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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 03:14 PM Sep 2019

DNC Chair: Alabama Democrats not getting party-building funds

Source: Montgomery Advertiser

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee Monday said the DNC has been withholding some payments from the Alabama Democratic Party due to a failure to develop a strategic plan or invest in state party infrastructure.

In a letter to Jefferson County Democratic Party chair Richard Mauk, Tom Perez wrote that the party held up at least $10,000 a month in payments to the state party.

“Alabama has fallen far short of meeting its basic obligations to develop an effective strategic plan and build the necessary infrastructure for success,” Perez wrote in the letter. “The ADP has chronically underperformed in virtually every aspect of operation.”

The letter is the latest sign of mounting impatience from the national party with the current leadership of the Alabama Democratic Party. The DNC last month stripped Alabama Democratic Party chair Nancy Worley and vice-chair Randy Kelley of their credentials, accusing the leaders of dragging their feet in implementing by-law changes and holding new leadership elections, as ordered by the national party in February.


Read more: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/09/09/dnc-chair-alabama-democrats-not-getting-party-building-funds/2267693001/



FWIW - the Dean "50 State Strategy" did not simply throw money at State Parties; support was contingent on organizational restructuring and building campaign infrastructure.
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DNC Chair: Alabama Democrats not getting party-building funds (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
Don't I recall Doug Jones picking up a Senate seat there? mpcamb Sep 2019 #1
How much was the party Bradical79 Sep 2019 #4
Look who he was running against Polybius Sep 2019 #5
He's gonna lose by 20 points in 2020 unfortunately madville Sep 2019 #6
Doug Jones is one of those who is critical of the state party JI7 Sep 2019 #7
Sounds like a great job for a Stacey Abrams campaign staffer DeminPennswoods Sep 2019 #2
Gov. Don Siegelman was trending DEMs up statewide. Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #3
 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
4. How much was the party
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 04:53 PM
Sep 2019

And how mich was Jones himself, and the favorable electoral conditions of going up against a sexual predator?

madville

(7,397 posts)
6. He's gonna lose by 20 points in 2020 unfortunately
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 09:56 PM
Sep 2019

Unless the Alabama Republicans nominate Moore again we are gonna lose that seat.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
7. Doug Jones is one of those who is critical of the state party
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 04:31 AM
Sep 2019

which is why this is happening.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
2. Sounds like a great job for a Stacey Abrams campaign staffer
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 06:05 PM
Sep 2019

imho. Her Georgia staff really knew how to organize and build an organization. I'm sure that can be exported to Alabama.

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