Iowa Democratic Party chair steps down after caucus move - WSB Atlanta

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — The caput of the Iowa Democratic Party plans to measurement down successful the aftermath of a ballot by the nationalist party to enactment the South Carolina superior up of Iowa's caucuses, which person agelong been the archetypal statesmanlike nominating contention successful the country.

Ross Wilburn announced Saturday that helium won't tally for reelection arsenic enactment president successful January.

“No 1 tin foretell the future. But I person the utmost religion that whoever takes up the mantle adjacent volition usher our enactment with grace done the challenges ahead, arsenic we each proceed to enactment connected increasing our enactment and electing Democrats who volition combat for the ideas we cognize are supported by a beardown bulk of Iowans,” Wilburn said successful a statement.

In summation to losing their first-in-the-nation status, Democrats mislaid respective cardinal races successful the authorities past period arsenic Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley cruised to reelection and 2 longtime Democratic bureau holders lost their positions.

The adjacent president volition pb Iowa Democrats arsenic they determine whether to comply with the nationalist party's determination oregon travel a authorities instrumentality that requires the caucuses to beryllium held astatine slightest 8 days earlier immoderate different statesmanlike nominating contest.

If the authorities enactment doesn't spell on with the nationalist party's decision, Iowa Democrats volition tally the hazard that its delegates volition not number toward the nationalist nominating total.

Wilburn, who was the party’s archetypal Black chairman, volition stay a authorities representative.

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