Four Democrats vie for party chair
Nancy Worley was re-elected as Alabama Democratic Party Chair Woman last summer, defeating a challenge by longtime party insider, attorney Peck Fox. Normally, that would have ended the divisions within the Alabama Democratic Party as the party entered into the general election. Then another Republican landslide victory happened in November and calls for new leadership resurfaced.
Worley brushed off calls for her to resign.
Former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb told the Associated Press, “When a coach loses and loses and loses, you get a new coach.”
“My remarks are a result of Maddox’s loss and the loss of every statewide Democratic candidate,” Cobb said on social media. “We had a great field of qualified nominees, but Nancy Worley and Joe Reed are toxic with the citizens of Alabama. Unfortunately, they are the face of the Alabama Democratic Party. They hurt the “brand” of our party and they bring absolutely NOTHING to the table.”
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