I know in Baltimore County, committee members are elected based on Councilmanic district in Gubernatorial election years. I was considering looking into who’s currently representing me and seeing who else may be running / running myself.

I believe Hughes will do good if given the chance in the general election. I think he represents the changing mood of the electorate since Obama’s inauguration. Many of the issues he stands for are very Reaganesque. These values are what we need if we plan on stopping the spending, increasing debt, government takeovers, and impending tax increases.

the rules differ drojjm state to state, but you begin by going to your County Central Committee Meetings. They usually occur monthly, check the local website or call the county party to find the date and time.

I startyed going to the Committee meetings and after attending 3 meetings, I was nominated as an alternate. In the meantime, I made myself vlauable by contributing of my time (I have IT skils that proved valuable). Now, just 11 months after starting to attending meetings, I have been nominate dot serve on the Governing Board og the County REC.

Committeman are nominated to fill open slots and elected by the opn membership of the REC unless there is a contest for the seat. In this case, you gather petition signatures (a minimal amount, typically less than 25 and you are placed on the ballot in the regular or primary election.

Committeemen and Committeewomen are critical to taking back the party. They are members of the County Central Committee and vote on all issue sin the County Party. Once you contribute and show your commitment and leadership skills, you will move into more and more influential positions. One of the most important functions you will perform is electing your County State Committeemen and Committeewomen. They represent the county on the State Committee and elect the state representatives to the RNC. There are only 160 some members of the RNC and they control the national organization. Thus control emanates from the bottom up, despite what some would like your to beleive.

Get involved, be respectful of the rules and the process. Make yourself valueable and participate fully. There is a role for you to play in bringing about the re-imposition of conservative values within the party.

I am in Florid so the rules will be different in MD but the process is similar.

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They have influence on local party decisions. If a bunch of “no name” Republicans in a state say that they detest one of the R candidates they will not listen. But if a bunch of party officials get together and oppose them it will put more pressure on the “leadership”

Go here: http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com

Especially read the article at the link for Nevada. You’ll learn that the grass roots conservatives there realized there that if they invaded the Clark County GOP and became PCs they could create a conservative majority and then nominate new, conservative candidates for all the leadership posts and elect them. And they did it. This year. Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, encompassing Las Vegas. Watch how the new GOP leadership there impacts those “conservatives” there vying for the chance to face Harry Reid in the general election.

Precinct committeemen are the “backbone” of the Party. They elect the Party leadership at the legislative district level, the county level, the state level and the RNC level. Michael Steele is a reflection of the votes of precinct committeemen at all those levels. I haven’t checked, but I imagine the RNC by-laws state one must be a precinct committeeman to be eligible for the RNC chairmanship.

This is basic civics. Precinct committeemen also can, if they have a majority, vote to endorse candidates in the Republican primary elections. Case in point. Right now, three or four “conservatives” are vying for the chance to run against my congresscritter, Harry Mitchel (Debtocrat, AZ 5). If my legislative district and my county GOP organizations can muster a majority vote in advance of the primary election for one of those three, then that candidate can say, “I’ve got the endorsement of the Maricopa County GOP, I’ve got the endorsements of X number of the GOP Legislative District Committees in Maricopa County.” He can say that in front of every GOP audience. He can put that on his signage and in his campaign mailers. Usually, the Party-endorsed candidate wins.

You are part of all of this if you’re a precinct committeeman. Every state has different rules and requirements. Don’t wait. Find out how to do it in your state asap. Then do it, please.

HALF of the GOP precinct committeeman slots nationwide in 2008 were unfilled. And split 50-50 between moderate/liberals and conservatives. Want a conservative revolution within the GOP? Then get conservatives to flood the GOP and fill up all those vacancies. ASAP.

In Kirk’s case, the local GOP organizations could hold straw polls on the question of whether Kirk should step down as a candidate because he’s a RINO. Assuming the votes were overwhelmingly against Kirk, that might cause him to drop his bid and encourage, perhaps, a conservative businessman to jump into the race.

For example, in Florida, the local GOP committees have been taking straw polls for the Charlie Crist/Marco Rubio contest. Crist has yet to win one, last I heard, and Rubio has won each by a huge margin. This is the kind of thing that might cause Crist to contemplate dropping his bid for the Senate. At least that’s been discussed.

I hope that helps. And that you’ll become a PC.

Thank you.
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therefore…we need as many people engaged as precinct chairs and committeemen as possible

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they can influence primaries and elections. Point of fact, in Florida, everyone thought Charlie Crist would walk into the nomination for Senator. Hed is in trouble because he assumed as much while Marco Rubio was in the county REC meetings campaigning and expressing his values.

The result is that he has beaten Crist in 13 straight “Straw Polls” (held in the County REC’s) and Crist is now fighting for his life in the primary. Committeemen matter.

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Thank you for all your hard work.

Imagine if EVERY conservative PC were able to recruit 5 more conservatives to get involved in party politics as you and your girlfriend have?

Last night I told the PCs at my legislative district meeting that I have this crazy notion that soon in Maricopa County, instead of over two thirds of the PC slots being vacant (as they were in 2008, but that is CHANGING), every PC slot would be a contested race between two great conservatives fighting tooth and toenail (on a friendly basis, of course) for the votes of the voters in their precinct right up to the primary election day.

Keep at it. Keep spreading the word! I believe every conservatives first priority should be to get into the ball game of party politics as a voting member of the Party. If that’s not possible, then in some way support those who are.

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NY-23 is a conservative district. Illinois is not a conservative state. There was no primary in NY-23, and that is why there was a third-party. Plus, DeDe’s lead had been shrinking and the signs of a collapse were there. Mark Kirk is raising good money, unlike DeDe. Patrick Hughes is not. I forget who it was, probably Moe, but maybe Erick, said that the reason RS is not trying to bring down people like Mark Kirk and Mike Castle, is one, electability, and two, these are symbolic victories. We could win the seats of the President and Vice-President from blue states. Mark Kirk may not be down the line conservative, but he’s much better than any Democrap would be in that seat.