SouthCoast GOP

Friday, August 21, 2009
6:00 to 9:00 pm

Home of John Haran & Janine Simmons
205 Rockland Street
Dartmouth, MA 02748

Expected special guests include Charlie Baker (gubernatorial candidate and former President & CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care), Christy Mihos (gubernatorial candidate & businessman), Dr. Gerry Dembrowski (gubernatorial candidate & chiropractor), Earl Henry Sholley (Congressional Candidate), Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson, Senator Scott Brown, Senator Bruce Tarr, Representative Brad Jones (House Minority leader), Representative George Peterson (House Assistant Minority Leader), Geoffrey Diehl (candidate for State Representative in the 7th Plymouth district), Shaunna O'Connell (candidate for State Representative in the 3rd Bristol district), MassGOP Chairman Jennifer Nassour, MassGOP National Committeeman Ron Kaufman & several MassGOP State Committee members. Other special guests may also join us!

This is the first SouthCoast opportunity to meet all of the 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidates.

Tickets cost only $20.00 per person
Please make checks payable to the Dartmouth Republican Town Committee and mailed c/o Chairman John Haran of the Dartmouth GOP.

Tickets will be available at the door but pre-purchase is preferred to ensure an accurate headcount for planning purposes.

Please email Brock N. Cordeiro at BNCordeiro@gmail.com or call 508-979-8930 for more information

BOSTON—Republican lawmakers recently announced the schedule for their Hardship Listening Tour. Due to tremendous response, Republicans have been asked to host a forum on the South Coast.

The New Bedford Republican Party is pleased to offer its endorsement of Ms. Jennifer Nassour to the post of Chairperson of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

The SouthCoast GOP cordially invites all members of the SouthCoast community to a Candidates Forum with GOP activists who have declared their candidacy for chairmanship of the Massachusetts Republican Party. The post is being vacated by outgoing Chairman Peter Torkildsen after his decision not to seek a second term. An election for his successor will be held in February, 2009.

GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN (R-AK) POWERED BY CHIPPI? The New Bedford Republican Party and the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth College Republicans are pleased to announce their co-sponsorship of a Vice-Presidential Debate-watching event to be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Mirasol’s Café in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS - Like all Americans, New Bedford and SouthCoast citizens should demand prompt, decisive representation and action from our legislative delegation to Washington with respect to the ongoing energy crisis that is causing so much discomfort and pain.

NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS      The New Bedford Republican Party is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of a major public service campaign in conjunction with the Mayor’s Office, City of New Bedford, WBSM-1420 and renowned illusionist, Lyn Dillies.  This public service campaign will consist of a six-week print media, radio and television advertising schedule in support of get-out-the-vote operations throughout SouthCoast.  A non-partisan political event - Your Vote is Magic - will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 6:30PM to 9:00PM at New Bedford’s Buttonwood Park Zoo, and will feature a Voter Information and Voter Registration area, as well as a moderated Town Hall Meeting, Keynote Speakers, a Patriotic Music Revue and the major national debut of Ms. Dillies’ election-themed illusion. 

NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS - The New Bedford Republican Party is pleased to announce that one of its own, Vice-chairman Ryan Dixon, 27, has been confirmed as the SouthCoast Regional Director of the Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans.

The New Bedford Republican Party celebrated its first annual Summer Kick-Off Celebration at the Catwalk Bar & Grille in New Bedford’s historic downtown waterfront on June 24, 2008.  An estimated 75-80 SouthCoast GOP, elected officials, candidates, young business professionals, friends and family converged upon the Whaling City to laud the renewed and ongoing successes of the New Bedford Republican Party as it enters the 2008 election-year cycle.

The New Bedford Republican Party now boasts its own version of the ‘BIG THREE.’  Once again, a veteran ‘Pierce’ is joined by two tremendous additions to bolster a rapidly growing and developing leadership team.

Delegates from each of the SouthCoast’s major Republican committees convened Wednesday, March 5, 2008 to elect a new State Committeewoman to represent them at the State Committee of the Massachusetts Republican Party.  Jill-Marie Ussach, a New Bedford Republican Party activist and New Bedford School Committee member, was elected unanimously by the several dozen of Republican community activists and leaders present. 

Dear SouthCoast Republican Community and friends, I want to take this opportunity to thank so many of you for supporting me in my capacity as interim-Chairman of the New Bedford Republican Party since April, 2007.  I have enjoyed serving with you as we continuously grow and enhance our regional and municipal Republican organizations.

The Dartmouth Republican Town Committee and the New Bedford Republican Party are pleased to announce the upcoming 2nd Bristol/Plymouth Reorganizational Caucus to be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Southworth Library in South Dartmouth, MA at 6:30PM.  (732 Dartmouth Street. Dartmouth, MA 02748)

For New Bedford Republicans, success at the polls this past Election Day (Tuesday, November 6, 2007) has supplanted a growing trend of pessimism for SouthCoast GOP at the grassroots level.   Faced with a steady supply of political hurdles approaching the election cycle of 2008, Republicans (and specifically New Bedford Republicans) have been actively aware that the groundwork set forth in 2007 has an impact upon municipal, statewide and national races during the upcoming presidential contest and throughout.

The New Bedford Republican Party is pleased to announce its endorsement of Jill Ussach for New Bedford School Committee.

 Happy October!I hope that all members are enjoying a fruitful and festive Fall Season!  As we approach the municipal elections of November 6, please take every opportunity to come out in support of some truly exceptional municipal candidates running for office on Election Day:

Throughout 2007, the New Bedford Republican Party has been thrilled to host and acquaint itself with a truly exceptional and inviting Republican candidate for US Senate, Mr. Jeff Beatty from Harwich, MA.

The New Bedford Republican Party will host its monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 103 Caroline Street, New Bedford, with an announced business meeting time of 6:30PM.  The agenda for the September meeting will be substantial.

Believed by some in the Whaling City to be physically and socially extinct, the New Bedford Republican Party has, by contrast, only just begun its resurrection and renaissance.