State Dems step in to control Lackawanna County Democratic Party officer election process
The state Democratic Party has seized temporary control of its Lackawanna County affiliate and plans to schedule a meeting soon to elect new county party officers.
Meeting via Zoom on Monday, the state party unanimously determined Chris Patrick’s term as county Democratic chairman had lapsed and took over the officer selection process, acting on numerous complaints by county Democrats upset at Patrick.
“We had written complaints and phone calls,” said a state party official, who spoke only if he were not named.
The party ruled Patrick could not block 76 newly elected local committee members from taking office and voting on new officers, the official said.
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