Welcome to knoxdems.org!
Thanks for stopping by the website for the Knox County Democratic Party. We are located in the County Seat of Galesburg, Illinois and have been promoting Democracy in Knox County since 1836. If you would like to contact us, our chair, Norm Winick, is more than happy to speak with you.
He can be reached at his store which is our headquarters located at 251 E. Main St. Galesburg, Ill. He can also be reached by phone at 309/342-1600 or by snail mail to P.O. Box 2, Galesburg, IL 61402. Additionally you can email him at chair@knoxdems.org or text 309/361-8000. As the 2010 general election approaches, we will have an additional campaign headquarters.
The officers of the Knox County Democratic Central Committee for 2010-2012 are:
| Chair | Norm Winick | |
| 1st Vice-Chair | Gregory S. "Pat" DeWitt | |
| 2nd Vice-Chair | Louisa Buck | |
| 3rd Vice-Chair | Danny England | |
| Secretary | Michele Henry | |
| Treasurer | Lisa England |
The Party meets the 4th Thursday of each month at various locations, The meetings start at 7pm but feel free to come at 6pm and order dinner. If you would like to be on our email list to receive notifications of meetings and special events, please drop an email to chair@knoxdems.org or text 309/361-8000.
Thursday, July 22--
Meet and Greet Lieutenant Governor candidate Sheila Simon. 1:30pm. Innkeeper's Coffee, Seminary & Ferris Sts. Free.
The July meeting of the Knox County Democrats is Thursday, July 22nd at 7:00 p.m. at Hammer's General Feed Store, 39 4L Plaza, Galesburg. You are welcome to join us for supper, ordering from their extensive menu or partaking of their soup, salad, pizza, taco and pasta bar, starting around 6:00 p.m. All Democratic candidates, elected officials and interested people are welcome.
August 3-7--
Knox County Fair, Knoxville
The 44th Annual Knox County Democratic Ice Cream Social will be Thursday, August 19th from 5-7pm at James Knox Park in Knoxville. Tickets are $3 each and include Cake or Pie and Ice Cream.
The 2010 Knox County Democratic Woman of the Year is Christine Eik Winick (lower right). She was honored at the Camelot Dinner where she posed with previous winners Louisa Buck, Jan Occhi, Joyce Bean, Catherine Page, Bea Swartz, Ruby Frey and Vivian Peck. The one non-winner in the photo is the man who congratulated them all... Congressman Phil Hare.
Governor Pat Quinn was introduced by Congressman Phil Hare on October 12, 2009 at the Galesburg Labor Temple where Hare endorsed Quinn's candidacy for Governor. Also present to hear the Governor were Galesburg Mayor Sal Garza and dozens of Knox County Democrats.