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Our Party

The DNC, FDP, and DEC: These organizations are the cornerstone of the Democratic Party.

DNC is the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which is the national party organization. Jaime Harrison is Chair, elected January 2021. See National Democratic Party website for details of its organization.
FDP is the Florida Democratic Party, one of the state party organizations. Nikki Fried is Chair, elected February 2023. See Florida Democrats website for details on its organization.
DEC is the Democratic Executive Committee, which is the county party organization. Each county of a state may have its own DEC. Hank Bonner is our Chair, elected December 2022.

The DNC, FDP, and DEC act together to support and elect Democratic candidates. We reach for that goal together by honoring the Democratic Party ideals of social, racial, economic, environmental, and political justice.

DEC Responsibilities

As the official arm of the Florida Democratic Party, Martin County DEC has the goal of building a strong Democratic base of voters upon which every Democratic Party candidate can stand. DEC is involved in the following work:

Oversees the daily operation of the Democratic Party in Martin County, organizing volunteers to accomplish much of this work
Promotes programs to increase voter registration, the use of mail-in ballots, and GOTV (Get Out the Vote)
Provides training and facilities for phone banking and canvassing for candidates
Raises funds for Democratic Party efforts in the county
Recruits Democratic candidates for local office and provides guidance and financial support
Participates in community events to showcase our party to fellow Martin residents
Supports the work of our caucuses and clubs
Sponsors the Martin County Democrats website and Facebook page; sends out newsletter highlighting party happenings
Hosts monthly meeting of the DEC
Works with other Florida DEC groups and the FDP to coordinate and strategize for Democratic victories

DEC Membership

The DEC is made up of Martin Democrats just like you – people who care deeply about our county, state, and country; people who believe that Democratic values should be used to guide our policy makers and government; people who want to be part of the solution and are willing to volunteer their time and energy for this pursuit.

DEC members generally come from the following three groups:

Precinct Members – Each Martin County precinct may have a committeeman and committeewoman elected as DEC members. If a precinct has more than 1000 registered Democrats, it is entitled to an additional precinct committeeman and committeewoman. Each serves a term of 4 years. (Note: There are 28 precincts in Martin County.)
Automatic Members – Elected officials who are Martin Democrats and presidents of Democratic clubs and caucuses are included as DEC members. They remain members for the length of their term in office.
Appointed Members – DEC chair may appoint Martin Democrats to the DEC, subject to DEC membership approval. These are annual positions.

See Bylaws for more details about membership.