NV State Democratic Party Shake Up

Judith Whitmer was Elected State Party Chair of the Nevada Democratic Party which was quickly followed by a Mass Resignation of most of the State Party Apparatus.

The particulars of the Intra-Party squabble are less important than the Impact the moves may have with respect to Electoral Politics in upcoming Cycles.

The Elevation of a Bernie Sanders-aligned Chair and subsequent Loss of Party Infrastructure is only going to place more Strain on the Relationship between the State, the Sstate Party, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

This will affect Fundraising and Get-Out-the-Vote efforts in the near term, but Nevada Democrats, in the State Legislature and in the now-departing State Party, have come out of the 2024 gates with a brazen yet flawed Vehicle to Challenge Iowa and New Hampshire for First-in-the-Nation Status on the Presidential Primary Calendar moving forward. The developments of this past weekend in the State will only serve to further hamper that effort.

Previously, I wrote about Nevada efforts to take over the spot at the Front of the Queue on the 2024 Presidential Primary calendar, and its Decision to establish a Presidential Primary to replace a Caucus. But what is the willingness within what will be a New State Party Structure? But each move thus far, in Nevada in 2021, has made it less likely that the State will be able to Successfully move up the Calendar and Displace Iowa and New Hampshire. Nevada Democrats in the Legislature, and formerly of the State Party, are Not trying to Preserve something, but to Gain something.

A Bill to set a January Date for a newly established Presidential Primary may only agitate the DNC and will certainly give New Hampshire Secretary of State, Bill Gardner, ample time to once again move ahead of any would-be Interlopers on their First-in-the-Nation Status. Layer on top of that potential Agitation a State Party apparatus that does Not as clearly see eye to eye with the DNC and one has a Recipe for Disaster. Or if Not Disaster, then a very problematic Path to First-in-the-Nation Status.

Certainly, under these circumstances, the DNC would be inclined to continue pushing for a State Government run Presidential Primary rather than let a State Party it is at odds with conduct Caucuses Early on the 2024 Calendar.

But even if that New Party Structure supports the Presidential Primary, it will Not be in a good position to make the pitch that it should be first if is remains at loggerheads with the DNC and backs an Ineffective Primary Bill that really only stirs the pot.

Other States will likely make these Pitches too if the DNC entertains Replacing Iowa and/or New Hampshire at the Front of the Line.










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