Kings County Democratic County Committee
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Kings County Democratic County Committee
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| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY |
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Modern American liberalism Progressivism Center-left |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
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The Brooklyn Democratic Party, officially the Kings County Democratic County Committee, is the county committee of the Democratic Party in the New York City borough of Brooklyn (Kings County). It is the most local level of party governance in New York. Kings County Democratic County Committee is one of the largest Democratic county organizations in the United States, and the largest that is not its own city.
In New York, county executive committees typically select candidates for local public offices, with the county committees ratifying the selections, including judicial candidates and the Democratic Party's nominee in special elections (1 in 3 current New York state legislators was chosen in a special election.) County committees are composed of at least two members elected from each election district as well as two members elected from each assembly district within the county (assembly district leaders).
Every two years, Democrats in each assembly district elect two district leaders: one male, one female. In principle, county committee members select the county committee chair, but in New York City the practice is that the district leaders control the choice. The district leaders and chair make up the executive committee of the county committee. There are 21 assembly districts in Brooklyn, so when all seats are filled, the executive committee has 42 members. Each election district (or ED) is made up of 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 3000 members. Unfortunately, a vast number of these are left unfilled, undermining broad participation in county decision-making.
The New York Election Law defines the structure of political parties and requires each party to have county committees. County committees are composed of at least two members elected from each election district as well as two members elected from each assembly district within the county (assembly district leaders). Leadership of the party is held by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, voted on by the State Committee members (who collectively form the Executive Committee). Chairmen are known colloquially as "Brooklyn Boss" or "Party Boss."
As of 2005, Brooklyn was home to 929,459 enrolled Democrats. There are approximately 10,000 seats on the County Committee, nearly half of which are typically unfilled. There are forty-two elected State Committee members (who also function as assembly district leaders), a male and female for each assembly district in the county, two of each in more populous districts. The Executive Committee is composed of the State Committee members from Brooklyn along with the elected officers of the County Committee.
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