State Party Committee Members
Job Description: The Democratic and Republican parties have elected positions to help run their parties at the state level. The state party committee members help develop statewide party policy, coordinate county activities, and endorse statewide candidates for party nomination.
State party committee members must be registered party members, at least eighteen years old, and residents of the geographic area which their offices serve. The number of committee members is determined by the amount of registered voters in that party.
Both the Democratic and Republican parties apportion state seats on a county basis. In counties with large numbers of voters from one party (like Philadelphia) seats are further apportioned based on state senate districts.
Election: Democractic and Republican Party Committee Members will be elected during the May 2010 Primary Election. Republican Party members elect state committee people during the primary in even numbered years every two years (2008, 2010, 2012, etc.). By contrast, Democratic state committeepeople are elected by party members during the gubernatorial primary election every four years (2006, 2010, 2014, etc.).
Other Parties: The information above refers to the Democractic and Republican State Committees. See below for information on being invovled with other major parties.
Resources:
Democratic Party of Pennsylvania:
http://www.padems.com/Home.php
Green Party of Pennsylvania:
http://www.greenpartypa.org/
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania: http://www.lppa.org/
Republican Party of Pennsylvania:
http://www.pagop.org/default.aspx