These are the gatekeepers to votes and, often, majorities. Approach them, get to know them, and try to find out how their decisions are made. The people they select for innocuous positions on the party's town committee will likely be the next candidates or appointees for an office you care about. Or they may be the people who choose these future office-holders. Look for others outside the traditional political centers in your area who have avoided working with the party officials.
Every battle needs a plan.
Your networks, both personal and professional, now must always include a focus on finding people who will make your cause their own. Cultivate these people and remember to ask if they would be willing to do more for the issue. And Around Building a majority in one community often can draw strength from others. If you start to lose steam or inspiration on the project in your home district, take a look at someone in a neighboring district or town. They may have encountered some of the same obstacles you have.