 The result was a plan to create a historic partnership between state and national party that focused on increased resources for the 57 state parties, enhanced training and curricula for state party leaders, and a new commitment to building better digital tools and data.The plan that Martin put together and negotiated with DNC Chairman Tom Perez resulted in investments in state parties which played a significant role in Democrat's strong 2018 showing.State parties had capacity to build infrastructure to help candidates up and down the ballot and were uniquely situated to coordinate among campaigns.