Join us at our Convention Progressive Happy Hour at The Goldfish! This is a free event.
Featured Speakers:
Clayton Tucker, Candidate for Texas Ag Commissioner
Julio Salinas, Candidate for TX House District 41
Representative Vince Perez for TX House District 77
Nicolette Ardiente, Chair of the Asian American Dems of Texas
LaTonya Whittington, Founder of Cannabis Reform
More information coming soon.
Our water, air, and soil must be protected. As FDR said, "a nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." The Democratic Party needs to support any legislation that works toward ending the climate crisis -- from boosting renewable energy; removing or otherwise limiting pollution and greenhouse gases; protecting water, soil, and air; and any other necessary policy that will protect Americans from the climate crisis.
We call upon the Texas Democratic Party to allow remote voting for State Delegates starting in 2026. This measure, which passed the Permanent Rules Committee in 2024 but was killed by the quorum break, will allow delegates who are unable to attend in person to still have their voices heard. Too few Democrats are able to truly participate in the State Convention -- whether due to not being able to take time off from work, limited financial resources, illness, and more. This reform will allow them to participate in the governance of their Party.
We call upon the Convention Rules Committee to institute reasonable term limits such as 2 four-year terms for Party Executive Officers, the State Chair, Vice-Chair, and such, and 5 two-year terms for members of the State Democratic Executive Committee.
We call for the TX Democratic Party to find a way to display a public agenda for Convention Business for the 2026 Texas Democratic Convention.
While state law requires political parties to elect officers during a gubernatorial year convention, state law does not mention "which" convention or how many conventions a political party can have. State law also says everyone who becomes a state delegate remains so until the next primary. Hosting a specialty convention after the November election but before December 31st via Zoom Webinar would be a cheap, easy, inclusive, and democratic way for us to elect statewide party officers. Voting can be done in a way similar to the 2020 Convention.
We call for the TX Democratic Party to change the rules to allow state delegates to elect the State Chair and other Statewide Party Officers during a virtual convention after the November election but before the end of December.
The Permanent Rules Committee passed this proposal and we now ask for the General Body to support it as well.
We call for rule changes to the Texas Democratic Party to institute ranked-choice voting for all party officer positions elected at the 2026 State Democratic Convention. It is confusing to our delegates to use ranked-choice for SDEC and committee members only to use an entirely other voting system for party officers. One common voting system will best serve our party. We also call for the party to institute electronic voting, including at in-person conventions, for to make our floor votes faster, easier, and more transparent.