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is for them. These states have very competitive Senate elections this November. Contact danscholten9@gmail.com for more info. Stay tuned.
NEWS! We are Growing the Carlisle DTC to Meet the 2026 Challenge
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 - opportunities already in later sections.
We have initiated a vigorous campaign to recruit new committee members and friends who want to work. We will be contacting active Democrats in the town over the coming weeks. Check out our Facebook Feed below for details. Join us now by emailing our outreach director: carlisledemocrat@gmail.com
Find Any Grassroots Work You Want
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
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Purpose of Democratic Town Committees
"Town, ward and city committees are the foundation of Party organization and have the closest contact with the people...Local committees are intended to be working committees, dedicated to the cause of winning elections..." - Massachusetts Democratic Party Charter, Article Two, Section I.