District of Columbia Democratic State Committee

It could be like a 1200 member political convention like Maine had to do when Graham Platner stepped down from the US Senate race or it could be like Anita Bonds when she became council member in 2012.

The executive committee of the DC Dems got together, 71 members, and they voted Councilmember Bonds in.

That seems insane, kind of independently of this other situation we're talking about, because basically what you're saying is that a political party, you know, which is run by whatever combination of like activists, true believers and hacks run every political party in the world, gets to decide on an elected official.

Right.