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<p>As I did last year, I want to thank everyone who attended this year's Conference in Saratoga Springs on May 1st and 2nd. You make the conference happen by coming together to share your energy and experiences with each other.</p><p>For their work on the conference, thanks also to:</p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jane Dodds</strong><em>, Conference Coordinator</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Summer Downing</strong><em>, Associate Coordinator</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Mike Zagrobelny</strong><em>, DRC Vice Chair</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">John Hurley</strong><em>, DRC Treasurer</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Liz Moran</strong><em>, DRC Secretary</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Karen Ash<em>, Program Book Chair</em></strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Cindy Appleton, <em>Program Book</em></strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Suzanne Coogan<em>, Program Book</em></strong></span></p></li></ul><p>To our session leaders, panelists and speakers:</p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Assemblywoman <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Carrie Woerner</strong>, Senator <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Michelle Hinchey</strong>, Assemblyman <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">John McDonald</strong>, </span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Senator <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Pat Fahy, </strong>Senator <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">James Skoufis</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Congressmen <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Paul Tonko</strong> and <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">John Mannion</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Senator <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Kirsten Gillibrand</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS State Democratic Committee Chair <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jay Jacobs</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Former NYC Council Speaker and LG Candidate <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Adrienne Adams</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Senate Majority Leader <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Andrea Stewart-Cousins</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Comptroller <strong style="color: var(--color-text); 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text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Josh Riley</strong></span></p></li></ul><p>To our event Sponsors:</p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Governor Kathy Hochul </strong>and the<strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> NYS Democratic Committee</strong></span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">for the Friday opening reception</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Attorney General Tish James</strong></span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">for the Friday dessert reception</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jovan Richards </strong>and the <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">New York State Young Democrats </strong></span><strong><br></strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">for the Friday night after-party</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli</strong></span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">for Saturday breakfast</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">New York State United Teachers, NYS AFL-CIO, CWA Local 1124, AFSCME</strong>,</span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">IBEW Local 2104, IBEW Local 2023, 1199 SEIU Healthcare East, </strong>and </span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Teamsters Joint Council 18</strong></span><br><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">for Saturday lunch</span></p></li></ul><p>And to the Saratoga Hilton union staff for their outstanding support.<br><br>--Bill Thickstun</p>

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<p>As your new Chair, I want to thank everyone who attended this year's Conference in Albany on April 26 and 27. You are the ones who make the conference happen by coming together to share your energy and experiences with each other.<br><br>Special thanks to retiring chair <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Judith Hunter</strong></span><strong> </strong>for her six years of leadership, for lining up this year's conference speakers and donors, and for doing everything possible to make this transition run smoothly.</p><p>For their work on the conference, thanks also to:</p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jane Dodds</strong></span><em>, Conference Coordinator</em></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Summer Downing</strong></span><em>, Associate Coordinator</em></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">John Hurley</strong></span><em>, DRC Treasurer</em></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Mike Zagrobelny</strong></span><em>, incoming DRC Vice Chair</em></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Liz Moran</strong></span><em>, incoming DRC Secretary</em></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Cindy Appleton</strong>, <em>Program Book Chair</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Karen Ash</strong>, <em>Program Book</em></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Suzanne Coogan</strong><em>, Program Book</em></span></p></li></ul><p>To our session leaders, panelists and speakers:</p><ul><li><p>Congressman <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Paul Tonko</strong></span> and State Senator<span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Pat Fahy</strong></span></p></li><li><p>Assemblywoman<span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Carrie Woerner</strong></span>, Assemblyman <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">John McDonald</strong></span>, Senator <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Chris Ryan</strong></span>, Senator <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Pat Fahy</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Steve Gamache</strong>,</span> Deputy Director, NY Legislative Commission on Rural Resources</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Ryan Adams</strong></span>, Senior VP at Actum, on Social Media</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Frederick Kowal</strong></span>, United University Professionals</p></li><li><p>Congressman <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Dan Goldman</strong></span></p></li></ul><p>To our event Sponsors:</p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Governor Kathy Hochul and the NYS Democratic Committee</strong></span><br>for the Friday opening reception</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Attorney General Tish James</strong></span><br>for the Friday dessert reception</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli</strong></span><br>for Saturday breakfast</p><p></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">New York State United Teachers</strong></span><strong><br></strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">NYS AFL-CIO</strong></span><strong><br></strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CWA Local 1124</strong></span><strong><br></strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); 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Please let me know if you'd be interested in helping out!</p><p>This new web site remains a work in progress. Many thanks to<span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jay Jacobs</strong></span>, NY State Committee Chair, for making the Run web template and hosting available to us and to all our counties at no cost. Thanks also to <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Ed Reed</strong></span> of Livingston County for his invaluable technical assistance and wisdom during this process.<br><br>--Bill Thickstun</p>

