I just got back from the Ideas on the March party that the Warren County Democratic Party held. Somewhere between 65-70 people attended (great turn out). It was a celebration of the success the Democrats had in the 2006 elections in Warren County as well as a little fundraiser. The volunteers worked so hard and it paid off in Ohio and Warren County. We saw some old friends from Hamilton and Cleremont Counties too.

Vic Wulsin, Rick Smith (and I), the 2006 candidates, and Gabby Downey, a candidate in the 2nd primary, had great time talking to all the volunteers who helped us increase the Democratic percentages across the board. Personally, it was great to see everyone again and have some time just to talk socially. They are truly a terrific group of people. There were some potential Democratic candidates for the 2007 elections in attendance but I’ll let them announce their candidacies themselves. There were a lot of new faces too which is very encouraging. This is the continuing trend in SW Ohio – the Democrats are attracting people and growing the county parties.

The Areys from Cleremont Democratic Party County came. Democrats can always count on Russ to help out and he auctioned off a few items for a nice chunk of change. It’s great entertainment to listen to Russ get people to bid. Russ can sell absolutely nothing for quite a bit of money. Seriously, it beautiful to behold and I’m just glad he’s on our side.

It was a lot of fun (which was the goal), raised some funds to help get Democratic elected, watched the OSU basketball game and visited with a lot of friends and probably ate too much. All in all, a pretty good night.