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BHS senior wins GlynnDems scholarship

Damaria Gurley (left) and GlynnDems Chair Julie Jordan.

Student leader Damaria Gurley of Brunswick High School has won the annual Young Democrat Scholarship award given by the Glynn County Democratic Committee.

Gurley, who is a senior with a 3.56 GPA, won the $500 award with her essay about engaging in the political process through two clubs in which she is actively engaged.

Earlier this year she was named the Youth of the Year by the state Boys & Girls Club. She is the first member of Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Georgia to win the top award in Georgia.

She will attend Fort Valley State University in the fall on an academic scholarship.

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Cedric King, Julie Jordan Elected Members of the State Committee

Cedric King and Julie Jordan were elected Feb. 25 to serve as members of the Democratic Party of Georgia State Committee. The Executive Committee of the Glynn County Democratic Committee voted on the two new members at its Feb. 25 meeting.

The role of the state committee is to elect party chairs for each congressional district, elect officers of the Democratic Party of Georgia and elect Georgia members of the Democratic National Committee.

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Election set for Democratic Party of Georgia committee members

Glynn County Democrats

Members of the Glynn County Democrats Executive Committee will hold the election on Monday, Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m., at the Miller Building, First United Methodist Church of Brunswick, 1400 Norwich St., Brunswick GA 31520.

To qualify as a State Committee Member, you must be registered to vote in Glynn County and provide proof of residence. Please notify Julie Jordan, Chair of the Glynn County Democratic Committee, of your intention to run, by Monday, Feb. 18. Candidates also must sign a Democratic Party Affidavit, on Monday, Feb. 25, prior to the election.

All correspondence should be sent, by email, to j.jordan13@att.net. 

A single, one-minute speech may be made by those seeking to be delegates or alternates, on the day of the election.

You can read the Democratic Party of Georgia bylaws at https://www.georgiademocrat.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DPG-BYLAWS.pdf.

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Jerrold Dagen

Jerrold Dagen - candidate for Georgia State Senate, District 3
Jerrold Dagen – candidate for Georgia State Senate, District 3

Jerrold Dagen is our candidate for State Senate District Three. He will be holding a series of “Lunch with Jerrold” meetings at the Glynn Democratic HQ on the last Tuesday of the month. The next lunch is scheduled for Oct 30, 2018. Jerrold will be here to answer questions and listen to your concerns in District 3.

Please plan to join him from 11am-1pm at Democratic HQ at 1400 Gloucester Street in Brunswick.

Please bring your bag lunch and something to drink