When we googled “Happy Blue Year” looking for images for this newsletter, we were surprised to find that it’s actually a thing. Sadly, it refers to a decorating/design color scheme - not exactly what we had in mind.

We found more of what we were looking for by reading through the obligatory year-in-review columns. While some of our favorite authors focused more on the failures of 2025 (see Jeff Tiedrich for the epic media fails of the year), others looked optimistically forward. Dean Obeidallah focuses on the successes ‘We the People’ had in 2025 (think the No Kings rallies and the Disney boycott) and the opportunities we have to continue that work into the midterms next year.

Christopher Armitage has some specific strategies in mind for the coming year. At the blue state leadership level, he has a strategy for “Soft Succession” to dismantle MAGA policies with multi-state obstruction. Specifically for us at the red state, grass roots level, he has an “Occupy Republican Minds” strategy where we flood the offices of MAGA electeds with angry constituent calls, emails and protests to gum up the works and impede their ability to move their agenda forward.

The theme of these thoughts is a common one: no one is going to save us but ourselves, and we’ve shown we can do it. (Like every election in recent memory) the 2026 midterms are going to be the most important of our lifetimes. Our focus for the year will be on maximizing the opportunities presented to us by:

joining forces with other Dallas County clubs and area precinct chairs to present opportunities to you to meet our terrific Democratic primary candidates, local and statewide! (See below for three great opportunities coming up!)
working hard with our precinct chairs to support these Democratic candidates and lift Democratic voter turnout (we’re going to supplant traditional outreach methods like block walking with newer, more promising methods like “relational organizing” - come to our January meeting (see below) to learn more about this!)
continuing the grass roots pressures by participating in Nationwide protests (there’s an upcoming event on January 20! See below for more information.)
supporting the Armitage-recommended “guerilla warfare” methods against our federal and state republican leaders. (Stay tuned for more specific information from our Action Committee.)
We’re creating a Quick Action Team which will get first notice of all of these opportunities next year! Want to be part of the change? Sign up here!

Keep reading to see what else is coming up - together we can make 2026 a Happy Blue Year!

What you may have missed this month

PCA Dems Holiday Party

Our annual Holiday Party was again a great success. Elbows were rubbed, cheer was had, and candidates Kevin Burge, Liz Ginsburg and Allison Mitchell all joined us in the celebration! Many thanks to our gracious hosts and to all present!

Do you have images of PCA Dems about town?
Send them to us at info@pcadems.com!

Next Up:

PCA Dems co-host

2026 Dem Primary Statewide Candidate

Meet and Greet via Zoom

Tuesday, January 13

6:30 - 8:30

Grass roots clubs from all over Dallas County are joining forces with the FEDDS to bring statewide candidates to you via Zoom. This will be the only opportunity to see everyone together in Dallas County before the March 3 primary! Make sure to register as soon as possible!

1) Register via the link below
2) You will receive an email with the Zoom link
3) Join the meeting!

Tuesday, January 13 at 6:30

Register for Zoom Meeting

PCA Dems January Meeting

Thursday, January 15

5:00 - 7:00

One of our New Year’s resolutions is to get better organized. If we want to turn the Park Cities area into a bluer shade of purple, we’re going to need to pull out all the organizational stops. Relational Organizing is the latest trend among the political insiders: what is it? when does it work better than traditional outreach methods? what is the best way to reach out to our neighbors? We’ll learn all about this at the January meeting!

RSVP for January Meeting

Join the Next Big Walkout

Tuesday, January 20

2:00 pm

The next big walkout has been announced for January 20. Dallas details have not been made public - watch on our Facebook page and on PCADems.com for the latest updates!

Debate for Attorney General

Democratic Primary Candidates

Thursday, January 22

6:30 - 9:00 pm

Organized by Richardson Area Democrats (RAD), see both major Democratic candidates for this office on one stage. We’ve all seen the damage a bad TX AG can do - let’s find out how electing a Democrat can do good for Texans. Moderated by James Barrigan of Capital Tonight, let’s see which candidate impresses us the most.

Register early for a seat in the audience - or tune in on the RAD YouTube channel or to the broadcast by Progress Texas!

Register for tickets

More Upcoming Things to Do

Meet the Candidates

for 24th Congressional District and

108th Texas House District

Sunday, February 15

4:00 - 6:00

The district lines are official and so is our candidate pool. Let’s send Beth Van Duyne (CD 24) and Morgan Meyer (HD 108) home! Meet the candidates running to do just that. Location upon RSVP, below.

RSVP to event

Weekly protest at Mockingbird and Abrams

Want to be a little more active in your resistance schedule? The weekly protest at Mockingbird and Abrams has been a consistent success! Show up with a sign and bring a friend. Protest is held in front of the (closed) Joann’s fabrics store - plenty of parking!!

every Saturday
noon - 1:00 pm

Blues at the Stoneleigh P.

Join fellow Blues for casual conversation every other Tuesday at the Stoneleigh P. Pop in for a drink, or stay for dinner!

January 6
January 20
5:00 - ??
4218 Lemmon Ave.

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New events are being added daily!! Click below to see the latest!

Up to the minute calendar of events

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Jan 3: Weekly protest: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Mockingbird and Abrams

Jan 6: Blues at the Stoneleigh P: 5:00 pm - ?; 4218 Lemmon Ave

Jan 10: Weekly protest: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Mockingbird and Abrams

Jan 13: Statewide Candidate Forum via Zoom: 6:30 pm
Jan 15: PCA Dems Monthly Meeting: 5:00 - 7:00 pm; location upon RSVP
Jan 17: Weekly protest: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Mockingbird and Abrams
Jan 20: Walkout for our Freedoms: 2:00 pm; Details TBA
Jan 20: Blues at the Stoneleigh P: 5:00 pm - ?; 4218 Lemmon Ave
Jan 22: Attorney General Debate: 6:30 - 9:00 pm; program at 7:00 pm; Dallas College, Richland Campus
Jan 24: Weekly protest: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Mockingbird and Abrams
Jan 31: Weekly protest: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Mockingbird and Abrams
Feb 15: Area Candidate Meet and Greet; location upon RSVP

Click on event calendar (below) for details.