Meek to step down as N.C. Democratic Party chairman
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
By Staff
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jerry Meek, who presided as Democrats improved their electoral standing in the state from president to county commissioner, said Tuesday he won't seek another two-year term.
Meek, 38, is leaving the post he won in 2005, when he was the favorite of local party activists over the preferred candidate of Gov. Mike Easley. The party's executive committee will meet Jan. 31 in Raleigh to choose his replacement.
"I've enjoyed my four years. But four years is a long time in a full-time unpaid job," Meek said in an interview.
Meek, a Fayetteville attorney, also is stepping down in part because he's getting married Dec. 5 to state Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg. He will share time between Charlotte and Raleigh while working at the Poyner Spruill law firm. (more…)
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