Hello Flower Mound Area Democrats Members! 

It’s October and we’ve got a busy month ahead. We have a special election coming up for the Texas Constitutional Amendments and for LISD School Board. Early Voting starts on October 20th and goes through the 31st. Our club will have a booth at Flower Mound’s first ever Fall Into Flower Mound Festival the 10th-11th. We’ll be hosting a Multi-Candidate Fundraiser at this month’s club meeting on the 15th. And don’t forget about the No Kings Rally planned for the 18th. Details about all this month’s events included below. 

As one of the longest serving Democratic clubs in the county, we pride ourselves on offering a variety of events & activities, consistently, each and every month. We offer monthly club meetings, so you can come and socialize with your fellow Dems and be informed each meeting as we bring in speakers to present on a variety of relevant topics, host candidates for office, and provide you with ways to get better connected & more involved. We offer training opportunities. We offer volunteer opportunities. We offer community. We offer hope. 

Come see what your local Democratic party is doing. Jump in and join us!

First Fridays Happy Hour

When: Friday, October 3rd, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Where: Guitars & Growlers, 400 Flower Mound Rd., Suite 160, Flower Mound, TX 75028

What: Come join your like-minded fellow Dems for a few pints, some good eats, and good times. It’s always a good time. Come get connected! The food is good and the beer selection is fabulous. You can check out their menu here: Guitars & Growlers Menu And let us know you’re coming: First Fridays Happy Hour

Flower Mound Fall Fest 2025

When: Friday, Oct. 10th, 5-10pm — Saturday, Oct. 11th, noon – 10pm

Where: The River Walk, Flower Mound, TX

What: This is Flower Mound’s answer to Lewisville’s long-running Lewisville Western Days. This brand new community event is designed to capture the charm of the season and bring residents, friends, and family together for a weekend of fun, connection, and local pride. Our club will have a booth there, so come find us! If you would like to join us at the booth and help us tell folks about our club, let us know! We will be offering free activities for the kids, like rock painting & chalk drawing & seed starting. Click this link for more information about the event: Fall Into Flower Mound Festival

FMAD October Club Meeting & Multi-Candidate Fundraiser:

When: Wednesday, October 15th, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm 

Where: Creekwood Christian Church, Great Room/Common Area, 2660 Forest Vista Dr., Flower Mound, TX, 75028

What: Too many of us Dems for too long have hyper-focused on national politics & national candidates to the exclusion of all else. We’re accustomed to paying attention to national politics and opening our wallets for national candidates. We donate to presidential campaigns and anyone willing to run against Ted Cruz or John Cornyn. Meanwhile, our more local candidates are out here having to use their own money to buy expensive lit and expensive signs to try to get the word out about their campaigns and win their local races. And then we wonder why it’s hard to find good candidates to run for office. Here in our FMAD Club, we are trying to change that. That’s why we’re turning our October Club Meeting into an all-in-one fundraising event for some of our local candidates: Ernest Lineberger for CD26, Denise Wooten for TX HD63, Detrick DeBurr for TX HD65, Clare Harris for Flower Mound Town Council, Michelle Alkhatib for LISD Board of Trustees Place 6, Stephanie Draper for Denton County Commissioner Precinct 4, and Dale Frey for Denton County Commissioner Precinct 2. These are important local races (some of them non-partisan) that will affect you right where you live. So let’s open our wallets for them! Our goal is to raise a $1000 for each each candidate. Come enjoy pizza & cake & door prizes, and meet & hear directly from each of these great candidates. Each candidate will have a table you can visit, meet the candidate & pick up some lit and maybe a sign or two, and each will display a QR code you can use to donate to their individual campaigns. ***We are recommending that our members/attendees try, if they can, to donate $20 to each candidate, but our candidates will absolutely take whatever you can give.*** Local liberal-owned businesses will be providing some of our door prizes for our club meeting attendees. The event starts at 6:30 pm, with attendees being welcomed to eat & drink and meet the candidates at their tables & to donate to their campaigns. Starting at 7:00 pm, each candidate will have a chance to speak. Then at 7:45 we will draw and announce our door prize winners. Event to end at 8:00 pm. Members who cannot attend in person can still participate virtually by donating to these candidates’ campaigns online through their websites.

We have a great bench of local candidates who we really want to see get elected, so we wanted to host a fundraiser that will benefit each of them. Let us know you’re coming here: FMAD October Club Meeting & Multi-Candidate Fundraiser

***Disclaimer: Creekwood Christian Church does not financially support individual political candidates nor does it sponsor expressly political fundraising.

FMAD Breakfast Club

When: Saturday, October 18th, 9:00 – 10:30 am

Where: Texas Star Cafe, 1901 Long Prairie Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75022

What: Come eat breakfast and socialize with your fellow Democrats. Look in the back room for a long table of fellow Democrats drinking coffee and ordering up all the breakfast goodies. Let us know you’re coming here: FMAD Breakfast Club  And join us immediately afterward as we head over to our club’s Adopt-a-Spot to spend a couple minutes tidying it up. It takes less than 30 minutes to clean, it helps keep Flower Mound beautiful, and many hands make light work.

