Hillary Clinton Ballot Elect 2 Women and 2 Men Brief Bios were requested of all candidates by email Rochelle Batties Graduate from Temple University in 1977 with a Bachelors Degree in Social Work. Retired from The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Court System after successfully completing 27 years of service. Upon retiring, I migrated to Florida in 2007 and became very active in the political process. I served on the Obama/Biden Campaign in 2008 and started working the polls with The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections. I worked as an inspector, voting equipment inspector, assistant clerk and worked my way up to a clerk position, overseeing four precincts. It is indeed an honor to serve as a delegate for the Democratic National Convention and I pledge my loyal support to Hillary Clinton. I strongly believe she is the only candidate to represent the United States of America with great pride and dignity. Her leadership will prove beneficial as she is “Organic." With Hillary you get the real deal!!! Hillary’s fighting spirit will take us in a direction that will benefit the entire country. I believe in her values that she will continue to fight for better health care, voters rights, jobs, equality and overall lifestyle changes not for some people but for all people. I believe she not only talks the talk, but walks the walk!! Felicia Bruce This is Felicia Bruce and I am running to be a National Delegate at the Democratic National Convention this summer. In the recent past I have served Democrats :  As an Obama for America Fellow With Organizing for America  As a lead for Treasure Coast for Hillary  As a St. Lucie County Democratic Club member I have walked precincts, manned phone banks and been a Democratic Poll Watcher  As an officer in the DEC I have worked tirelessly to elect Democrats  As a retired teacher I have worked closely with active and retired teachers as well as other labor organizations on the Treasure Coast to mobilize in support of legislation that would help parents, students, educators and working families Please vote for me in the upcoming congressional caucus. Peggy Harris Through my service, knowledge, and experience within the community makes me Peggy A. Brown-Harris, the best delegate for the Democratic National Convention. As a team we must continue to build on our legacy and forge a strong future in our support of electing Hillary Clinton as our next President. Affiliations Community Board Member Preservation Historical Board of St Lucie County Sunrise Theater, Secretary Lincoln Park Main Street Big Brothers and Big Sisters, St Lucie County Make a Wish – Wish Grantor Zeta Phi Beta National - State Trustee Regional – Male Network Coordinator Local - President of Zeta Eta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Susan Lipschutz Rachelle Litt My name is Rachelle Litt and I am running for Hillary Delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Congressional District 18. I have lived and worked as a Pharmacist in Palm Beach County District 18 for the past 30 years. I am a precinct Captain in Zone 1, Precinct 1238 and an active member of the Palm Beach County DEC and the North County Democratic Club. As a grassroots organizer in Palm Beach County, I have been very active mobilizing the volunteers who make up the backbone of any campaign. I was a Neighborhood Team Leader for OFA, the Obama election machine in 2012 and worked on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout in Palm Beach County. I was a Get Out The Vote Staging Location Captain, for Patrick Murphy's Congressional Campaign in 2014, and I am currently the Northern Palm Beach County Volunteer Organizer and Jewish Outreach Lead for Hillary for America 2016! I have been working diligently on Hillary's 2016 campaign. On January 2nd, when volunteer efforts for Hillary for Florida officially got underway, I put together a team of Hillary supporters and immediately went to work to get her elected. Through our phone banks, canvassing and volunteer recruitment we were successful in facilitating her primary win in the state, and my volunteers and I were ecstatic to be part of the volunteer team that pulled off an impressive election night rally at the WPB Convention Center that was broadcast nationally. In addition to continuing with volunteer recruitment and outreach, I am now working on increasing our Democratic voter base by doing monthly volunteer training on how to do voter registration, and overseeing 2 voter registration captains who schedule our volunteers. Hillary's Global advocacy for women and children, dating back even before her time in public office, is what draws me most to her candidacy. This, coupled with her unparalleled Foreign Affairs experience as Secretary of State has convinced me that she is the most qualified candidate to lead our country forward in these challenging times. I am asking for your vote to be the Hillary Delegate from District 18 in July, when we come together to nominate Hillary Clinton as our candidate for President of the United States Rachelle Marilyn Mordes My qualifications for election as a delegate include years of service to the Democratic Party in Martin County, most recently as State Party Committeewoman. I am a founder of the Democratic Women’s Club, and a member of the Black Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Club