Promote Our Brand – the Fort Bend County Democratic Party must be active, visible, and vigilant more than just in an election year. By reaching out and connecting with our neighbors all year, we can build a richer relationship between the party and the community.  This includes developing deeper relationships across the multitude of cultures, races and ethnicities living here.  We will also look to utilize all technologies to expand voter interaction in the county including but not limited to, an improved party website, e-newsletters, interactive blogs, facebook, and twitter.

Growing the Base – it’s absolutely essential that we have active and engaged precinct chairs in every Fort Bend community.  Vacancies must be filled immediately and talent will be recruited in order to build the framework for engaging democrats and independents house by house.  We also need to increase the number of democratic clubs.  I will be a Party Chair that grows our tent so that each Democrat can find a home that facilitates their activism.   I’ll recruit for the establishment of Fort Bend Democratic clubs such as:  Tejano Democrats, Young Democrats, GLBT, etc.  In fact, we need localized clubs in every corner of Fort Bend County.

Raising Money – FBCDP must have the resources to establish a headquarters that will centralize our activities and provide needed visibility.  Resources are also needed to fund year-round voter engagement initiatives as well as a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) program during elections.  To do so, we must have a major annual fundraiser, and solicit help from supporters throughout the region.

Campaigns and Elections – getting democrats elected will be driven by recruiting elect-able candidates and providing them the human resources to help garner votes.  That is, we must begin cultivating campaign experts/staff who understand voter engagement and campaign management.  I will promote an academy that brings in the best campaign operatives in the business (field, fund raising, social media specialists, etc.) to help train local volunteers so that we can begin staffing candidates with people from Fort Bend.

Leadership – finally, our Party must be organized and energized!  Our County Executive Committee must meet regularly (as established by Party protocols), a strategic plan must be developed and executed, and Democrats must feel like they’re a part of something special in Fort Bend.  This foundation of leadership will help to preserve and sustain our party, and provide for a more permanent grassroots organization county-wide.