The Big Goal For MCDP Reorganization — Defeat Mike Turner And Elect Democrats In Republican Districts |

At the MCDP Reorganization Meeting, scheduled for June, the newly elected Central Committee will establish the way forward for the party. Officers will be chosen and a new MCDP Constitution approved.

I am urging Reorganization to launch a two-year project to build up the organization so that is strong enough to defeat Mike Turner and defeat Republicans in the Ohio Assembly. The MCDP, historically, has put little effort and resources into these important elections and instead has focused on local races. Grassroots Democrats want much more.

To win in Republican districts, will require hundreds and thousands of engaged Democrats. Today, there are less than 100 active Central Committee members and the MCDP, as an organization, does not exist. The MCDP does not have officers or a program. It is simply a list of donors. Everything revolves around the Central Committee.

I’m proposing a new MCDP Constitution to:

Define the MCDP as an organization of all MCDP members and make MCDP an active community that Democrats will want to join.
Organize a “Democratic Committee” of MCDP members in each jurisdiction.
Make a two-year goal to sign up 5% of registered Dems (about 2500) as members.
Schedule the next Reorganization for 2028, as permitted by Ohio law.
Empower the MCDP members in 2028 to directly elect its own officers by a rank-choice process, establish its own committees, hold its own meetings.
Outline the relationship between the MCDP and the elected Central Committee.

Launching a two-year project to democratize the Democratic Party, I believe, would give a powerful boost to win elections that now seem out of reach. The idea is to start, immediately, a two year campaign to build MCDP membership and build grassroots infrastructure. The goal will be to help Democratic candidates in the 2026 elections — and to establish an infrastructure that will grow in strength and help develop and elect strong candidates in 2028.

There is a lot to think through and my goal is to start a discussion. There is a short time before the Reorganization Meeting to develop consensus. This is a first in a series of posts for DaytonOS to be collected as a longer paper titled, “Project 2028: A Two Year Plan To Build MCDP And To Flip Republican District”

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