Two New Members of the MoCo Democratic Central Committee

At tonight's meeting of MCDCC (Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee), two new members were elected. They are Wanda Resto-Torres and Mimi Hassanein.

Their positions are sometimes called "State Central Committee Members" and sometimes "Gender Balance Members." The Maryland State Central Committee requires that all county Democratic Central Committees have an equal number of men and women. 

In the June 24 primary this year, two more men than women were elected to MCDCC, so to provide gender balance two women were elected to join MCDCC tonight. They have full voting rights on the State Central Committee but they are non-voting members of the County Central Committee.

This brings the total membership of MCDCC to 28 --- 8 At Large (elected in the primary election by all Dem voters in MoCo) and 16 from districts (2 elected in the primary from each of the 8 legislative districts in the County). These constitute the 24 voting members. There are also 2 student members, and 2 gender balance members, these 4 being members of MCDCC but without a vote there.