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The Democratic Party is on the online offensive, pushing their Twitter account through Facebook as well as launching a new blog. With the second blog post, the party addresses the rumors about outgoing chairman Brian Colón – the party confirmed he is resigning his position on Friday, effective Saturday. Colón will be running for lieutenant governor as, of course, a Democrat.
Although other blogs had stated that this announcement would happen today (Wednesday), Chairman Colon confirmed that he would make his announcement on Friday (August 7) and it would be effective the following day. He is seeking higher elected office with the Party as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
The blog post also goes on to explain how the New Mexico Democratic Party will replace Colon.
According to our governing rules, the Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, Annadelle Sanchez, is required to call a special meeting to seek and elect a replacement Chair to fill the vacancy left by Colon. Our governing rules grant Vice Chair Sanchez the power to call the special meeting, but she does not automatically assume the Chair once vacated by Colon.
Vice Chair Annadelle Sanchez will not put her name in the running for the open chairmanship. Since Democratic Party bylaws, the blog post explains, says that the Chair and Vice Chair cannot both be women or men (one of each gender), this means the post is only open to men at this special meeting.
The state Democratic Party hopes to hold the meeting in conjunction with the State Central Committee meeting that’s typically held in either September or October to get better participation.
The Republican Party of New Mexico can be found on Twitter at @newmexicoGOP and Republican Party chair Harvey Yates Jr.’s blog can be found on the party’s Web site.
