WRAL: “North Carolina Democrats sent a message to the state party’s establishment: the party needs better leaders.
Members of the North Carolina Democratic Party on Saturday ousted their sitting chair, first vice chair, and second vice chair, voting instead to elect new candidates to the top four leadership positions.
The overhaul comes three months after the party failed to win a single statewide race in the midterm elections. And two months after Meredith Cuomo, who had served as the party’s executive director since 2019, announced her resignation.
The party’s executive committee elected campaign organizer Anderson Clayton, 25, to replace incumbent chair Bobbie Richardson, who sought a second term after being elected in 2021. The victory for Clayton, who chairs the Person County Democratic Party, is considered a major upset….
Former state Sen. Floyd McKissick, one of the party’s longtime proponents of civil rights, was also swept out Saturday. McKissick, 70, lost his seat as first vice chair to Jonah Garson, 36, who chairs the Orange County Democratic Party. Meanwhile, Kimberly Hardy, 51, defeated incumbent second vice chair incumbent Matt Hughes, 32. Elijah King, 21, won the third vice chair position, which was open.”