of Martin County. I’ve chaired “Dinner with Democrats,” served as a Grassroots Advocate, and worked on dozens of different fund-raisers. I am also a member of the Martin County League of Women Voters and Martin County Conservation Alliance. In my other life, I’m a registered nurse and mother of two grown sons, with a long history of volunteer work in our schools and health care systems, as well as with numerous local non-profits. Linda Ray Evett Simmons Evett Simmons and Hillary Clinton, Dec. 1, 2015 at the 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Simmons presided over the program and Clinton was the keynote speaker). Since 2007 when Hillary Clinton launched her first campaign, I have worked to ensure that she would one day become President. I have gone to Iowa to assist with the Caucus, gone to Houston to work during the primary and have worked at polling places during the general election. I have given and raised money for her candidacy as well as other democratic candidates. I have opened my home for democratic fundraisers. I am a shareholder in the Port St. Lucie office of the law firm of Greenspoon Marder, P.A. I have been a member of of the St. Lucie Democratic Executive Committee and successfully chaired the campaign to Elect Larry Lee, Jr. to the Florida House of Representatives, District 84. I would be humbly honored if you would allow me to serve as a delegate to vote when Secretary Clinton’s name is placed into nomination. Hillary Ballot Vote for 2 Men Michael Carino-Pace He has withdrawn 5/2/16 Brad Culverhouse John B. “Brad” Culverhouse, Sr., asks for your vote for him as a Delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton to the 2016 Democratic National Convention and Brad pledges to vote for Secretary Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination on every ballot at the Convention and to vote in support of Secretary Clinton’s positions on the Rules of the Convention and on the planks of the Democratic Party’s Platform for the 2016 General Election campaign. As a Delegate at the Convention, I also pledge to continue my 50 years of being a strong supporter of Israel and of Affirmative Action. AND, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE FOR ONE OF THE TWO MALE DELEGATE POSITIONS, BRAD ASKS YOU TO NOT VOTE FOR HIM, BUT TO VOTE INSTEAD FOR HIS SON, JOHN B. CULVERHOUSE, JR., FOR DELEGATE PLEDGED TO SECRETARY CLINTON !! Brad Culverhouse is a 69 year old 9th generation Floridian whose maternal Great Grandparentswere among the 1 st settlers on Florida’s Treasure Coast and is the Grandson of Sheriff B.A. Brown who was elected to 6 consecutive 4 year terms as the Democratic Sheriff of St. Lucie County. Brad was graduated from Ft. Pierce’s Dan McCarty High School in 1964 and from the Indian River Junior College in 1966 where he was elected Student Body President and he received his B.A. Degree from the University of West Florida in 1969. After receiving his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1974 from the University of Miami School of Law where he was honored by being elected to membership on the Law Review due to his being ranked as first in his Law School Class, Brad served as the Assistant to the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and after being admitted to the Florida Bar in 1975, also served as an Assistant State (prosecuting) Attorney in Florida’s 19 th Judicial Circuit and during his service as a prosecutor, he was Chief of the Consumer Fraud Division and was recognized by the Stuart News as championing the cause of consumers. In 1998, the Indian River Press Journal in an editorial commended Brad Culverhouse for having donated his legal services in saving the home of a elderly widow from foreclosure. Brad has been in private law practice since 1977 and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1986 upon the motion of the Honorable Claude Pepper. He has also served as the pro bono General Counsel to the Florida Councils on Aging and to such groups as the St. Lucie County Fair Association, the Treasure Coast Chapter of the March of Dimes, the St. Lucie Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Ft. Pierce Masonic Blue Lodge, the St. Lucie County Council on Aging, the Loyal Order of the Moose, Fraternal Order of Eagles, AERIE No. 3582, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, Post 40 and presently provides pro bono legal representation to the poor and to homeless persons. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, N.A.A.C.P., the Sons of the American Legion and is the holder of several Florida Pioneer certificates and is the Past President of the St. Lucie Historical Society. Since the death on January 20th, 2015 of his beloved Wife, Susan, to whom he was married for 43 wonderful years, Brad has become semi-retired from law practice. Susan and Brad were blessed with one child, their Son, John B. Culverhouse, Jr. The following is a summary of some of Brad’s service to the Democratic Party and in government: 2008 Volunteer Voting Rights Attorney for Senator Barack Obama at Voting precincts in St. Lucie County during 2008 November General Election 2008-2014 Elected At Large member of the St. Lucie County Planning & Zoning Commission 2008 – Volunteer for Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary 2006 – St. Lucie County Co-Chair of Tim Mahoney for Congress 