The Georgia Democratic Party chairman will leave office today.
Mike Berlon, the Loganville lawyer whose problems at work had brought pressure to step down, announced his departure last week, but he delayed the move until the party’s first vice chair, who will assume the position, returned from out of the country.
“I am concerned only about the continuity of our party and ensuring Democrats get back to the business of demonstrating why we are best positioned to lead this state into the future,” Berlon said in a press release. “We have a great opportunity to win a U.S. Senate seat here in 2014. We also have good shot at the governor’s race with the right candidate.”
Berlon said the day-to-day operations of the party will continue through staff and his role for the coming week will be primarily oversight of those day-to-day operations.
In the release, Berlon left any decisions regarding the election of a new party chairperson would fall to Nikema Williams, the first vice chair, and the party’s executive committee.
via Gwinnett Daily Post | POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Democrats’ new leader takes over.
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