Interested in being a Thurston County Republican Party PCO?
Attention all Thurston County Republican Party PCOs, Volunteers, and Friends
The Thurston County Republican Party's Biennial Organizational Meeting was on Thursday, Dec 6th, 2018, at the Heritage Hall at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. During this time the Central Committee (made up of all the new PCOs who filed in May and were elected during the Primary election in August) elected a new Executive Board to serve from December 2018 until December 2020. Positions on the TCRP Executive Board are open to any Republicans in Thurston County.
For more information, please contact one of the current board members:
How do you become a PCO?
The Thurston County Republican Party's Biennial Organizational Meeting was on Thursday, Dec 6th, 2018, at the Heritage Hall at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. During this time the Central Committee (made up of all the new PCOs who filed in May and were elected during the Primary election in August) elected a new Executive Board to serve from December 2018 until December 2020. Positions on the TCRP Executive Board are open to any Republicans in Thurston County.
For more information, please contact one of the current board members:
- Chairman: John O'Callahan, [email protected], 360-259-1704
- First Vice-Chair: John Heinley
- Second Vice Chair: Alexis Wallace, [email protected], 360-878-9414
- Secretary: Jackson Maynard, [email protected], 360-878-9206
- Treasurer:
- State Committeeman: Tom Watson, [email protected], 360-561-9369
- State Committeewoman: Elizabeth Catterson, [email protected], 360-584-8737
How do you become a PCO?
- Determine what precinct you are in by entering your address into this link: http://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/auditor/pages/elections-my-districts.aspx
- PCOs were elected as part of the August 7 Primary. If no one, or only a single candidate, filed for GOP PCO in your precinct, the position did not appear on the ballot. However, if two or more candidates filed for the position, the “race” appeared on the ballots. The ballots were mailed to voters in July, and the election itself was August 7.
- Once the elected PCOs have elected the Executive Board (their Central Committee officers), the newly elected Chair of the county party can appoint PCOs to fill positions in previously vacant precincts. Contact the new Chair and find out if there is a vacancy in your precinct. Appointed PCOs cannot vote during the initial “re-org” meeting of the county political party.
What is a PCO?
What is a PCO's job?
- PCO = Precinct Committee Officer
- PCOs are elected as part of the August Primary in even-numbered years.
- Candidates that run un-opposed for a PCO position for their political party do not appear on the ballot and are “automatically” elected.
- Theoretically every precinct in the country can have two PCOs: a Republican one and a Democrat one.
- PCOs are elected for a two-year term.
- Once the elected PCOs have elected their Central Committee officers, the Chair of the county party can appoint PCOs to fill positions in previously vacant precincts. Appointed PCOs cannot vote during the initial “re-org” meeting of the county political party.
What is a PCO's job?
- Support Republican candidates
- Help County Party raise money.
- Attend quarterly Central Committee meetings
- Elect the officers of the County Party
