What is the 1st 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 1st Congressional District consists of 23 counties and cities and stretches from Piedmont Hunt in the north to Hampton in the south.
Our citizenry consist of farmers, manufacturers, shipyard workers as well as many Civil Service employees and the military located at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, the U.S. Army at Fort A.P. Hill and the U.S. Navy at Dahlgren.
What is the 1st Congressional District Democratic Committee?
The 1st Congressional District Democratic Committee consists of those members of the State Virginia Democratic Party Central Committee who reside in the 1st Congressional District.
How are 1st Congressional District Members elected?
Twenty members of the 1st CD are elected by delegates elected in caucuses conducted by the 23 local county and city democratic committees, who convene in a district convention for that purpose every four years. The 1st CD members serve on the Central Committee, the governing body of the Virginia Party of Virginia (DPVA), which meets four times per year. The 1st CD Chair is a member of the DPVA Steering Committee.
What are the roles and responsibilities of the 1st CD committee?
The 1st 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 23 local city and county committees within the 1st Congressional District. The 1st 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. Click here to read the the Virginia Democratic Party Plan. Click here to read By-Laws of the 1st CD committee.
Authorized by and paid for by First Congressional District Committee