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What’s the [precinct committeeman] count?

As you may know, I’ve been banging the drum here at Redstate (and elsewhere) for almost a year and half to get conservatives to get into the Republican Party as precinct committeemen.

Thankfully, many of you have taken the necessary steps — you’ve found your local GOP committee meeting, have gone to the meetings, and have done what’s necessary in your state to become a “card carrying member” of the Republican Party — or you’ve become a regular Party volunteer in some other capacity. Bravo!

Well, I think the time has come to do a tally. Every time I see our Maricopa County Republican Party Executive Director Tom Husband, who’s job it is to keep track of the strength of the Party in terms of the number of precinct committeemen we have, the first words out of my mouth, after a pleasant greeting, are, “What’s the count?” He knows I mean, “How many precinct committeemen do we have now?”

So, fellow Redstaters, if you are so inclined, would you mind responding to my question, “What’s the count?”

Just reply here, letting us know whether you’re a precinct committeeman, along with your county and state. Perhaps your state organizes committees at the lowest level in a different way than here in Arizona — we do it based on Legislative Districts from which our state senators and representatives are elected.

So, for me, I’m a Precinct Committeeman, Legislative District 17, Maricopa County, Arizona.

And, if for whatever reason you can’t be a PC (due to your job (perhaps you’re active duty military) or for some other reason, but you have become a regular Republican Party local committee volunteer in some other capacity, please let us know. Others want to get involved, and you might help someone see a way to participate in party politics.

So, fellow Redstaters, what’s the count?

Thank you.
ColdWarrior
Precinct Committeeman, Legislative District 17, Maricopa County, Arizona

Conservatives, UNITE! Become Republican precinct committeemen and CHANGE the Party and the World! NOW!
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American first, conservative second, Republican precinct committeeman BY NECESSITY!

www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com, so you can say, “I became a precinct committeeman before it was cool.”

“[Primary e]lections have consequences, my friends.” — John McCain

COMMENTS

  • azaeroprof

    Precinct Committeeman, Yavapai County (LD1), Arizona
    (we’re by county here in NoAZ)

    Also Yavapai GOP Youth Chair; and Faculty Advisor for College Republican chapter.

  • texasgalt

    I’m too paranoid to list my precinct number. :-)

    Thanks again for the nudge.

  • discerningconservative

    I am a precinct committeeman in Mercer County, Ohio. As of right now, my county has all but 5 of 37 precincts filled. When I became involved almost a year ago, there were 12 vacancies, so we are moving in the right direction. Thank you ColdWarrior, for your hard work on this and inspiring me to get involved.

  • usnret88

    +2 new guys here in Precinct 74 Yavapai county AZ…me and next door neighbor appointed in march. browbeating by Rep Andy Tobin helped too. :-)

  • George Neitz

    I hope to become a committeeman for precinct 302 in Citrus County Florida I would be sooner but they have very arcane rules that slow you down.

  • qixlqatl

    Fortunately, I have an extremely hard head!! Wish I had positive news to report.

  • http://www.spartanburgteaparty.org karenmartin

    and at last spring’s county meeting we voted out the entire slate of incumbents … county chair, secretary, treasurer etc.

  • penguin2

    City of Virginia Beach has two new precinct members at one of their precincts. I am one of them.

    Good, CW can now cross off penguin from his list. :-)

    • remnant60
  • mriggio
  • ocleverone

    and recruiting more and more.

    :)

  • nivlem

    I have four precinct chairmen that I am responsible for helping to organize each of their precincts.

    Wake County has an awesome computer program to assist and organize
    each individual precinct.

  • ebone

    Many precincts vary. In Florida, you may have to be on the executive committee of the republican party then elect a state representative precinct committe man and women. None the less, candidates for the primary will need your vote to get on the ballot.

    Ebone. PC.

  • toothpick

    I am (will be) a precinct committeeman in Santa Clara County, CA. I’ve already qualified. I would have been on the June 8 ballot but there were fewer valid candidates than open seats, so I win the “election” by default. I believe I’ll be seated this December.

    And, in case you are wondering…I am indeed a conservative. I am a regular reader and big fan of redstate.com, americanthinker, nationalreview, etc.

    • disintelligentsia

      I’ve tried looking it up in Riverside, CA, but come up empty. Any tips on the process for becoming a committeeman?

      • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

        Go here:

        www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com

        Look on the right side for the links to state info.

        Ron Robinson, a Redstater, created a great site for California, to which I linked:

        http://precincts.ning.com/

        Good luck, and let us know how you fare.

        For Liberty,
        ColdWarrior, PC (that?s ?precinct committeeman,? not ?political child!?)
        Conservatives, UNITE! CHANGE the Republican Party and save the world by UNITING INSIDE the Party as precinct committeemen. NOW!

  • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

    You’ve got your work cut out for you in California, but the more conservatives in California UNITE in the Republican Party at their local committee meetings, the better.

    Keep us updated on your progress!

    For Liberty,
    ColdWarrior
    Conservatives, UNITE! Become precinct committeemen and CHANGE the Republican Party and the world! NOW!

  • scarlos

    Working on getting my parents to take the dive, and drafting a presentation about it for the next Cal Poly College Republican meeting.

    My Motto: If I can’t do it myself, I’ll enlighten 20 others in my place.

  • shaitra

    2 really, since my husband is also a voting delegate.

    Thanks for linking to this Cold Warrior. I missed this the first time around.

  • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

    to the plate! I hope you can recruit every conservative you know as I know Milwaukee County conservatives need to come together — I’m working on a friend of mine there from afar!

    Do you know of an online “how to become a precinct committeeman” guide for a Wisconsin county that I could link to on my blog? Or, can you write up a short explanation about how you became “card carrying members” of the Wisconsin GOP and post it here as a Diary? Then I could link to it.

    Thanks again for getting into the real ball game.

    For Liberty,
    ColdWarrior, PC (that?s ?precinct committeeman,? not ?political child!?)
    Conservatives, UNITE! CHANGE the Republican Party and save the world by UNITING INSIDE the Party as precinct committeemen. NOW!

  • http://thefloridaprecinctproject.wordpress.com/ precinctpatriot

    We conduct monthly sessions witin our group, breifing them on the process and expectations of becoming a PC. We are now at 10% of the county PCs.

    • klondike

      I had e-mailed Cold Warrior’s site to our state GOP and asked them to do the same, but I received no response. I just e-mailed them again and included your link. I’m going to nag them to death until they get with the program! Your site will help immensely. Thank you.

  • deano64

    Precinct Committeeman Pinal County, AZ, LD23

  • danasdaddy

    Attended the every-two-years county convention in ’09. Helped elect new, conservative county party chair. Working on becoming a PC.