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  Entire Staff of Nevada Democratic Party Quits After Democratic Socialist Slate Won Every Seat
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Last EditedRP  Mar 09, 2021 11:44am
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AuthorAkela Lacy, Ryan Grim
News DateTuesday, March 9, 2021 02:15:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionNot long after Judith Whitmer won her election on Saturday to become chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, she got an email from the party’s executive director, Alana Mounce. The message from Mounce began with a note of congratulations, before getting to her main point.

She was quitting. So was every other employee. And so were all the consultants. And the staff would be taking severance checks with them, thank you very much.

On March 6, a coalition of progressive candidates backed by the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America took over the leadership of the Nevada Democratic Party, sweeping all five party leadership positions in a contested election that evening. Whitmer, who had been chair of the Clark County Democratic Party, was elected chair. The establishment had prepared for the loss, having recently moved $450,000 out of the party’s coffers and into the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s account. The DSCC will put the money toward the 2022 reelection bid of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a vulnerable first-term Democrat.
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Un:9757BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
Tue, March 9, 2021 06:38:17 PM UTC0:00
Congratulations Republicans on your future Senate and Assembly majorities.
 
R:7206Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! ( 520.1045 points)
Thu, March 11, 2021 12:28:51 AM UTC0:00
I suspect the Nevada prog Dems view this outcome more as a feature, than a bug. But we'll see how well it actually works out for them.