Nevada Democrats Unseat Socialist State Party Chair in Campaign to Repair Party Rift
The Nevada Democratic Party has elected Nevada State Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno to lead the party, ousting the incumbent chair Judith Whitmer, a self-styled democratic socialist.
Democratic Party members elected Monroe-Moreno by a vote of 314–99 over Whitmer on Saturday.
Monroe-Moreno ran as the moderate candidate, leading a slate of self-styled “unity” candidates to lead the state party. Monroe-Moreno said her victory by a margin of more than three to one came after her predecessor had created division within the party after taking control two years prior.
Whitmer’s leadership had unsettled the existing state party apparatus. After Whitmer and her democratic socialist wing swept the party leadership elections in 2021, the entire staff of the Nevada Democratic Party resigned….