Denton County Conservative Coalition (D3C) supports conservative issues and ideas to be promoted while impacting government on all levels through conservative outreach and activism. Our primary purpose is education and our mission is vetting and endorsing candidates.
D3C selects races to be considered for endorsement from contested races but may use additional criteria to select the races. Once races are selected, candidates are sent an invitation to participate by letter, email, text or telephone. The contacts modes are obtained from the authority responsible for the election such as the Secretary of State in Primary elections. Candidates are responsible for the addresses and email addresses given to the election authority. After the initial invite, follow-up invitations are sent if no response has been received.
In order to be considered for endorsement the candidate must follow the deadline dates provided by D3C.
D3C vetting process requires the candidate to complete the following:
- Candidate Contact Information as requested on the initial invitation that contains to address, email and phone number used to contact the candidate for the remainder of the process. The candidate is responsible for the accuracy of that information.
- Questionnaires related to the office sought are provided by D3C.
- Recorded In-person or Zoom interviews with the vetting committee
Ultimately it is the candidate’s choice to complete all steps within D3C timelines that determines whether he/she will be considered for endorsement, To be endorsed, the candidate must receive a minimum of 2/3s of the votes cast in that race.
Following completion of the individual interviews, the Vetting Committee makes their Recommendations. Those recommendations, the questionnaires, and videos are made available to the qualifying membership. The membership votes to determine whether there will or will not be an endorsement in each race. In races where no single candidate reaches the 2/3rds threshold for endorsement, the top two candidates determined by D3C votes are "recommended" to the voter and noted as "pick one" or a second vote may be held at the descretion of the Board.