2006-2016 Elected member of the City of Ft. Pierce's Historic Preservation Board 2006-2012 Chair of the St. Lucie County Historical Commission 2000 – Volunteer for then Vice-President Al Gore in Iowa during the Iowa Caucuses and legal advisor at and during the Caucuses 1999 –At Large Delegate to Florida Democratic Convention 1996 Volunteer working for reelection of President Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore 1992 Volunteer working for election of the Clinton - Gore Democratic Ticket 1988 – Won a contested election as Delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention from the then 12th (now 18th) Congressional District 1984 Volunteer working for election of the Mondale – Ferraro Democratic Ticket 1983 Guest Speaker at state Meeting of the Florida AFL-CIO in Orlando, Florida 1983 Member, national Board of Directors, Americans For Democratic Action (sponsored by Katherine Kelley) 1982 Democratic Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 12 th Congressional District after winning the contested Democratic Primary by defeating a two term Palm Beach County Commissioner by carrying Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, Highlands and Collier Counties and narrowly losing the General Election by 2.7% and was honored to be endorsed by Congressman Claude Pepper, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy and by the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post and N.O.W., the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, Laborers and Nurses unions and by Ambassador Pamela Harriman’s then Political Action Committee “Democrats for the 80s”and by the Classroom Teachers Association and individuals and PACS supporting Israel 1981-1982 Special Consultant to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Aging of the U.S. House of Representatives 1981 Delegate from St. Lucie County to Florida Democratic Convention 1980 Volunteer working for reelection of President Carter & Vice-President Mondale 1979 Secretary, Democratic Executive Committee of St. Lucie County, Florida 1978 –Won a contested race in the 1978 Democratic Primary Election for the 16 th Precinct Committeeman seat on the St. Lucie County Democratic Executive Committee 1976 Volunteer working for election of the Carter – Mondale Democratic Ticket 1976 Volunteer for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy for President 1976 –Hosted fundraiser for then Governor Bob Graham in his successful race to defeat Republican Sen. Paula Hawkins for the U.S. Senate 1976 Walked precincts for Democratic Candidates in St. Lucie and Palm Beach Counties 1969-1973 Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Crime of the U.S. House of Representatives 1968 Volunteer in U.S. Senator Bobby Kennedy’s Democratic Presidential Primary Campaign 1968Attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as an Aide to U.S. Congressman Claude Pepper and subsequently worked as a volunteer for the Humphrey-Muskie ticket. 1968 In January of 1968, while serving as an Aide to Congressman Claude Pepper on a congressional fact finding mission to Israel following the June 1967 Six Day Arab-Israeli War, Brad Culverhouse met high Israeli officials such as then Prime Minister Levi Eskol, Foreign Foreign Minister, Aba Eban, Finance Minister , Pinchas Sapir, General Moshe Dayan, and David Ben-Gurion and his Wife, Paula, and others. In Jerusalem, Brad was privileged to be presented the Key to the City of Jerusalem, by Mayor Teddy Kollek and together with Congressman Pepper,toured the battle areas of the 1967 Six Day War including the Golan Heights and received extensive briefings by high ranking Israeli military and government officials. Please see photos of Brad with Paula Ben-Gurion (Wife of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister) at their home at Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev in Israel and with Cong. Pepper placing a wreath on the tomb of Chaim Weizman, the first President of Israel and Brad’s documented 50 years of support for Israel at http://www.culverhouselaw.com/brad_culverhouse_biography John Culverhouse John B. Culverhouse, Jr., asks for your vote for him as a Delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton to the 2016 Democratic National Convention and John pledges to vote for Secretary Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination on every ballot at the Convention and to vote in support of Secretary Clinton’s positions on the Rules of the Convention and on the planks of the Democratic Party’s Platform for the 2016 General Election campaign. John is a 35 year old 10th generation Floridian who was born and reared in St. Lucie County.Following John’s graduation from high school in 1999, John attended Rollin’s College in Winter Park from which he was graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and where he was honored by the College’s Political Science Department in being awarded the prestigious DemingAward for Outstanding Public Service. While at Rollins College, John was elected Presi- dent of the Rollins College and Young Democrats and in 1999 was selected by the Florida Democratic Party to be a At Large Delegate to the Florida Democratic Convention. In 2008, John received a Masters in Business Administration Degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. John is a Florida licensed Real