Call to Support DWC-SD Congressional District Caucus Candidates (copy 01)

Vote for your fellow Club Members running in the Congressional District Caucus

May 28, 2020

The 

was recently rescheduled to mid-August. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the delegate selection process has changed.

Several DWC-SD members are running in either the Bernie or Biden caucuses. If you want to vote in the district-level caucus, you must follow the process below:

National Convention District-Level Caucuses

Congressional District Caucus: Online Voting Process:

Step 1. Select which candidate’s caucus you would like to participate in. *Please note, you may only request

one ballot

and may not vote in multiple caucuses.

Step 2. Request an online ballot during the ballot request period before

this Thursday May 28th @ 5PM !!!

Step 3. Complete your online ballot. Online ballots will be emailed to ballot requesters on June 5th.

Step 4. Submit your online ballot by the deadline of June 7th @ 5PM.  

Note: you must complete the ballot with the same information the Secretary of State has on file for you. Check your registration here:

Congressional District Caucus candidates

Here are the delegate numbers allocated for congressional districts in San Diego County along with the candidates selected and approved by the Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders campaigns, which were the only campaigns to be awarded  Congressional District Caucus candidates in our county - Form A

Joe Biden

Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website  |  Congressional District Caucus Ballot Request

CD52 (Scott Peters): Allocated 3 Delegates.

Rebecca Phillpott (F)

Bernie Sanders

California Congressional District Caucus Ballot Request | Friends of Bernie Sanders

CD51: Allocated 3 Delegates.

Kelly King (F)

CD52: Allocated 3 Delegates, 1 Alternate.

Derek Casady (M)Jonathan Cody Petterson (M)Kevin Lourens (M)Nancy Casady (F)

CD53: Allocated 3 Delegates, 1 Alternate.

Evlyn Andrade (F)Michelle Krug (F)

Democratic National Convention

California Democrats will send 495 delegates and 35 alternates to the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All pledged delegates are allocated to the presidential candidates according to the results of the March 3, 2020 Primary. At-Large and PLEO Delegates are chosen by the Presidential Campaigns, keeping in mind the Party's affirmative action goals, and confirmed by the Statewide Delegation at the June 28th meeting *pending approval by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee.

You still have time to apply for At Large and PLEO delegates.

Step 1. Our 2020 Delegate Selection application process has changed from previous cycles. Please review the Step by Step instructions before applying to avoid any delays in the processing of your application:

Step 2. Click

to apply online. *Please contact CDP staff at

or 916-442-5707 if you have any questions regarding the online application process.

Don't want to apply online?  Download and print your application:

If you prefer to submit a hard copy application, please download and print the hardcopy PDF's below. Completed applications may be scanned and emailed to

or faxed to 916-442-5715.

District-Level Delegate: Filing Period has closed.

Upcoming Key Dates:

  • June 7, 2020: Congressional District-Level Caucuses

  • June 9, 2020, 5:00 PM: At-Large (Form B) and PLEO (FORM C) Delegate Filing Deadline

  • June 28, 2020: Statewide Delegate Meeting (Pending Approval of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee)

  • August 17-21, 2020: Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The DWC’s executive board has chosen for our next Book Club– the Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson. The author has agreed to join us for a zoom Book Club event. When a date is settled on, we will let you know.Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is a infectious disease epidemiologist, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where she co-directs the new Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Steffanie is married to Thomas L. Patterson, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, where they lead an HIV prevention research and training program on the Mexico-US border. Together, they co-authored The Perfect Predator, a medical memoir about Tom’s life-threatening superbug infection which was cured with a hundred-year old forgotten cure– phage therapy. In 2018, Steffanie was named by TIME magazine as one of 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for her work to bring phage therapy to North America.The author has given us the following information regarding purchasing a signed copy directly from her:"Anyone who wants a signed, dedicated hardcopy can pay me $20 thru PayPal to my UCSD email or Venmo to steffanie-strathdee.  I send these thru UPS media mail which takes about a week. Alternatively, we live in South Carlsbad so anyone who wants to save a few bucks can pay me $15 and I will leave it on our doorstep.   Thanks for thinking of us."Steffanie Strathdee, PhDAssociate Dean of Global Health Sciences,Harold Simon Professor, UCSD Department of MedicineCo-Director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics https://ipath.ucsd.eduAuthor:  https://theperfectpredator.com/Tel: 858-822-1952Twitter: @chngin_the_wrldTEDx: https://goo.gl/mAHGvRPronouns: She/Hers

I would like to invite you to a virtual fundraiser for Marni Von Wilpert, candidate for City Council District 5.  She won the March primary, and now really needs our support to push forward and flip this City Council seat from red to blue. I am co-hosting with my friends from Stand Up Scripps Ranch and would love it if you can join us.  

DATE:  SUNDAY, MAY 31 

TIME:  1 -2 PM

PLATFORM:  VIRTUAL ON ZOOM - ZOOM LINK UPON RSVP

RSVP AT THIS LINK:  

SPECIAL GUEST:  

State Senator Toni Atkins

The Mission of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County is to promote the goals and ideals of the Democratic Party with particular attention to increasing women’s political participation at all levels of elected and appointed office. Therefore, the Club will actively support Democratic candidates, contribute to party leadership, responsibility and harmony, and stimulate active interest in the Democratic Party, particularly among women.

We demand equality of opportunity, a level playing field and fair and equal treatment for all. We are dismantling the patriarchy.We (usually) meet the third Monday of every month see Events section of our website for more details. Meetings are now held on Zoom by registering here.(619) 900-4751[email protected]Join our Meetup group  

Officers of the ClubSusan Peinado, President & CofounderRamla Sahid, External Vice PresidentRebecca Fielding-Miller, Internal Vice PresidentCathie Hyatt, SecretaryRosamond Blevins, Treasurer