State Sen. James Skoufis introduced Saturday his candidacy to change into the subsequent chairman of the Democratic Nationwide Committee.
The senator, representing most of Orange County and the Catskills, touted his bipartisan enchantment in an announcement video posted to his X account.
“I’ve gained on robust Trump turf thrice. I’ve gained when governors face crimson waves, all whereas bringing the Democratic huge tent collectively and by no means sacrificing our values,” Skoufis stated.
“Once you outperform the highest of the ticket by 24% you already know a factor or two about brass tacks campaigns,” he added, taking a swipe at Vice President Harris’ election evening disaster.
Skoufis would face off in opposition to Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Social gathering, and Martin O’Malley, a former Maryland governor and previous Democratic presidential candidate.
The election to exchange outgoing chairman Jaime Harrison can be held Feb. 1.
If he wins, Skoufis can be confronted with a demoralized social gathering and the wreckage of Harris’ marketing campaign, which spent $1.5 billion in 15 weeks and is believed to be 20 million in debt.
Prime Democratic insiders, like James Carville, have referred to as for an audit of the marketing campaign’s books.
However Skoufis has already picked up help amongst some New York lawmakers, together with Republican council chief Joe Borelli.
“Skoufis routinely outperforms the GOP in a GOP suburban/rural district. (Which is 3x the dimensions of Mayor Pete’s metropolis when he ran for chair in 2019. Labored out for him btw) The DNC may most likely use his recommendation proper now,” Borelli stated in an X publish.
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