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<h1>The Democratic Rural<br>Conference of <br>New York State<br></h1>

<p>In these dark and difficult days for our nation, what can individuals do?</p><p>We can work to elect local Democratic candidates to office. I understand that the effort can sometimes feel discouraging in Republican towns and counties. But it’s far more important here than in areas where Democrats are more likely to win. With every door we knock and every call we make, we are defending democracy. Connecting with voters is valuable even when local candidates lose, because every vote we win this year is also a potential vote next year in state and federal elections.</p><p>We are the ones--Democrats on the ground in rural counties--who know how to do this. We have flipped rural Congressional districts in 2009 (NY-21, Bill Owens), 2011 (NY-26, Kathy Hochul), 2018 (NY-22, Anthony Brindisi), and 2024 (NY-19, Josh Riley and NY-22, John Mannion). This fall I urge you to support Michael Cashman (<a href="https://cashmanforassembly.com/">https://cashmanforassembly.com/</a>) who is defending a Democratic state Assembly seat (AD-115) in a November 4 special election.</p><p>We win by knocking doors, making calls, donating to candidates, and attending any event where we can listen to the concerns of voters. We know that we can’t lead people forward from twenty miles in front of them. We have to meet them where they are and lead them forward from there. We win by working with Democratic committees, Unions, Indivisible groups, community organizations, and by appealing not just to Democrats but also to independents and moderate Republicans.</p><p>In our counties, the other side is never far away. They’re our neighbors, our friends, our own family members. We can only win by treating everybody respectfully. Just as the customer is always right in business, the voter is always right in politics. When they’re wrong about facts, it’s not useful to correct them. They’ll just tune us out. What we can do is respond to the anxiety and pain they’re feeling. Feelings are never wrong. We also can’t reproach them for decisions they’ve made in the past. We have to treat them with forgiveness and compassion, not judgement. That can sometimes be hard. But it’s the only way we can win.</p><p>Our differences are not as great as we've been led to believe by the forces that want to divide us. Like all voters, majorities of rural voters support the work of local government: public safety, maintaining roads and bridges, economic development in their communities.</p><p>Beyond that, they support preserving Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act. They support veterans. They support Ukraine. They support the Post Office. They support public education. They support raising the national minimum wage. They would welcome good union jobs building housing, wind turbines, solar panels, and improving the electrical grid. They support campaign finance reform. They support higher taxes on the wealthy, to reduce inequality and restore basic fairness to our economy. These are our issues.</p><p>As I said in April, New York State is a microcosm of the nation. We have a progressive coastal city, politically mixed suburbs, and a more conservative heartland. When we win across rural New York, we'll know how to win across America.<br><br>--Bill Thickstun</p>

