AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee voted Saturday to elect Randy Kelley, former vice-chairman under Nancy Worley, as the next party chairman replacing outgoing chairman and State Rep. Chris England in a tense and at times combative meeting in Birmingham.
Kelley, the pastor of Hunstville’s Lakeside United Methodist Church, was elected with 104 votes and won without a runoff against Alabama Young Democrats President Josh Coleman, who received 56 votes, and former U.S House candidate Tabitha Isner, who received 42 votes. Isner was later selected as vice chairman after receiving 90 votes in a runoff with Tori Bailey, a Colbert County businesswoman.
“It’s just a great blessing to be a part of the Alabama Democratic Congress,” Kelley said after winning the chairmanship on Saturday. “I personally know we are more in line with what Jesus stood for. He was for the least of these, and our opposition is for the most wealthy of these.””