Speaker pro Tempore of the Assembly Fiona Ma is joining the Ventura County Democratic Party’s massive efforts to get out the vote for local Assembly candidates Ferial Masry, Diana Shaw and Das Williams this weekend.

Ma, a Democrat from the 12th District in San Francisco and the second highest ranking member in the Assembly, will be visiting local Democratic Party field offices on Saturday and Sunday in a “Meet and Treat” event.

At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Ma will rally volunteers at the Simi Valley Democratic Party Headquarters, 2904 Cochran St., for 38th District Assembly candidate Diana Shaw. Phone banks are running here through Monday evening, 12-8 p.m. Information: (805) 210-6061. To volunteer for Shaw, contact info@ElectDianaShaw.com or (661) 367-2434. Phone bank from the comfort of your home through the Democratic Alliance for Action by contacting  phonebank@daa.org.

Diana Shaw can win this election if we can get Democrats to vote. The voter registration gap in the 38th Assembly District has closed. Voters know the Republican incumbent isn’t representing them, and Diana will make sure their voices are heard in Sacramento.

At 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Ma will visit Ventura County Democratic Party Headquarters at 1760 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, to meet with supporters for 37th District Assembly candidate Ferial Masry.

Phones will be in heavy rotation until election day for all endorsed local candidates at the Camarillo office. To see the endorsement list, visit www.venturacountydemocrats.com/candidates. To volunteer, call (805) 987-2300.

The Masry campaign is running phone banking and precinct walking out of the Thousand Oaks Democratic Headquarters, 702 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday through Tuesday, election day. Volunteers are asked to bring cell phones and/or laptop computers. Information: (805) 633-6006. Come help us win Audra Strickland’s open seat, and keep a Republican big oil lobbyist out of the Assembly!

On Sunday, a visit from Speaker pro Tempore Ma to the Das Williams for 35th District Assembly headquarters, 534 South A Street, Oxnard, will kick off a neighborhood walk 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Phone banks will operate from 10 a.m-6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday. Walks will be 3-6:30 p.m. on Monday and 2-8 p.m. Tuesday. Information: (805) 253-3139.

Whether as an educator, councilmember, or community organizer, Das Williams has stuck to his values and fought for his community for 15 years. He’s been able to pass living wage laws, advocate for transit service increases, expand hundreds of jobs, and protect classroom funding.  We have one of the most energetic grassroots operations in the area, and we need you to be a part of it to fight off a $200,000 attempt by oil companies and others to attack Das.

For more information on other county election activities call (805) 633-6006.

Join Barbara Boxer fans at the first-ever Barbara Boxer Bad Hair Day Contest and US Senate Debate Watching Party and Fundraiser. Grab the hair gel, get moussed or wear your worst wig – prize for the worst hair.

It’s official: The first prime-time, televised debate in the California U.S. Senate race is on between Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger. It is set set for Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.

Enjoy wine and light hors d’oeurves in your ring-side seat as you watch the live stream with fellow Democrats at the Ventura County Democratic Party headquarters located at 1760 Ventura Blvd. in Old Town Camarillo. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. The purpose of this event is to raise money for Senator Boxer’s campaign and the newly-formed Democratic Campaign Council of Ventura County. We are asking for a $15 donation per person.

The hour-long debate will start at 7 p.m. and be broadcast commercial-free before a live audience on KTVU Channel 2. Locally, the debate will be aired by KABC-TV7. A conference call with Senator Boxer’s campaign staff will follow the debate. Following the debate and discussion we will judge our Bad Hair Day Contest.

Why the Bad Hair Day Contest? At a recent Democratic fund-raiser in Santa Barbara, the Senator made several joking references to an open-microphone remark made last month by her Republican opponent, that her [Boxer's] hair was “sooo yesterday.” “If everyone in California who has had a bad hair day voted for me, we will win by a landslide,” Senator Boxer said, as the supporters cheered. “I’m going for the bad hair vote!”

This event is sponsored by the Democratic Campaign Council of Ventura County, the newest chartered organization of the Ventura County Democratic Party. The purpose of the Campaign Council is to organize volunteers, register Democratic voters and strengthen grassroots ties with candidates and ballot initiatives within the county. Membership is only $5 and your commitment to work.

Visit the VCDCC’s new office, watch the debate and sign up to come back and help our outstanding Democratic candidates get elected in November.

To sign-up and pay online, visit actblue.com/page/boxerfiorinadebate01 and click on the link for for the event. Contact Brian Leshon, bleshon@venturacountydemocrats.com, President of the Democratic Campaign Council, at 805-641-2400 for more information.