2024 Conventions
The County Conventions will be held on March 23 at Meeker Elementary School in Ames.
At the County Convention, Delegates will be elected to serve at the District and State Conventions that are pledged to Presidential candidates based upon the proportion of the Presidential Preference mailing cards. For example if candidate A receives 15% support then they will receive 15% of the Delegates being elected to serve at District and State.
You do not have to have been elected as a County Delegate at the Caucus to attend the Convention and run to serve as a Delegate at the District and State Conventions.
The Platform written by the Platform Committee that was elected at the Caucus will be debated and a vote will be taken to approve it.
Members to serve on the District Convention Committees will be elected.
Platform Resolutions will also be accepted for submission to the District Platform Committee.
Format for a Platform Resolution:https://iowademocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2020Platform-1.pdf
Convention Book, which includes Order of Business and Convention Committee Reports-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TaBuPes-0J_FTYQRGslaXlYVqo4roxsw3JttQ5vTFYI/edit?usp=sharing
DISTRICT CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE MEETING Apr 3rd at 6 pm via Zoom
DISTRICT PLATFORM COMMITTEE MEETING Apr 6 at 10 am via Zoom
DISTRICT ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE AND RULES COMMITTEE MEETINGS April 6 at 10 am at:
Elderbridge Center on the Aging, 308 Central Ave, Fort Dodge
The District Convention will be held on May 4th at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge.
At the District Convention, National Delegates will be elected to serve at the Democratic National Conventions that are pledged to Presidential candidates based upon the proportion of the Presidential Preference mailing cards. For example if candidate A receives 15% in the District, then they will receive 15% of the Delegates being elected to serve at the National Convention.
The Platform written by the Platform Committee that was elected at the County Conventions will be debated and a vote will be taken to approve it.
Members to serve on the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee will be elected.
Members to serve on the State Convention Committees will be elected.
Platform Resolutions will also be accepted for submission to the State Platform Committee.
Format for a Platform Resolution:https://iowademocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2020Platform-1.pdf
The State Convention will be held on June 15 in Des Moines.
At the State Convention, additional National Delegates will be elected to serve at the Democratic National Conventions that are pledged to Presidential candidates based upon the proportion of the Presidential Preference mailing cards. For example if candidate A receives 15% support in Iowa, then they will receive 15% of the Delegates being elected to serve at the National Convention.
The Platform written by the Platform Committee that was elected at the District Conventions will be debated and a vote will be taken to approve it.
Aditional members to serve on the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee, including the Chairs of the Constituency Caucuses will be elected.
Members to serve on the Democratic National Convention Committees will be elected.
Platform Resolutions will also be accepted for submission to the National Platform Committee.
Format for a Platform Resolution:https://iowademocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2020Platform-1.pdf
The Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago on August 19-22.
Iowa Caucuses
“Caucus” is a broad term that means “meeting.” It is also used to describe a group of affiliated members such as the Black Caucus. A congressional caucus is a group of members of Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives.
In Iowa we hold a Caucus every year. They are usually held in February or early March. Watch this page for the dates, locations and official Call to Caucus or sign up for our newsletter here-https://www.storydems.org/emailsignup so you will receive the Call to Caucus by email.
In Presidential Election years the Caucus is the first step in the Caucus to Convention process that leads to the National Convention. There are substantial changes coming to that process outlined below.
In the even numbered years that aren’t a Presidential year, the Caucus is called the Off Year Caucus. We elect Delegates to serve at the County Convention, which is held in every even numbered year. District and State Conventions are held during Off Years also.
The Caucuses held in odd years are called the Odd Year Caucuses. These are organizational meetings where we gather to organize, plan for the upcoming elections and elect members to our Central Committee to represent each Precinct. There are no Conventions in the Odd Years.