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NC Democratic Party ousts entire leadership in a major shakeup: new, young leaders victorious [1]

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Date: 2023-02-12  

Goodwin House, headquarters of the North Carolina Democratic Party

There was a political earthquake in North Carolina yesterday.

In its biannual party leadership elections, the State Executive Committee of the NC Democratic Party ousted its entire leadership bench. The incumbent party chair, 73 year old former state legislator Bobbie Richardson, was defeated by insurgent candidate Anderson Clayton, the 25 year old chair of the Person county party (which lies north of Durham along the Virginia border).

Richardson had been endorsed early and loudly by virtually every major elected Democrat in the state, including Gov. Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein and all 7 Democratic members of Congress. She was widely seen as the pick of the state party establishment. Nevertheless, Richardson lost to Clayton on the second ballot by a margin of about 10% in a heavily-attended meeting.

Besides Clayton, a “change slate” of candidates were also elected: Jonah Garson as 1st Vice Chair, Dr. Kim Hardy as 2nd Vice Chair, Elijah King as 3rd Vice Chair, and Melvin Williams as Secretary:

North Carolina Democrats have struggled badly to win elections since 2010’s Republican wave brought the GOP to power in the state. Democrats have never won back control of the badly gerrymandered legislature. In the last two cycles, Democrats lost the statewide judicial elections 0-14, locking in Republican control of the state Supreme Court until at least 2028. In a state with an electorate split nearly 50/50, the party’s persistent electoral weakness has been a major frustration for North Carolina’s Democrats.

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