The Shirley Democratic Town Committee is pleased to announce that it has elected three delegates and one alternate to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention, to be held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell on September 23.

 

The Committee held its caucus on Saturday, June 10. Elected delegates are Liz Johnson, Kendra Kratkiewicz, and Olivia Oestreicher. Tennie Komar was elected alternate, and the ex-officio delegate is Committee Chair Dina Samfield.

 

The 2023 MassDems Convention will be in person at the Tsongas Center in Lowell to adopt a Party Agenda and/or Platform by a majority vote of Convention delegates present and voting based upon the recommendation, subject to amendments, of the Party Agenda or Platform Committee.

 

“This year we had no male or non-binary candidates run for delegate,” said Samfield after the caucus. “But for the first time in as long as I can remember, we elected a youth delegate to represent our committee at the Convention. 

 

“Olivia Oestreicher is a third-year student at Northeastern University, pursuing a B.S. in Political Science and Communication Studies, with a minor in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. At age 19, she has already served as an intern for 37th Middlesex State Representative Dan Sena, and is currently interning for 3rd Berkshire State Representative Smitty Pignatelli.

 

Olivia has already achieved a long list of accomplishments, and we are thrilled that she will be joining our other delegates at the Convention this year.”

 

“Youth, minorities, and people with disabilities who are registered Shirley Democrats not elected as delegates or alternates may still apply to be add-on delegates,” she continued. “This is a great way to get involved and learn about the Democratic Party process.”

 

The deadline to apply to be an add-on delegate is July 14 at 5:00 p.m. The application can be found at https://massdems.org/your-party/delegate.