Welcome to the Bedford County and Bedford City Democratic Committees webpage. We are a grassroots organization, whose objective is to support and elect Democratic candidates in our area and throughout the state. Educating ourselves and the public about important issues of the day is also a part of our goals. Our Committees currently share a headquarters at 133 W. Main St, Bedford working for Creigh Deeds,  Jody Wagner, Steve Shannon and Lewis Medlin.  The telephone at headquarters is 540 586-6122.  With your help, we can make Bedford a better place to live and raise our families. Please take the time to volunteer (see below).  We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

Our committees meet on alternate Mondays or Tuesdays of the third week of each month. We meet at the Central Virginia Community College campus that is located off of Independence Blvd. in Bedford City. Our meetings begin at 7:00 PM and usually last about an hour with refreshments. Sara Braaten (540-586-5690) is chair of the City Committee and Lewis Medlin (540 947-5500) is the chair of the County Committee. You may also contact us through this website.

Time is short. Only six short weeks stand between now and Election Day.  Our last election day was a sweet celebratory capstone to months of hard work.  If we want a victory on this Election Day then we need to put in some hard work now. Everyone!

Creigh Deeds has pulled within two polling points of McDonnell, which marks a fantastic comeback. We need to elect our candidates to office this year. Creigh Deeds is a person who will continue the wise, fiscally responsible governance of our state that we saw under Mark Warner and Tim Kaine.  Creigh believes in keeping Virginia the best run, business friendly, low tax state in the union.  He supports quality education and working in a bipartisan manner to solve Virginia’s transportation challenges.  Unlike McDonnell, Deeds will not rob public education to accomplish this. Unlike McDonnell, Deeds never introduced legislation to make prescription birth control illegal (that’s birth control pills, the diaphragm, etc!)

Jody Wagner, our candidate for Lt Governor is a stellar option.  During her time as the Treasurer of Virginia
then as Secretary of Finance, Jody helped create 200,000 jobs, and Virginia has been named the “Best Managed State” as well as the “Best State for Business.”  As Lieutenant Governor, Jody will continue to
build our economy, creating stable jobs in growing industries, and fight to expand access to pre-K education and make college more affordable.

Steve Shannon, our candidate for Attorney General, is committed to working with all levels of law enforcement to reduce crime in our communities, and hold those who pollute our water and air accountable.  During his time as a State Delegate, Steve led the effort to create the statewide AMBER Alert System.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ELECT THESE CANDIDATES!!!!

PLEASE COME TO THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS OR CALL US AND SIGN UP TO:
    * Canvass (going door to door handing out literature)
    * Do Phone Banking
    * Do Data Entry
    * Keeping our Headquarters open

The Democratic Headquarters is located at 133 West Main St (same location as before) and the phone number is 540-586-6122 (you can leave a message). We are open Mon – Thursday from 3-8 officially, with canvassing on Saturdays from 10-12 and 1-3 and some afternoons during the week.

YOU ARE INVITED TO GET INVOLVED NOW!

We also could use donations of $ to help pay for the phones, internet access, rent and office supplies.  We are on our own for these costs!   Send your checks to P.O. Box  1173, Bedford, VA 24523