The County Chair    Link to TDP Grass Roots Manual

The county chair is the leader and presiding officer of the county Democratic Party. The county chair is responsible for a
multitude of duties and, along with the County Executive Committee, is responsible for organizing and strengthening the
Party at the county level.

 
Duties and Responsibilities

The county chair’s official and unofficial duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• · Recruiting enthusiastic, responsible people to serve as precinct chairs or precinct coordinators in every precinct in the county.
  

• · Training precinct chairs

• · Calling and chairing meetings of the County Executive Committee

• · Bringing together the diverse groups within the Democratic Party and local community

• · Raising funds for the local effort

• · Recruiting, training, and managing volunteers and volunteer program

• · Building and maintaining a local Party database

• · Organizing and assisting local Democratic clubs and organizations

• · Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with the local media and representing the Party with the media
  

• · Representing the county Party to candidates, officeholders, and local, state, and national Democratic organizations

• · Supervising party office staff authorized by the County Executive Committee

• · Recruiting and developing candidates

• · Executing/administering of the Primary Election and Primary fund

• · Preparing for conducting the precinct and county conventions
• · Opening campaign headquarters
• · Establishing phone banks and block walks
• · Targeting and canvassing voters