Glynn County Democrats holding monthly brainstorming sessions

Jerrold Dagen is running against incumbent Republican state Sen. William Ligon for the District 3 seat, but in addition to that focus, he hosts monthly lunch meetings at the Glynn County Democratic Party office to try to bring Democrats together in a county that tends to go reliably Republican.

“(We’re) trying to get our campaigns more coordinated and trying to get the state more involved, too — I think with our school board, county, state representatives and congressional representative, we have a lot of points of contact and what we started to talk about last week was just how we could get canvassing more organized, and that’s going to be the big thing in voter turnout this year,” Dagen said.

He continued, “Just old-fashioned knocking on the door is what’s making the difference in different parts of the country — and phone banking, too. I think we have to sit down and everybody look at their calendars and see if we can do one or two days a week — one or two days of canvassing, get all the campaign lit that’s out there that we can — and try to get at least one day of phone banking….”

Audrey Gibbons, fresh off a campaign for a seat on the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission, also stressed the importance of working together.

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