FMAD Adopt-a-Spot Clean-Up

When: Saturday, October 18th, 11:00 – 11:30 am

Where: FMAD’s Adopt-a-Spot located at NE corner of Dixon Ln & Long Prairie Rd. 6000 Long Prairie Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75028 

What: Join us to help Keep Flower Mound Beautiful by picking up trash at our Adopt-a-Spot. We will have everything you need (gloves, trash bags, trash pickup grabbers). It doesn’t take long, and many hands make light work. 

No Kings Flower Mound
When: Saturday, October 18th, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Public sidewalks up & down Cross Timbers (1171) between Morriss & Long Prairie Rd (2499) in Flower Mound, TX, 75028 (Sidewalks along Cross Timbers between Sprouts, Kohls, & Kroger)
What: “No thrones. No crowns. No kings.” This event is part of a national day of action to peacefully rally FOR democracy and AGAINST authoritarianism, with events just like it happening around the country and our own area including Carrollton, Denton, Frisco, Dallas, Ft. Worth, & Arlington. Congressional Candidate Ernest Lineberger will be in attendance at the event. Sue Newhouse is the organizer and host of the No Kings Flower Mound event. You can sign up through No Kings Flower Mound

Protest Do’s & Don’ts:
Stay on sidewalks 
Stay off grass
Stay off streets
Park lawfully
Patronize the businesses. Make it a good day for them.
Do not interfere with traffic

Cross only at crosswalks
Hold signs
Sing/Chant
Do not engage with counter-protesters
Do not engage with bad-faith questioners
Hydrate
Clean up/leave no trash/leave no trace
Leave when it’s over at 4pm
Leave if there is any sign of trouble/bad actors
Obey all laws & law enforcement
Exercise your right to peacefully protest LAWFULLY.Early Voting for Special Election:

When: Mon 10/20 – Sat 10/25 8am – 5pm, Sun 10/26 11am – 5pm

Mon 10/27- Fri 10/31 7am – 7pm

Where: You can vote at any polling location in Denton County during Early Voting, but here are some EV locations in Flower Mound & Lewisville:

• Flower Mound Community Activity Center, 1200 Gerault Rd
• Flower Mound Senior Center, 2701 W Windsor Dr
• Denton County SW Courthouse, 6200 Canyon Falls Dr.

* Thrive Recreation Center, 1950 S. Valley Pkwy., Lewisville 75067

What: This is a special election for School Board and for the Texas 2025 Proposed Constitutional Amendments. Go to www.votedenton.gov for more details on where to vote and to see your sample ballot.  We support incumbent Michelle Alkhatib for LISD Board of Trustees. Here is Michelle Alkhatib’s website: www.michelle4lisd.com  **THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN RACE.** We all helped Michelle Alkhatib get elected 2 years ago and she has been brilliant on School Board, appreciated and respected by her peers on the board, educators, PTA, parents, & students. She is a true supporter of our public schools against a state legislature that is not. A far-right group recruited her opponent to run against her simply because of her (Michelle’s) last name. Don’t let this kind of hate win here. Vote for Michelle Alkhatib. Vote for advocacy. Vote for experience.

Texas 2025 Proposed Constitutional Amendments:
Prop 1 – Yes           Prop 10 – Yes
Prop 2 – No            Prop 11 – Yes
Prop 3 – No            Prop 12 – No
Prop 4 – Yes           Prop 13 – Yes
Prop 5 – Yes           Prop 14 – Yes
Prop 6 – No            Prop 15 – No
Prop 7 – Yes           Prop 16 – No
Prop 8 – No            Prop 17 – No
Prop 9 – No

***These are per recommendations of the Denton County Democratic Party. You can also check out Lone Star Left for their Ballot Guide recommendations and reasonings here: https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/texas-2025-constitutional-amendments

Your vote counts, and that is especially true in low-voter-turn-out elections like these. This is where you live, and it matters who you pick to lead locally because it will absolutely affect you where you live. Look Ahead… 

Election Day Voting for Special Election:

When: Tues, November 4th , 7am-7pm. 

Where: In Denton County, you can ONLY vote in your precinct’s specific voting location. You can look that up here: www.votedenton.gov Do a Voter Lookup, enter your name & birthdate, and it will tell you your precinct number, where your precinct can vote on election day, and your sample ballot. 

In any election here in Denton County, if you show up at the wrong location on Election Day, you will be turned away. Election workers will try to help you find the correct location per your precinct. If you insist on voting at the wrong location, the election workers may give you a provisional ballot. However, your vote on that provisional ballot will not count. So on election day, be sure to vote in your precinct’s specific polling location.

Go to www.votedenton.gov to check your registration status, see your sample ballot, and confirm your polling locations and hours.

First Fridays Happy Hour

When: Friday, November 7th, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Where: Guitars & Growlers, 400 Flower Mound Rd., Suite 160, Flower Mound, TX 75028

What: Come join your like-minded fellow Dems for a few pints, some good eats, and good times. It’s always a good time. Come get connected! The food is good and the beer selection is fabulous. You can check out their menu here: Guitars & Growlers Menu  And let us know you’re coming: First Fridays Happy Hour

Join us!

The FMAD Leadership Team

www.flowermoundareademocrats.org