11/20/2023

8:00 PM

The video of tonight's meeting can be viewed on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/uZQNBuzAmwU?si=8qCZBQfrX6CDC93x

• Fair Districts—Carol Kuniholm gave a presentation on Fair Districts’ efforts to create an independent citizens’ redistricting commission. As a like minded group, they believe that legislators should only have a miniscule role with determining election district maps. The have also expanded to focus on the broken legislative process that is plaguing Pennsylvania.
  • https://fairdistrictspa.com
    • Petition: https://tinyurl.com/FairDistrictsPAPetition
  • https://fixharrisburg.com
    • Petition: https://tinyurl.com/FixHBG
  • Christian also recommended the book “Rat Fucked” by David Daley. This book highlights the problems with Gerrymandering.
    • https://www.amazon.com/Ratf-ked-Your-Doesnt-Count/dp/1631493213

• Priorities
  • Rachel gave a quick presentation on our priorities as a party in Pennsylvania. She highlighted that Forward candidates, office holders and candidates seeking endorsement should provide solutions on these items in their individual policy platforms.
    • https://home.forwardparty.com/pa_priorities

• Results
  • Chris Woodward—F (Lower Heidelberg Township Auditor—Berks County) won with 1,270 votes.
  • Steve Zappala—R (Allegheny County District Attorney) won with 188,215 votes.
  • Seth Bluestein—R (Philadelphia City Commissioner) won with 60,307 votes.
  • Joe Rockey—R (Allegheny County Chief Executive) lost by 8,323 votes with 177,775 voting for him.
  • Jordan Succi—D (Northampton Township Auditor—Bucks County) lost by 1,082 votes with 6,136 voting for him.
  • Brittany Kosin—L (Warwick Township Supervisor—Bucks County) lost by 1,592 votes with 1,521 voting for her.
  • Bob Hollister—D (Lancaster County Commissioner) lost by 2,391 votes with 51,531 voting for him.
  • Shannon Wheeler—L (Magisterial District Judge (12-3-01) Dauphin County) lost by 3,360 votes with 1,319 voting for her.
  • Timothy McMaster—L (Conewago Township Supervisor—York County) lost by 302 votes with 515 voting for him.

• 2024
  • Our primary goal is to achieve minor party status.
    • 2% of the statewide total, & 2% in ten counties
  • As long as they do not distract from our primary goal, we will also run several candidates for the Pennsylvania House.
    • There will be a lot more opportunities for people to run in 2025—especially in Judge of Election races.
  • Call to Action
    • Meet with people & talk to them about Forward
    • Make a monthly donation
    • There is an event on December 13 at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
      • https://wacphila.org/events/a-conversation-with-the-forward-party
    • Check out the Good Party. They are not a party but an organization that seeks to help independent and third-party candidates get elected.
      • https://goodparty.org/