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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

The Takeover: Part II

Posted by Tim Tagaris

Jay-Z would be proud:

Months after their historic wins in November, Colorado Democrats have ousted party chairman Chris Gates in an upset organized by activists angered by his handling of Mike Miles' failed bid for the U.S. Senate.

Pat Waak - a nonprofit director from Erie who is little-known in statewide political circles - narrowly edged out Gates in a final vote of 187 to 184 during Saturday's meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee.

Chris Bowers has the rest at MyDD.

Posted at 01:46 PM in Activism, Netroots | Technorati