Okay, from 1500 miles away, I'm confused about this.
These primitives are talking about a position within the county Democrat party, not the county government.
Usually around here, in the heart of the spinal column of America, anyone who wants a party position (as opposed to an elective office) usually gets it. It's not a big deal.
Truie, I lived in the corrupt blue states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey for a few years, but that was a while back, and I never paid much attention, as the local, county, and state Democrat machines were going to not count my (R) vote anyway.
I'm suspecting that the New Jersey primitives want these county Democrat party jobs for reasons that have nothing to do with helping the Democrat party, but rather helping one get an "inside" on jobs for relatives and payoffs for themselves.