Estate Sales Associate with Coldwell Banker Paradise Real Estate Agency in Fort Pierce and is a member of the National Association of Realtors. In January of 2000, John Culverhouse traveled to Iowa where he worked as a volunteer in the Iowa Presidential Caucuses for then Vice-President, Al Gore and later in 2000, John accepted a job offer to be a full time member of the National Advance Staff of the Gore - Lieberman Presidential Campaign and John traveled all over the Nation organizing and coordinating events in battleground states. In January of 2001, John Culverhouse served as a volunteer Intern in the White House Press Office during the last days of President Clinton’s Administration and also served as a volunteer member of the White House Advance Team for President Clinton’s last trip as President of the United States. In 2004, John served on the national advance staff for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign. In 2008 while in graduate school pursuing his MBA, John worked as a volunteer in then Senator Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Presidential campaign and later worked as a volunteer to help elect the Obama– Biden ticket and other Democratic candidates to local, state and national offices. In 2012, John was endorsed by the Treasure Coast AFL-CIO and the Teamsters in the 2012 Democratic Primary for the District 5 St. Lucie County Commission seat. Since 2009, John has served as an appointed member of the St. Lucie County Citizen’s Budget Committee and in 2011 was elected as the Committee’s Vice-Chair by defeating the then Chairman of the County’s Planning & Zoning Commission, who had previously served as both an elected councilman and Mayor of a south Florida city and in 2012, John won the Chairmanship in a contested election. John is the Great Grandson of B.A. Brown who served as the elected Democratic Sheriff of St. Lucie County from 1929 to 1953 and he is also related to World War I Flying Ace, Francis Benjamin Tyndall, for whom Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida’s panhandle is named and John’s late maternal Great Grandfather, Henry Bryan Ulmer was a U.S. Post Office Rural Letter Carrier in Mississippi until his retirement. His paternal Great Great Grandmother, Annie Yorkston Kincaid Hogg was the first business woman in St. Lucie County and was the first woman to obtain a court order declaring her to be a “Free Dealer" under Florida law so that she could conduct business and buy and sell property without the consent of her husband. John is a member of the N.A.A.C.P. and is a member and volunteer photographer for Lincoln Park Main Street and John is also a member of Main Street Fort Pierce and has been both a volunteer writer and photographer for Main Street Focus, Main Street Fort Pierce’s monthly publication. John was honored as “A Downtown Hero” in the July, 2012 issue of the Main Street Focus. John Culverhouse began his involvement with Main Street Fort Pierce in 2001, when he served on Fort Pierce’s Centennial Committee. From 2007 – 2010, John also served as the First Vice-President of the Saint Lucie Historical Society, Inc., and is currently serving as a member of the Society’s Board of Directors. John is also a member of the Southeast Florida Archaeological Society. In 2009, John also served as a member of the St. Lucie County Historical Commission as the designated representative of the President of the Saint Lucie Historical Society, Inc. In 2010, John was honored by the Saint Lucie Historical Society, Inc., for his Outstanding Leadership and Service. John Culverhouse is also a member of the Sons of the American Legion. Dennis Kuno Charles Ray I Graduated Melbourne High School in 1971.... I served in the 1974 Legislature as an Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the Florida Senate... I have served as President of the Brevard County Young Democrats 1975 thru 1977 and attended the State Democratic convention where Bob Graham announced he was running to be our next governor. Elected Chair of the St Lucie County Democratic Executive in 1990 and served until 1995...I was elected State Committeeman for the St Lucie Democratic Executive Committee in 2012 where I presently serve and served as proxy for Congressman Patrick Murphy at the state meeting wherein Allison Tant was elected chair for the present term. I have walked the precincts for numerous Democratic candidates including Chiles, Graham, Crist, Clinton and Obama. I served as a Democratic Party pollwatcher at the 2008 and 2012 General election . ...Go Democrats! Robert Valdez Good morning everyone! I believe I needed to take up this honorable opportunity to run as a delegate and make sure our Young Democrat vote is counted for at the DNC! At a crucial time in our nation and world, we need to realize what's best for our country moving forward! With that being said, I am supporting a legendary advocate, and leader on many prestigious levels, Hillary Clinton! Secretary Clinton has a record of making progress and fighting in the trenches to deliver change her entire life. On be half of Secretary Clinton, the Democratic Party, and Democrats everywhere, I hope to inspire young millennial voters to express their political views and inform themselves on the issues affecting our Nation today! I need each and everyone of your guys support and vote! Thank you, have a great day!