National Democratic Training Committee
organization focused on political training in the United States
The National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is a 527 political action committee formed in 2016 to train American Democratic party candidates at all levels of government to run for public office.
History
The NDTC was founded in 2016 by Democratic operative Kelly Dietrich.
In 2018, the group launched online training for NGP VAN's "VoteBuilder", the voter database used by the Democratic Party.
In 2019, the NDTC launched their Staff Academy program to provide training for Democratic campaign staff. The NDTC trained a group of 60 new Democratic campaign staff through an eight-week training, which featured both in-person and online components. The NDTC partnered with state and national party committees to recruit trainees for the program, which saw more than 600 applicants. The program was developed to provide Democratic campaigns with "high-quality, diverse, and trained staff members" for the 2020 election cycle.
According to its FEC report, the NDTC raised $7.35 million during the 2018 election cycle.
Format
NDTC offers both on-site trainings and self-paced virtual classes, with students ranging from candidates and their staff to campaign volunteers and activists. Vice noted in 2019 that it was the only major organization providing free in-person trainings to Democratic candidates nationwide.
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