Your Buncombe County Democratic Party

County Party Officers

  • Kristen Robinson

    (she/her)
    CHAIR

    The Chair is responsible for the overall operations of the party, working to ensure Democratic victories county-wide.

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  • Ed Kramer

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    The county’s First Vice Chair is responsible for precinct and cluster organization, as well as Get Out The Vote (GOTV) operations for elections.

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  • Denise Marecki

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Coordinates the county party training committee, identifying needs and developing programs to provide precinct officers with the necessary training to meet their goals

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  • Terri Cude

    (she/her)
    THIRD VICE CHAIR

    Coordinates oversight and development of county communications.

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  • Dana Stephenson

    (she/her)
    SECRETARY

    Maintains all records of the party, including membership and meeting minutes.

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  • Rich Lee

    TREASURER

    Manages financial record-keeping and financial disclosure reporting for the county party.

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Cluster Leaders

To better serve the needs of every region in the county, Buncombe's Democratic precincts are organized into eleven different clusters. Each cluster has an assigned organizer, who helps ensure the needs of each precinct are being met.

  • Downtown

    1.1, 2.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 11.1
    Susan Presson, Brian Lander

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  • East Asheville

    6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 20.1, 21.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1
    Janene Donovan, Joyce Gayles

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  • North Asheville

    3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 17.1, 22.2, 27.2, 28.1, 70.1
    Anne Winter

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  • West Asheville

    12.1, 13.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 16.2, 26.1, 42.1, 43.2
    David Perry, Diedre Duffy

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  • South Buncombe

    18.2, 19.1, 29.2, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 54.2, 55.1, 56.2
    Terri Cude

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  • North Buncombe

    40.2, 41.1, 50.1, 51.2, 58.1, 59.1, 67.1, 71.1
    Diane Amos, Barrie Barton

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  • Leicester

    52.1, 53.1, 63.1, 68.1, 681, 69.1
    Ken Kahn, Leslie Tighe

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  • Swannanoa/ Riceville

    61.1, 62.1, 64.1, 65.1, 66.1
    Bill Baugh

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  • Black Mountain

    32.1, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 34.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1
    Beth Sutton-Ramspeck

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  • Hominies

    24.1, 44.1, 45.1, 46.1, 47.1, 48.1, 49.1
    Apryl Johnson

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  • Fairview/ Reynolds

    38.2, 38.3, 39.2, 39.3, 57.1, 60.2, 60.4
    John Stover

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State Executive Committee

  • Andrew Ball

  • Bill Baugh

  • Larry Dodson

  • Daniel Hervig

  • Brenden Hipps

  • Joey Melone

  • Renee Meyers

  • Julie Montanea

  • Mark Newman

  • Steven Nguyen

  • Mary (Beth) Ostgaard

  • Soren Pederson

  • Kristen Robinson

  • Linda Scott-Styles

  • Sarah Sullivan

  • Tom Sullivan

  • Thomas Thomson

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