Congratulations to MCDP's New Officers!

The Mecklenberg County Democratic Party held its county convention on April 9th and elected a new chair to lead one of North Carolina's largest county parties over the next two years. This board will be integral to the state party's efforts to assist in producing the Democratic National Committee's 2012 convention in Charlotte, NC.

According to the MCDP website, this convention was one of the longest MCDP conventions ever held as reflected by the voting volume between the first and the final officer votes. Some 492 ballots were cast by 112 precincts' delegates for the Chair's race which required three rounds of voting.  By the time the Secretary's election was held, just 75 precincts remained present, casting 234 ballots in a very tight race.

Congratulations to the new MCDP Executive Board (2011-2013)! The final results:

• Chair:     3 rounds with Aisha Dew winning by 2.14%
• 1st Vice-Chair:     Frank Deaton - winning by acclamation
• 2nd Vice-Chair:     2 rounds with Darrin Rankin winning by 14.73%
• 3rd Vice-Chair:     Ralph Belk - winning by acclamation
• Secretary:     Marc Friedland – winning by 0.78%
• Treasurer:    Gray Newman - winning by acclamation

The MCDP list of newly elected State Executive Committee members has yet to be published but is expected to be released in next few days

The above list of new officers immediately replaced the departing 2009-2011 executive board officers:

• Chair Joel Ford; 704-400-2845
• 1st Vice-Chair Pat Patton
• 2nd Vice-Chair Pamela Gordon; 704-281-3148
• 3rd Vice-Chair Aisha Dew; 704-441-9408
• Secretary  Ralph Belk; 704-619-7152
• Treasurer:   Gray Newman; 704-609-3160