Mission Statement
The 7th Congressional District Democratic Committee's purpose is to elect Democratic Candidates to public Office. We endorse the principles of the Democratic Party of Virginia and the principles contained in the charter of the National Democratic Party.
What is the 7th Congressional District?
A congressional district is the geographic area of Virginia that elects a Member of the U.S. Congress. There are 11 congressional districts in Virginia. The 7th Congressional District consists of 12 counties and part of the City of Richmond and stretches from Henrico County in the south to Page County in the north.
What is the 7th Congressional District Democratic Committee?
The 7th Congressional District Committee consists of those members of the State Democratic Party Central Committee who reside in the 7th Congressional District.
A congressional district is the geographic area of Virginia that elects a Member of the U.S. Congress. There are 11 congressional districts in Virginia. The 7th Congressional District consists of 12 counties and part of the City of Richmond and stretches from Henrico County in the south to Page County in the north.
What is the 7th Congressional District Democratic Committee?
The 7th Congressional District Committee consists of those members of the State Democratic Party Central Committee who reside in the 7th Congressional District.
How
are the 7th Congressional District Members elected?
Members of the 7th CD are elected by delegates elected in caucuses conducted by the local county and city Democratic Committees, who convene in a district convention for the purpose every four years. The 7th CD members serve on the Central Committee, the governing body of the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA), which meets for times per year. The 7th CD Chair is a member of the DPVA Steering Committee.
What are the roles of and responsibilities of the 7th CD committee?
The 7th CD Committee has two responsibilities. The first is to fix the time, place, and method (primary or convention) of nominating the Democratic congressional candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. The second duty is to oversee, or if necessary assure, organization of the 11 local and city committees within the 7th Congressional District. The 7th CD Committee also serves as meeting place and forum for local city and county committees within the district, the facilitator of district wide party activities. To learn more about the Democratic Party structure and procedures visit www.vademocrats.org.
Members of the 7th CD are elected by delegates elected in caucuses conducted by the local county and city Democratic Committees, who convene in a district convention for the purpose every four years. The 7th CD members serve on the Central Committee, the governing body of the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA), which meets for times per year. The 7th CD Chair is a member of the DPVA Steering Committee.
What are the roles of and responsibilities of the 7th CD committee?
The 7th CD Committee has two responsibilities. The first is to fix the time, place, and method (primary or convention) of nominating the Democratic congressional candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. The second duty is to oversee, or if necessary assure, organization of the 11 local and city committees within the 7th Congressional District. The 7th CD Committee also serves as meeting place and forum for local city and county committees within the district, the facilitator of district wide party activities. To learn more about the Democratic Party structure and procedures visit www.vademocrats.org.
Why we are Democrats
"One great difference which has characterized this division (between liberal and conservative parties) has been that the liberal party - no matter what its particular name was at the time - believed in the wisdom and efficacy of the will of the great majority of the people, as distinguished from the judgement of a small minority . . . The other great difference between the two parties has been this: The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions and problems arise beyond the power of men and women to meet as individuals, it becomes the duty of the Government itself to find new remedies with which to meet them. The liberal party insists that the Government has the definite duty to use all its power and resources to meet new social problems with new social controls - to insure to the average person the right to his own economic and political life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." (President Franklin D. Roosevelt,1941)
The Democracy Protection Act