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Democratic Party In Manhattan
Party politics is complicated and people throw terms around like state committeeman, district leader, party club, and county committee and almost no one knows what they all mean. Over the last week or so, I’ve been working to decode the tea leaves and come to grips with all the various layers of the Democratic Party here in the city and the state. Districts The start of the confusion is that there are many different “districts” that every voter belongs to. Lets go through the types of districts that are important to Democratic party structure from biggest to smallest, starting with the Assembly District. As a disclaimer, I am only sure of this structure in Manhattan. The state committee is the … More >>
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County Party Update And Meeting
Months after the first County Committee meeting Manhattan Young Democrats is still in peoples’ minds. This Sunday we’re organizing a trip to the County Committee Executive Board meeting to show them we’re still ready to be active and helpful in growing the Democratic Party and Political Director Alex Voetsch got this response when doing the old phonebank: CC Member: Are you the insurgent group from the last meeting? Alex Voetsch: I guess you could call us that. CC Member: You guys are amazing, keep up the good work. Just to be clear, advocating for good governance is not insurgency and we’re excited to have elected members to the County Committee so that we can take part in democratic institutions of New … More >>
Leadership Doesn’t Wait: MYD’s First County Committee Meeting
October 15 was the first meeting of the CouBennty Committee for 2009 and the Manhattan Young Democrats made history. If you weren’t there in person, you missed an amazing night, but you might have been there in spirit. MYDs success was only possible because young, engaged people decided to get involved and gave MYD the opportunity to make a difference. That night, MYD stood up to “politics as usual” — and succeeded. Brandon Chamberlin, MYD Open Seat Project candidate and now County Committeeman, nominated William Allan Benninghoff, our President, to the Executive Committee of the County Committee as 3rd Vice Chair. Underwhelming? Guess again. This action forced an actual vote of the Committee for a leadership role which, based on … More >>
