Welcome!

The King County Democrats embrace the principles of the Democratic Party, and work across King County to promote those principles by building a strong party organization, recruiting candidates and electing Democrats. The organization works closely with the Washington State Democrats, the 16 Legislative District Democratic organizations, and our elected officials.

King County, Washington is the 12th most populous county in the United States, and contains nearly a third of all voters in the State of Washington. Seventeen (17) different Legislative Districts represent at least some precincts within parts of the county, as well as 5 out of the 9 Congressional Districts of the State delegation.

The Democratic Party is very strong in King County. Four of the five Congressional Districts, the 1st, 2nd, 7th and 9th, are represented by Democrats, and most of the Legislative District representatives to Olympia are Democrats. The party organizations at a local level are getting stronger every year.

The King County Democratic Party is organized under Washington State Law and is chartered by the Washington State Democratic Party.

Bylaws

Our Bylaws form the foundation for our structure, and define the roles and responsibilities for our Officers and opportunities for our Members. This is an organization formed of, by and for the progressive activists that make up our membership. It's all about you as an activist and a citizen.

Current Bylaws, approved February 24, 2009 (PDF)

Precinct Committee Officers

Precinct Committee Officers (PCO's) are elected during each Even-year Primary Election in all 2500+ precincts around the county. These PCO's are the people who do the work during the year to engage, educate and empower the citizens of our county.

Party Leadership

Our bylaws identify certain officers with duties that they perform during the election season. You can view the list of our current leadership here.

Platform

What do you want our government to do? How do you want our community to grow, change and thrive? That's who we are and what we're about. Every two years we go through the Caucus Cycle and hear your voices. What comes from that is our Platform, articulating the values we hold, the legislation we wish to see, and the community we wish to help build.

Read our Platform (PDF) - This version was approved at the 2008 King County Convention on April 13, 2008

Platform SlimJim - Please print this out and pass on to friends!

Resolutions

We want to hear from you! What issues affect your life or your quality of life? While the Platform is developed every two years, things come up year round and we need to know about them and take a position. That's where our Resolutions come in. Any member can draft and submit a Resolution to the Platform and Resolutions Committee.

Read the most recent resolutions, and submit your own! (coming soon)

Roberts Rules of Order

Every level of the Democratic Party uses Robert's Rules of Order to help in conducting orderly meetings. Click here to access a summary of the motions.

Party History

Learn more about the history of the party. This section is a collection of the documents and records from the last few election cycles.