Servanie Sessions

Walker County Democratic Chair

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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. A county chair should be outgoing, self-motivated, and organized.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

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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

 

• • Establish a budget