"Get Zach Back" Party With Purpose!

Get Zach Back: A Community-Led Party with a Purpose

When: Friday, November 14
Where: Gnarly Bard Theater, St. Cloud
Time: 6:00–9:00 PM

Live, Local Music Featuring:
-Sweet Papa Dave
-King Marco
-Hazzy
-Coax

Food from local favorites!

We’re coming together to celebrate community, creativity, and connection — rallying around our shared values while raising grassroots funds for Zach Dorholt’s campaign for the Minnesota House, District 14B!

This isn’t your typical political fundraiser; it’s a party with a purpose — a night of local music, food, and folks building relationships, sharing resources, and keeping our stories and values at the heart of the upcoming midterms.

We’re celebrating what makes the St. Cloud area vibrant while supporting a candidate who’s proven his leadership from the Capitol to our classrooms to the local arts and music scene.

Why It Matters

Previous elections in District 14B have been razor-close — decided by margins of fewer than 200 votes. The 2024 race literally determined who controlled the Minnesota House statewide. Every vote, every conversation, and every dollar matters here. And because our district is one of the most competitive in the state, it also attracts some of the biggest spending, with floods of outside money trying to tell the story of our community for us.

But we have a powerful tool to push back — one that keeps our democracy in our own hands.

At the heart of this event is the Minnesota Political Contribution Refund (PCR) program — one of the best tools Minnesotans have to keep politics people-powered. It lets every voter donate up to $75 per person (or $150 per couple) to a state-level campaign of their choice and then get that full amount refunded by the state.

That’s right — we can get Zach back to the Capitol and get our money back too!

Our goal is simple: get 70 neighbors to use their PCR for Zach before the end of this year — and again next year. Together, that’s more than $10,000 in grassroots funding to make sure Zach’s campaign has the resources to fight back against corporate money, win with community power, and keep our vision for 14B front and center.

This is how we keep politics rooted in people, not special interests — by neighbors investing in neighbors and in the future we believe in.

The Party

Join your neighbors from across the St. Cloud area for a night of music, conversation, and community energy — all to help get Zach back to the Capitol and keep our politics people-powered.
From 6:00 to 9:00 PM, enjoy food from local favorites, live music by local artists, and a few surprise guests along the way as we come together to celebrate and connect.

We’ll have PCR forms, envelopes, and stamps on-site so you can make your donation and complete your refund form right then and there — and yes, there’s a mailbox just down the street, so you can take care of it all that night.

Cant make it to the party? You can donate to Zach’s campaign directly right here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ibackzach

Want to help make it happen?

Join as a co-host — bring your friends, share the invite, and add your name to the growing list of neighbors powering this party with purpose. To get involved, email anVzdGlubWljaGFlbCAhIG1uIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=

This is what democracy looks like in Central Minnesota: local music, local food, and local people shaping our story — together.

“Get Zach Back: A Community-Led Party with a Purpose” Co-Hosts

Dawn Yilek
Dr. James Beard
Thomas Imholte
Stephanie Netko
Matt Dooyema
Kate Scamp
Carrie Zwack
Mitch Eickhoff
Julie Diethelm
Ann Cofell
Val Broste
Patty Tollefson
Susan Rose
Katrina Lake
Jana Idzerda & Casey Lundy
Ric Studer & Linda Jaeger Odgers
Justin Lewandowski & Ariel Begley
Jake & Sarah Mitzel

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