Charles Decker
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Medicare for All
Central Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America August 3 2021.
Thank you Alder Darryl Brackeen, Jr., Alder Charles Decker, New Haven, Ward 9, Alder Adam Marchand, Ward 25, New Haven, every alder who voted in favor, and all of the advocates in Central CT DSA and Medicare For All CT who helped make this resolution a reality. The time to support true health equity and justice is now! We call on Rosa DeLauro and Chris Murphy to join Senator Richard Blumenthal in co-sponsoring Medicare for All!
Medicare for All supporters included Andrew Giering, Sarah Salano, Holly Hackett and James Bhandary-Alexander of DSA.
Central Connecticut DSA Closed Group
Members of the Central Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America Closed Facebook Group, as of August 18, 2017 included Charles Decker.[1]
Two primary wins
Central Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America, September 13
- Excited to announce that two members of our DSA chapter have won their respective Democratic Primary races. Justin Farmer for Fifth District Town Council in Hamden, and Charles Decker for Ward 9 in the Board of Alders in New Haven! We look forward to a general election in the Greater New Haven that features two socialists!
DSA public office holders
As of December 2019 Central Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America had five members win public office. Darnell Ford, a child services worker and executive board member of SEIU 1199 New England, won a seat on the Middletown Common Council. Kellin Atherton won a seat on the Middletown Planning and Zoning Commission. They join three incumbent DSA electeds who were re-elected to city council seats: Charles Decker in New Haven, Justin Farmer in Hamden, and Gina Morgenstein in Wallingford.[2]
Socialist victories
November 7, 2017 city council seat victories for socialists include self-described democratic socialist Tristan Rader in Lakewood, Ohio; and Democratic Socialists of America members Denise Joy in Billings, Montana, who won by more than eight hundred votes; Charles Decker in New Haven, Connecticut; Justin Farmer in Hamden, Connecticut; and Joel Sipress who won with 67 percent of the vote in Duluth’s 2nd District. Democratic Socialists of America Buffalo vice chair Brian Nowak also won a seat in Cheektowaga, as did dues-paying Democratic Socialists of America member Ross Grooters, who ran a campaign championing clean water and living wages.[3]
DSA elected official
- The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) today (11/9/17) announced that its membership now includes 15 new elected officials. This is in addition to 20 elected already in offices around the United States. On Tuesday the DSA was represented in 25 elections across 13 different states. Four of those running have national endorsements from the DSA, and many others were supported by our local chapters.
Charles Decker (D) Alderman for District 9, New Haven CT , was on the list.[4]
DSA Elected Officials, March 2019
From a March 6, 2019 by DSA National Electoral Committee statement "DSA Elected Officials Support Teacher Power and Working People Everywhere."
Endorsing Democratic Socialists of America members included Charles Decker, New Haven, CT Adlerman, Ward 9.
References
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- ↑ [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/11/election-day-socialists-carter-brisport-jentzen-singh-krasner-dsa Jacobin Yesterday Was a Good Day BRANKO MARCETIC 11.08.2017]
- ↑ [ http://www.dsausa.org/15_dsa_members_elected DL 15 DSA Members Elected!, 2017 election Posted by Dsa 🌹 on 11.09.17 By Democratic Socialists of America]