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<p>It falls to us to open the first session of the 2026 New York State Democratic Convention. The DRC is usually focused,&nbsp;rightfully, on state issues and politics.&nbsp;But while New York State remains strong today, our nation is in peril.</p><p>I'd like us to begin with moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were executed last month by our Federal government in Minneapolis.<br>....</p><p>Thank you.&nbsp;</p><p>The fathers of my generation went to Europe as young men to defeat fascism. They came home to create the longest run of peace and prosperity in the history of the western world.</p><p>Europe in the 1940s was lucky. America came to save them.</p><p>But today fascism has come to America. There's nobody to save us except ourselves.</p><p>We know they're going to send secret police into our cities to terrorize our voters into not voting. We know they're going to seize and destroy ballots where they can. We know they’re going to lie, cheat and steal every vote possible.</p><p>But they still can't be everywhere. Our job is to surprise them and win in places like rural New York where nobody expects us to win. In the next three weeks, our job is to recruit a candidate for every ballot spot, from tax collector to Congress, because we can't win any race we don't enter.&nbsp;</p><p>I don't care whether they're progressive Democrats, moderate Democrats or conservative Democrats, as long as they're willing to run on our line and caucus with our party when they win. We need to get them on the ballot, fund them as well as possible, knock doors for them, and do all we can to support our election workers this fall.</p><p>We know how to do this. We know that many of our voters are unhappy with the other party. If we do our job, we will win everywhere in November.<br><br>--Bill Thickstun</p>

<h2>NY State Senators for DRC Counties</h2>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-40)</h6>

<h4>Peter Harckham</h4>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-41)</h6>

<h4>Michelle Hinchey</h4>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-46)</h6>

<h4>Pat Fahy</h4>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-48)</h6>

<h4>Rachel May</h4>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-50)</h6>

<h4>Chris Ryan</h4>

<h6>NY Senator (SD-52)</h6>

<h4>Lea Webb</h4>

<h1>2025 Fall<br>Message <br>From the Chair<br><br></h1>

<h5>Board Meeting Minutes</h5>

Minutes

<h1>Join us at an event</h1>

<h1>2026 NYS Convention  Message</h1>

Issues Post

<h2>Message from the Chair</h2><p>As I did last year, I want to thank everyone who attended this year's Conference in Saratoga Springs on May 1st and 2nd. You make the conference happen by coming together to share your energy and experiences with each other.</p>

<h1>News + Press</h1>

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<p><a href="/e3c9967b-975b-4e8c-8133-32a9e7fd05df"><strong>2026 Conference Pictures</strong></a></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-bg0-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-bg0-text-accent-secondary);"><a href="/76e3a535-164b-4ae4-b974-05ef166982d2"><strong style="color: var(--color-bg0-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-bg0-text-accent-secondary);">2025 Conference Pictures</strong></a></span></p>

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<p><strong>Make sure you make these deadlines for registering and voting. </strong>To check your registration or look up your polling place, click here.</p>

<h2>Key voting deadlines</h2>

<p>mar. 8</p>

<p>Oct. 15 - 28</p>

<p>nov. 8</p>

Timeline

<h1>Bylaws</h1>

Events

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text)">We are committed to strengthening the Democratic Party throughout rural New York in order to enhance economic prosperity and quality of life across the state.</span></h4><p>The Democratic Rural Conference represents the 47 counties in New York with populations under 250,000. Democratic Party County Chairs and State Committee Members from those counties are DRC voting members. All counties regardless of size cast an equal weighted vote in DRC elections. Each county pays annual membership dues for its voting members, currently set at $90 per county by the board. <br><br>The DRC welcomes other registered Democrats to join us as Associate Members for $10 per year. Associate Members receive all DRC communications, are invited to all DRC events, may serve on DRC committees and may attend board meetings.</p><h4><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democratic-rural-conference-of-new-york-state-1?refcode=email&amp;amount=10&amp;refcode2=assoc_memb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">CLICK HERE</span></a><span style="color: var(--color-text)"> to become an Associate Member of the New York State DRC by making a $10 annual membership donation.</span></h4>

<h2>Message from the Chair</h2><p>In these dark and difficult days for our nation, what can individuals do?</p><p>We can work to elect local Democratic candidates to office.</p>

<h1>2025 Conference <br>Message</h1>

<h1>DRC State Legislators</h1>

Gallery

<h1>How and where to register and vote</h1>

<h1>Rural County Committees</h1>

<h1>2026 DRC Pictures</h1>

<h2>Documents</h2>

<h5>DRC Documents</h5>

Documents

<h1>2026 Conference Message</h1>

Events Post

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