Democratic party head in N.C. will step down
Friday, November 21st, 2008
By Staff
Published: November 21, 2008
RALEIGH - Jerry Meek, the chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, who presided as Democrats improved their electoral standing in the state from president all the way down to county commissioner, said Tuesday he won't run for 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. (more…)
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