A Get Out The Vote (GOTV) rally will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, at Kornna Kitchen, 37 E. Main Street, Uptown Martinsville, for Karen Baker, a democrat from Floyd County who is running in the November 2024 election against incumbent 9th District U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem.
Baker is a former lawyer for the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration, and an ER nurse in rural Virginia. A union supporter, she is a strong advocate for healthcare and particularly maternal healthcare in the large rural area in which she is actively running.
Candidates for the November 4, 2025, election also will attend, including
*Sen. Aaron Rouse, D, who plans to run for Lt. Governor. Rouse was born in Norfolk, is married, has served on the Virginia Beach City Council, and a member of the Virginia Senate, District 22, since 2023. He also is a former college (Virginia Tech) and professional football player.
*Melody Cartwright, a democrat, is seeking to oust incumbent Eric Phillips, R-Martinsville, in the 48th District. A Martinsville native, Cartwright is a single mother, area activist for appropriate and affordable housing, reproductive freedom and the urgent need for a maternity ward in the area, and is deeply concerned about the high percentage of poverty and the homeless in the area. She also is a proponent for our working-class folks and strongly supports unions.
Refreshments will be served.
Those interested may search for all ActionNetwork events in the Martinsville area at http://www.bakerforva9th.com/oct12.
