Veterans and Military Families Caucus

In just a short 2-year period the DPVA Veterans and Military Families Caucus has played key roles in the past 2 election cycles. Our efforts were paramount in working towards getting President Obama the number of votes he needed to garner the nomination here in the Commonwealth. Last year, though the gubernatorial elections did not fare in our favor, we did have 3 outstanding sets of VMF policy that the candidates pushed as a top tier issue during their campaigns. Our ability to sign up 100′s of supporters in a quick amount of time proved our level of effectiveness and efficiency as a committee. And, more importantly showed the people of the Commonwealth, including our fellow Democrats, that the issues of veterans and their families are our issues: Democratic issues.

This year, with the assistance of good friends in and active with our committee, we wrote the DNC’s Veterans Candidate Platform. We have taken said platform and distributed it to our Congressional candidates: both incumbants and first time candidates. Our VMF platform is a key component of these races, and significantly, is now being used nationally. Nearly every race has a VMF “guru” advising its campaign. Again, this speaks volumes to all of your hardwork and dedication. Since our inception, we are, and continue to be, the example for all of the other states’ Democratic party offiliated VMFCs. I thank you for all that you do!

To help continue our stallwart work, please renew your membership here. If you are not yet an official member of the Veterans and Military Family Caucus, you too may click on the link to join. The membership fee is only $10/year, which mainly goes towards the upkeep of our website.

Thank you for your time! I look forward to our great work together.

Terron Sims
Chair, Veterans and Military Families Caucus
Democratic Party of Virginia