The County Party

The Democratic Party is governed by committees of registered Democrats, from the national level down to state and community-level. The County Committee is the most local level of the party. The executive committee consists of the Party Chair, and 42 “District Leaders”, representing all of Brooklyn’s Assembly Districts.

County Committee Members

A County Committee member represents their Election District (ED) within the greater Assembly District. The ED is usually a small number of city blocks. Each ED has 2 to 4 seats in the general membership of the county committee; so when all the seats are filled, there are approximately 5000 members.

The County Committee’s responsibilities include picking local judicial candidates, creating the local Democratic party platform, organizing their district, and even choosing the Democratic Party’s nominee in special elections.

District Leaders

District Leaders, also known as State Committee Members, represent each of the 21 Assembly Districts in Brooklyn. Every two years, Democrats in each assembly district elect two district leaders: one male, one female.  District Leaders are elected, unpaid leaders of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. They run for the position every two years on the same ballot as congress, and state elected offices. District Leaders vote on Democratic Party leadership, influence and vote on the rules and procedures that govern the entire party, choose local judicial candidates, organize poll sites, participate as members of the State Democratic Party and select Democratic National Committee Members.