Welcome to the Grassroots...

First, thank you for visiting our website and showing your interest in the Yakima County Democrats.

Second, please join our email list. Sign up here.

Third, we have added a BLOG. Check it out and offer your comments. Browse the site for news and other features to keep current on Democratic Party activities.

The Yakima Democrats are a diverse group of people. We welcome folks from every sector of society into our Big Tent. You are cordially invited to all of our meetings.

We are the grassroots you hear so much about.

Stick a toe into the political waters and join us.

The purpose of the County Party is to recruit bonafide Democratic candidates and support their election. And we try to have fun along the way through various social activities.

Remember the government is us ...ordinary taxpaying citizens like you and me. And as owners, we can change the way it does the public's business.

You have a constitutional right to run for elected office.

You don't need permission from any individual or organization . although Republican bodies often pose as gatekeepers to keep out the "undeserving".

You only need the will to do it ...the desire to offer yourself to the school board, city council, county courthouse, or any of the other boards and commissions that make up the body politic.

Look around.lots of men and women file for candidacy every election cycle.

Why?

They may want to give community service by being a force for change ...run against an incumbent who has sat in office too long and needs a rousing re-election challenge ...or they simply don't like what's happening at city hall, the courthouse, State capitol or Washington, DC ...and decide to get off the couch, get involved and work to make a difference.

The November 2006 election was a classic example of people taking action and making dramatic changes at virtually every level of government.

Voters created a huge Blue Wave; set in motion by the corrupt and incompetent Bush Administration that plunged the country into a needless and costly war we are demanding an end to.

The election made Democrats the dominant US party. Please join us.