Membership in the Richmond Democratic Committee seems not just flat, but committee members — unlike their Democratic counterparts across the state — aren’t super eager to talk about it.

When first asked about membership in July, party chairman James “J.J.” Minor said he did not have any numbers in hand and referred the question to the party secretary, Jamie Nolan. He also noted that the Richmond committee has a cap of about 220 members. But he said current membership was nowhere near the cap.

Nolan did not return three voicemails seeking information on the membership numbers.

Richmond Democrats stopped accepting new members last year. The reason was to avoid a rush of new members trying to influence the important party endorsements for School Board, City Council and mayor.

But since the November election, it’s been difficult to ascertain exactly how many new members have been added.

During follow-up discussions, Minor said there were 168 current members and estimated that was up 15 to 20 people since November, but said he did not have exact numbers. On Friday, he said he was mistaken and there were 174 members before the November election and there are now 203.

Minor said there are applications pending.