Benzie County Democrats

10/16/2026

TOMORROW: We are sponsoring another No Kings Rally #4 - Benzonia, MIin Benzie County on Saturday, October 17, from 1-3 p.m.

We will be meeting at the Benzonia Post Office and filling in the sidewalks at the top and down the hill.

We had more than 500 people participate in our first No Kings Rally in April 2025, and then we had around 1,000 during No Kings #2 in October 2025, and then around 500 in March 2026. How many people can we get to show up in October 2026?

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We'll also be making signs at our Honor Headquarters from 11:15am-12:45pm, so feel free to join us!

10/16/2026

TOMORROW: On Saturday, October 17, starting at 9:30am, we'll coffee klatch, get some positive Party and community announcements, and hear from a few guest speakers at our Monthly Meeting - State Senator Mallory McMorrow.

We'll be hosting State Senator Mallory McMorrow.

9:30am - We'll start chit-chatting and have breakfast and coffee
10:00 - Our local leaders will give their updates
10:30am - Our guest speaker will begin

Either way, we're done with the meeting at 11:15am, because the we'll set out more fortifying snacks and start sign-making with our art supplies for the No Kings Rally #4 - Benzonia, MI that will happen later in the day. (We meet in Benzonia from 1-3pm reminding our neighbors that it's time to vote and to vote NOW!)

If you can't meet in person, please make sure to Zoom from home, here's the link: https://bit.ly/4B3MQYq

10/14/2026

Make sure to "like," "comment," and "share" this post to get more eyes on it!

(This is modified from an ad that we recently ran on the front page of the Benzie County Record Patriot.)

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Contact the offices of our elected officials to let them know what you think about this.

Rep. Jack Bergman (R) 202-225-4735
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D) 202-224-4822
Senator Gary Peters (D) 202-224-6221
Betsy Coffia for 103rd State House (D) 517-373-3817
State Representative John Roth (R) 517-373-1766
Senator Jon Bumstead (R) (517) 373-1635
White House Comment Line 202-456-1111

10/14/2026

We are sponsoring another No Kings Rally #4 - Benzonia, MI in Benzie County on Saturday, October 17, from 1-3 p.m.

We will be meeting at the Benzonia Post Office and filling in the sidewalks at the top and down the hill.

We had more than 500 people participate in our first No Kings Rally in April 2025, and then we had around 1,000 during No Kings #2 in October 2025, and then around 500 in March 2026. How many people can we get to show up in October 2026?

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We'll also be making signs at our Honor Headquarters from 11:15am-12:45pm, so feel free to join us!

10/06/2026

VOTING GUIDE: Y'all have been asking for it, and here it is... our 2026 voting guide!

Everyone that we have endorsed (even if it's the "nonpartisan" section of the ballot) and how we recommend voting on ballot proposals, at both the county and state levels!

It also includes important dates about absentee voting, early voting, registration, etc.

Please use it, and please share it far and wide--VOTE BLUE THIS NOVEMBER!

10/06/2026

We love that this event is happening in Leelanau County, and we would love to see something like it in Benzie County...

Join the Glen Arbor Sun, Interlochen Public Radio, and the Leelanau Enterprise on Monday, Oct. 5, at 7 pm at the Glen Arbor Town Hall for the 2026 Cherry Pie Debates. This year, we’ll hear fr…

10/06/2026

Make sure to "like," "comment," and "share" this post to get more eyes on it!

(This is modified from an ad that we recently ran on the front page of the Benzie County Record Patriot.)

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Contact the offices of our elected officials to let them know what you think about this.

Rep. Jack Bergman (R) 202-225-4735
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D) 202-224-4822
Senator Gary Peters (D) 202-224-6221
State Representative Betsy Coffia (D) 517-373-3817
State Representative John Roth (R) 517-373-1766
Senator Jon Bumstead (R) (517) 373-1635
White House Comment Line 202-456-1111

10/03/2026

To the Editor of the Traverse City Record-Eagle:

The Republicans, particularly President Trump, have again embarked on a dangerous trade war with one of our closest trading partners--Canada.

Why?

Is this more of Trump's petty whims, or do Republicans actually have an agenda?

I think it's clearly the latter. Tariffs are promoted ostensibly to protect U.S. manufacturing from foreign companies that exploit cheap non-union labor. But Canadian trade unions are covered by national and provincial statues patterned after U.S. labor laws.

Unions represent more than 30% of Canadian workers. In the United States, labor unions represent barely 10% of workers. This, despite evidence that unions enjoy overwhelming support in this country.

Many Republicans, including Trump himself, have repeatedly attacked labor unions and have even praised employers for firing workers who have exercised their statutory right to complain about working conditions to join a union or to strike over their working conditions.

Targeting Canadian employers, who pay good wages and benefits to their union-represented workers, with the latest trade war is simply another way that Republicans continue their longstanding war on workers.

For sure, this has absolutely nothing to do with protecting American manufacturing from cheap foreign imports.

I urge everyone to think very carefully about this when we go to the polls in November.

Brad Raymond
Frankfort

10/03/2026

One of the largest ICE facilities is located right here in Northern Michigan, in the otherwise quiet village of Baldwin, a quick 60-minute-or-so drive from Benzie County; there are 1,800 beds, most of them full currently.

Want to know more about the historical and current corruption behind the ICE detention facility down in Baldwin?

Our friends at Traverse Indivisible did a deep dive: https://bit.ly/4zcQPjM .

Please share this one far and wide--let's get some eyes on it!

NORTH LAKECONCENTRATION CAMP concentration camp (n) : a place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard— Merriam-Webster Dictionary ↑ QUICK NAVIGATIONIntrod...