Run For Office
Thinking of Running for Office?
We are active party builders, recruiting new Democrats from our diverse population of Chesapeake, knowing that our strength comes from our diversity and that the best progress for Chesapeake, our state, and our country comes about when we put our strengths together and elect dedicated Democratic candidates to represent us.
If you feel moved to run for a particular office or know someone who may be interested, please click on Candidate Recruitment and Development Committee and let us know how to contact you.
Candidate Resources
National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC)
NDTC is the largest Democratic campaign training organization in the nation. They provide Democratic candidates, the tools, expert training, and resources needed to win.
EMILY’S List Training Center
EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates.
Emerge Virginia
To increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training and providing a powerful network.
Run For Something
Run for Something provides a safety net for new and exciting progressive candidates — at all stages of their journey — to help them run efficient, grassroots & voter-contact driven campaigns and not feel alone in the process.
LGBTQIA+ Victory Fund
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund supports pro-equality, pro-choice, out LGBTQ+ candidates at all levels of government who we know can win their elections and fight for our rights.
Higher Heights for America
Higher Heights is the only national organization providing Black women with a political home exclusively dedicated to harnessing their power to expand Black women’s elected representation and voting participation, and advance progressive policies.
Latino Victory
Latino Victory is an organization dedicated to building political power in the Latino community so that the voices and values of Latinos are reflected at every level of government and in the policies that drive our country forward.
Center for Freethought Equality
The Center for Freethought Equality is the advocacy and political arm of the American Humanist Association. The Center for Freethought Equality has an affiliated political action committee that works to increase the number of open humanists and atheists in public office at all levels of government.