Get Out and Canvass — More Opportunities to Flip Virginia in Coming Weeks

Jon DeNunzio

Oct. 16 update: Democrats To Go has two canvassing events planned in the next two weeks — click the lkinks for information and to sign up:

Saturday, Oct. 20 in Warrenton and Charlottesville for Leslie Cockburn

Saturday., Oct.27 in Chesterfield and Fredericksburg for Abigail Spanberger

We will also have events in the final weekend of the election cycle, too — stay tuned!

What follows is a list of canvasses for Vangie Williams, Elaine Luria, Leslie Cockburn, Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton that other groups have planned. If you can’t make a Democrats To Go canvass, or you simply need to knock on MORE doors, we encourage you to attend one or more of these events.

We’ll update this post as we hear about more canvasses. And if you’d like to include your event on this list, please contact us.

The canvasses are organized by candidate below. More canvasses organized by the campaigns can be found here — click “Select a District Calendar” to choose the candidate you want to support.

VANGIE WILLIAMS – CD 1

Sunday, October 21, 10:00am – 2:00pm

Doors and Drinks for Vangie in CD1, Dale City

Canvassing with Winery visit afterwards. WITH: Indivisible Arlington, WofA, Hunter Mill Huddle, Virginia Indivisible 11, Network NOVA and Vienna Neighbors United.

Carpool avail in 2 locations, departing at 10am:
Tysons Area Starbucks – 8381 Leesburg Pike
Arlington Area Giant – 2901-11 S Glebe Rd

Questions: [email protected]

ELAINE LURIA – CD 2

Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21

Canvass for Elaine Luria

Join 31st Street Swing Left, Nope Neighbors, JWalkers, etc in support of Luria! Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia. Carpools leaving from Md.

Leader: Jan White

RSVP for more info: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/f11ad055a5354e64ab782e9b25cbf133

Saturday, Oct. 27 and Sunday Oct. 28

Canvassing Weekend for Elaine Luria with TIM KAINE!

Please join Tim Kaine in Virginia Beach at 11:30 am as he fires up volunteers for Elaine Luria. CD02 has the lowest turnout of any flippable district. Join VADF, WofA and others to Get Out the Vote. Day trips are feasible to either location. Multiple shifts to choose from. Carpooling and free housing available.

Location: Virginia Beach (5600 Virginia Beach Blvd., VA Beach) (preferred location); Williamsburg (322 Monticello Ave.)

Leader: Annette Lang, [email protected]

RSVP: https://bit.ly/2CxjMi4

Saturday, Nov 3 – Sunday, Nov 4

Canvassing Weekend for Elaine Luria

Williamsburg and Virginia Beach

Join VADF, WofA and others to Get Out the Vote. Multiple GOTV canvassing shifts on Saturday and Sunday – do one or more.

Location: Virginia Beach (5600 Virginia Beach Blvd., VA Beach) (preferred location); Williamsburg (322 Monticello Ave.)

Leader: Annette Lang, [email protected]

RSVP: https://bit.ly/2CxjMi4

LESLIE COCKBURN – CD 5

Saturday, Oct 20, 9:15am – 12:30 pm or 9:15am – 3:00pm

Canvassing Day for Leslie Cockburn in Warrenton

35 Horner Street, Warrenton, VA 20186
Organized by the VirginiaGrassroots coalition including Virginia Democracy Forward (VADF), Nope! Neighbors DC, and Georgetown College Democrats!
RSVP: Kathleen Nawaz, kathleendnawaz@gmail.com

  • Carpools will depart from McLean, Arlington or DC at 8:15 am.  Let us know in advance if you want to carpool and/or need a ride.
  • Meet at Leslie Cockburn Campaign office in Warrenton at 9:15 am.  Easy drive from McLean or DC – 50-55 min.
  • Meet for Lunch in downtown Warrenton close to campaign office at 1 pm.
  • Sign up for one morning shift and head back – or sign up for morning & afternoon shifts for maximum action!
  • We can pair up people with experienced canvassers – great way to learn and make it a more interactive day.  Let us know in advance if you’d like to go in a pair.
  • We will provide candidate stand on issues, script and information about the district ahead of the event – so that everyone is prepared.

Sunday, October 28, 11 am

Canvassing for Leslie Cockburn

Blue Families is doing a special kid-friendly trip out to Warrenton for Leslie Cockburn.  We’ll be meeting at Virginia Square Metro at 11 AM and caravanning out to the Cockburn field office at 35 Horner Street, Warrenton, VA 20186 (or you can meet us there).  After we do a canvassing packet, we’ll stop for soft serve ice cream on the way home.
RSVP: here and on Facebook.

Sunday, October 28

Canvassing for Leslie Cockburn

Join 31st Street Swing Left, Nope Neighbors, JWalkers, etc in support of Cockburn! Location: Warrenton. Carpools leaving from Md.

Leader: Amy Kossoff

RSVP for more info: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/f11ad055a5354e64ab782e9b25cbf133 (scroll down to find the VA canvasses)

ABIGAIL SPANBERGER – CD 7

Every Weekend Until the Election

Beyond Arlington Canvass fro Abigail Spanberger

MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. The Abigail Spanberger race will be very close. Join #BeyondArlington in Chesterfield County for a weekend of canvassing. Volunteer housing available! We can’t win this without you!

RSVP: tinyurl.com/y8a69o6s.

Saturday, November 3 – Sunday, November 4

Blue Families: Richmond GOTV Road Trip for Abigail Spanberger
It’s time for one final road trip to flip the Virginia 7th District as we help Abigail Spanberger get out the vote and send her to Congress. We’re making this trip extra kid-friendly by encouraging folks to see some sights and sample from a burgeoning food scene. Best of all, gracious volunteers will provide us with free overnight housing.

More Info and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-families-richmond-gotv-road-trip-for-abigail-spanberger-tickets-49632829128

Saturday, November 3, 8:30am

Caravan from Arlington to Canvass for Abigail Spanberger

Caravan out to either Culpepper or Spotsylvania as a group.  If you are willing to help drive, please drive your car to my home that morning.  (There is plenty of street parking if we don’t use all the vehicles).  We will caravan to the staging location and canvass out from there.  We should be back in Arlington  around 3:00PM.

Meet at: 1004 19th St. S. Arlington, VA at (Accessible via Pentagon City Metro)

Questions: contact Kerry, [email protected] or 703-597-2416 

JENNIFER WEXTON – CD 10

Many canvassing locations are now open for Wexton’s GOTV.  There will still be canvassing out of our Sterling, Chantilly, and Manassas Park offices, but the campaign also has a bunch of new staging locations that they would like to direct volunteers to:

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