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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.
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
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mpcamb
(2,855 posts)1. Don't I recall Doug Jones picking up a Senate seat there?
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)4. How much was the party
And how mich was Jones himself, and the favorable electoral conditions of going up against a sexual predator?
Polybius
(15,239 posts)5. Look who he was running against
Any other Republican would have clobbered him.
madville
(7,397 posts)6. He's gonna lose by 20 points in 2020 unfortunately
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
which is why this is happening.
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)2. Sounds like a great job for a Stacey Abrams campaign staffer
imho. Her Georgia staff really knew how to organize and build an organization. I'm sure that can be exported to Alabama.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)3. Gov. Don Siegelman was trending DEMs up statewide.
Until Rove, Fuller, Riley, Canary and Co. railroaded him.
https://www.documentary.org/film/atticus-v-architect