Sherry writes: "U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and former Labor Secretary Tom
Perez, competing Saturday to lead the national Democratic Party, were in a
dead heat as delegates filled a convention hall and voting got underway."
Tom Perez. (photo: Getty Images)
Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship
By Jonathan Easley, The Hill
25 February 17
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a blow
to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive wing of the party.
Perez won with 235 votes on the second ballot, with 218 votes needed to
reach a majority. He fell just shy in the first ballot, totaling 213.5
votes.
The win came after Perez failed to clear the threshold required to win the
first vote by only one ballot.
Vice President Biden and other key figures from the Obama administration
supported Perez, who backed Hillary Clinton in the primary.
Sanders and many of his allies backed Ellison, the first-ever Muslim elected
to Congress and a star on the left. Several Ellison supporters told The Hill
this week that they are unsure if they can back Perez.
The race to become the next Democratic Party leader split along
establishment-grassroots lines and in many ways mirrored the divisive 2016
presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton.
The mainstream Democrats won out again.
Perez, the 55-year-old son of Dominican immigrants, becomes the party's
public face and chief spokesperson in charge of staking out Democratic
opposition to President Trump.
Prior to serving as President Obama's Labor secretary, Perez was a civil
rights attorney in the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric
Holder, who endorsed him in the chairmanship race.
He has almost no electoral experience, save for a successful bid for
Montgomery County Council and a failed run at Maryland attorney general, in
which he was disqualified over a technicality.
As chairman of the DNC, Perez inherits a monumental rebuilding project
across the country after years of Democratic losses at every level of
government.
And he will also have to go about the work of unifying a fractured party.
While Democrats sought to squash the intra-party divisions that linger from
the contentious presidential primary, the campaign to be the next DNC
chairman became a proxy battle between the rival factions.
Perez's win is a victory for centrist Democrats, many of whom were wary of
handing the party over to the Sanders wing. But his election risks
infuriating progressives, many of whom wanted to see Ellison, an early
supporter of Sanders, installed atop the DNC.
There are still bitter feelings among Sanders supporters who feel the DNC -
then led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) - rigged the primary
against Sanders and in favor of Clinton. Wasserman Schultz resigned at the
Democratic National Convention after hacked emails posted by WikiLeaks
appeared to show DNC staffers working to undermine Sanders.
Perez was encouraged by several top Obama officials to run for DNC chair and
had support from Biden and Holder.
Perez's allies bristle at the notion that he is not a true progressive,
citing his work as a civil rights attorney and as Labor secretary.
Many liberals are still reeling from Trump's upset of Clinton, and Perez
takes control of a party out of power at the White House, in both chambers
of Congress, and in a majority of statehouses and governor's mansions across
the country.
There are 33 GOP governors, compared to only 21 for Democrats. Since Obama
was sworn into office in 2009, Republicans have gained more than 1,000 state
legislative seats across the country.
There is urgency for Democrats to turn things around quickly, particularly
at the state level, where legislators will redraw district lines in 2020.
Democrats blame GOP gerrymandering in 2010 for their inability to make
significant gains in the House.
In Congress, the electoral map is unfavorable for Democrats in 2018. While
the out-of-power party typically picks up House seats in an off-year
election, Democrats are defending 25 seats in the Senate, including 10 in
states that Trump won in 2016.
Like all of the candidates running, Perez has vowed to return the DNC to
former chairman Howard Dean's "50-state strategy," which is still viewed by
many in the party as the gold standard.
Many Democrats blame their losses on a disconnect between the national party
in Washington and grassroots liberals across the country and are eager for
the new chairman to direct more resources and attention to those on the
ground.
Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.
Tom Perez. (photo: Getty Images)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/321099-perez-wins-bid-to-lead-democrati
c-partyhttp://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/321099-perez-wins-bid-to-lead-de
mocratic-party
Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship
By Jonathan Easley, The Hill
25 February 17
ormer Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a blow
to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive wing of the party.
Perez won with 235 votes on the second ballot, with 218 votes needed to
reach a majority. He fell just shy in the first ballot, totaling 213.5
votes.
The win came after Perez failed to clear the threshold required to win the
first vote by only one ballot.
Vice President Biden and other key figures from the Obama administration
supported Perez, who backed Hillary Clinton in the primary.
Sanders and many of his allies backed Ellison, the first-ever Muslim elected
to Congress and a star on the left. Several Ellison supporters told The Hill
this week that they are unsure if they can back Perez.
The race to become the next Democratic Party leader split along
establishment-grassroots lines and in many ways mirrored the divisive 2016
presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton.
The mainstream Democrats won out again.
Perez, the 55-year-old son of Dominican immigrants, becomes the party's
public face and chief spokesperson in charge of staking out Democratic
opposition to President Trump.
Prior to serving as President Obama's Labor secretary, Perez was a civil
rights attorney in the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric
Holder, who endorsed him in the chairmanship race.
He has almost no electoral experience, save for a successful bid for
Montgomery County Council and a failed run at Maryland attorney general, in
which he was disqualified over a technicality.
As chairman of the DNC, Perez inherits a monumental rebuilding project
across the country after years of Democratic losses at every level of
government.
And he will also have to go about the work of unifying a fractured party.
While Democrats sought to squash the intra-party divisions that linger from
the contentious presidential primary, the campaign to be the next DNC
chairman became a proxy battle between the rival factions.
Perez's win is a victory for centrist Democrats, many of whom were wary of
handing the party over to the Sanders wing. But his election risks
infuriating progressives, many of whom wanted to see Ellison, an early
supporter of Sanders, installed atop the DNC.
There are still bitter feelings among Sanders supporters who feel the DNC -
then led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) - rigged the primary
against Sanders and in favor of Clinton. Wasserman Schultz resigned at the
Democratic National Convention after hacked emails posted by WikiLeaks
appeared to show DNC staffers working to undermine Sanders.
Perez was encouraged by several top Obama officials to run for DNC chair and
had support from Biden and Holder.
Perez's allies bristle at the notion that he is not a true progressive,
citing his work as a civil rights attorney and as Labor secretary.
Many liberals are still reeling from Trump's upset of Clinton, and Perez
takes control of a party out of power at the White House, in both chambers
of Congress, and in a majority of statehouses and governor's mansions across
the country.
There are 33 GOP governors, compared to only 21 for Democrats. Since Obama
was sworn into office in 2009, Republicans have gained more than 1,000 state
legislative seats across the country.
There is urgency for Democrats to turn things around quickly, particularly
at the state level, where legislators will redraw district lines in 2020.
Democrats blame GOP gerrymandering in 2010 for their inability to make
significant gains in the House.
In Congress, the electoral map is unfavorable for Democrats in 2018. While
the out-of-power party typically picks up House seats in an off-year
election, Democrats are defending 25 seats in the Senate, including 10 in
states that Trump won in 2016.
Like all of the candidates running, Perez has vowed to return the DNC to
former chairman Howard Dean's "50-state strategy," which is still viewed by
many in the party as the gold standard.
Many Democrats blame their losses on a disconnect between the national party
in Washington and grassroots liberals across the country and are eager for
the new chairman to direct more resources and attention to those on the
ground.
http://e-max.it/posizionamento-siti-web/socialize
http://e-max.it/posizionamento-siti-web/socialize
