Doug Greco for Travis County Democratic Party Chair

Why I’m Running for TCDP Chair

I’m Doug Greco, and I’m running for Chair of the Travis County Democratic Party. I have spent the last 25 years of my professional career as a political organizer fighting on behalf of marginalized communities, and I believe there is no greater work to do now than organizing to elect Democrats at every level of government.

Our country, our Constitution, our economy, and our values are under attack daily by Republicans. Trump, Abbott, Patrick, Paxton, and every one of their cronies and henchmen spend their days enriching themselves and their friends while working to destroy the United States of America and the State of Texas. I’m running for TCDP Chair to help lead the fight against them and to elect more Democrats.

As you may have heard, our current Chair, Pooja Sethi, has announced her intention to resign as Chair. Leading an organization is hard work and it takes grit and dedication. Especially when you put your heart and soul into it. To that end, I want to thank Chair Sethi for her dedication, work, and efforts to elect Democrats.

I eagerly await a conversation with you about the future of our party and the soul of our country. I’ll continue to reach out over the coming weeks. While I’ll be asking for your vote, I want to hear your thoughts even if you’ve already committed to another candidate. The coming work is too important to exclude any voices. We are all in this together.

A little bit about me — I’m from a coal town in Eastern Pennsylvania. My folks worked at the local high school while I was growing up — Dad as a coach and teacher, Mom as a secretary. Playing football was a way out, and I was recruited to Brown University. After graduating from Brown, I moved to Austin to teach at Johnston High School, and after five years of teaching and education advocacy, I determined that my professional calling was organizing.

Since then, I’ve spent a couple of decades organizing locally with Central Texas Interfaith (CTI), and in California with Equality California. As Executive Director for 12 years, I helped build Central Texas Interfaith into a multi-county organizing strategy with a million-dollar budget. I worked for State Rep Gina Hinojosa as her Chief of Staff, and I went back to school at Princeton to get a Master’s in Public Policy. I’ve spent those years fighting for better wages and working conditions, fewer tax giveaways to corporations, and equal rights for the LGBTQ community, of which I am a proud member.

Now, I’m ready to fight — let’s fight for our country, our state, and our county together.