{"id":134423,"date":"2026-07-23T23:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/134423\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:27:20","slug":"joe-donnelly-part-of-kosciusko-county-democrats-campaign-kickoff-july-30-in-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/134423\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Donnelly part of Kosciusko County Democrat&#8217;s campaign kickoff July 30 in Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784849240_941_dem-trio.png\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784849240_941_dem-trio.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"dem trio\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nEditor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to correct a date in the headline. News Now Warsaw regrets the error.<br \/>\nBy Dan Spalding<br \/>News Now Warsaw<\/p>\n<p>WARSAW \u2014 Kosciusko County Democrats are fielding numerous candidates in township races this year, including three in the race for seats on the Plain Township Board.<\/p>\n<p>Those candidates will be highlighted when Democrats kick off their fall campaign on July 30 with a gathering at Papa Vino\u2019s in Warsaw, featuring a speech from former US Sen. Joe Donnelly.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is especially geared toward the Plain Township race and highlights the Democrat candidates \u2014 Brian Smith, Robert Osbun and Rebecca Noftz \u2014 in a new email distributed by the county party.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll face Republicans Greg Anderson, Robert Bishop and Larry Kammerer in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who also serves as the second district party chair, said the event serves as a fundraiser and will provide some insights to those attending about township government.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free and donations are appreciated, the email said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to increase outreach to the community. We want to be more transparent in how our tax dollars are spent and we just want to educate the voters as to what services are available and what township government actually does,\u201d Smith said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Papa Vino\u2019s is on the west side of SR 15 at 2640 Escalade Way in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Election Day is Nov. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to correct a date in the headline. News Now Warsaw regrets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[95],"tags":[64833,64834,64835,64836,64837,64838,182,64839,64840,181],"class_list":["post-134423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-warsaw","tag-2026-election","tag-brian-smith","tag-campaign-kickoff","tag-joe-donnelly","tag-kosciusko-county-democrats","tag-papa-vinos","tag-poland","tag-rebecca-noftz","tag-robert-osbun","tag-warsaw"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116971886752639852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}