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Thursday, May 20, 2010
What’s next for Secretary of State Brunner?
There’s political life for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner after Brunner’s loss to Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.
Brunner gave her backers a hint about those plans in an email on Thursday, May 20, and invited them to come along:
“I don’t intend to stop now. How about you? While we wait for the right time to pick up our fight in another campaign, how about helping me help others?
“In the next days and weeks I intend to introduce you to causes and people who are making a difference in their efforts to change government at all levels to work better for us. Your email address will not be provided to anyone. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about other organizations and candidates—and you can opt to learn more about them and how to get involved.”
Brunner’s campaign said further details aren’t available yet.
Here’s the full email:
In the last two weeks people have been asking, “What’s next for you?” A person can start a journey with every intention of completing it, yet be waylaid only to find a different, unanticipated path.
My U.S. Senate campaign was a journey through Ohio (in an old silver school bus) that blessed me with the privilege to see and hear firsthand the stories and concerns of many resilient and caring people in Ohio. I am forever changed by them and you.
Our campaign energized and inspired people. Our “new, old-fashioned” campaign, combining grassroots with Netroots, empowered thousands and helped us compete with less money and more genuine people support.
Together, we built an organization that can continue to demand we elect our leaders in a new way and change how our government works for us. We have a lot to do.
I don’t intend to stop now. How about you? While we wait for the right time to pick up our fight in another campaign, how about helping me help others?
In the next days and weeks I intend to introduce you to causes and people who are making a difference in their efforts to change government at all levels to work better for us. Your email address will not be provided to anyone. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about other organizations and candidates—and you can opt to learn more about them and how to get involved.
You mean a lot to me, and I’m grateful for what so many of you have done. I’m more committed than ever. We have been part of something special, each in our own unique way. I’m ready to keep going. How about you? I’ll follow up soon.
Thanks for all you do.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Brunner Ohio Secretary of State
P.S. You can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JenniferBrunner or join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BrunnerForSenate.
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State Rep. Winburn wins leadership institute fellowship
State Rep. Roland Winburn, D-Harrison Twp., has been chosen for a training program that identifies and assists promising state leaders in the Midwest.
He is one of 37 lawmakers in the region chosen for the program at the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, sponsored by the Council of State Governments, according to a press release on Thursday, May 20.
He will join lawmakers from 11 states and several Canadian provinces from July 9-13 in Madison, Wisc., the release said.
“Other states in the Midwest are facing many of the same challenges we are grappling with in Ohio, and I relish the opportunity to exchange ideas with my colleagues from around the region. I look forward to bringing home leadership skills that will allow me to help position Ohio for an even greater future,” Winburn said in the release.
He and the others were chosen through a competitive nonpartisan process, the release said.
