Champaign County Democrats endorse Congressman Keith Ellison for DNC Chair
Contact: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy, naiman@justforeignpolicy.org
Champaign, IL – On Wednesday, January 25, the Champaign County Democratic Central Committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse the candidacy of Keith Ellison to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. On the weekend of February 24, members of the Democratic National Committee will meet and vote to determine the new DNC chair at the DNC’s Winter Meeting. [1]
Democratic precinct committeemen who supported the resolution to endorse Keith Ellison included Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing, Urbana City Clerk Phyllis Clark, Party Chair Maryam Ar-Raheem, Urbana Aldermen Aaron Ammons and Eric Jakobsson, County Board Member Josh Hartke, former Urbana Alderman Ruth Wyman and former County Board Members Jan Anderson and Robert Naiman.
In declaring their support for Keith Ellison to lead the DNC, Champaign County Democrats join the Democratic Party of DuPage County and Kankakee County Democratic Party, as well as U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, State Rep. Carol Ammons, State Party Vice-Chair Karen Yarbrough, U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky, and the Illinois Democratic County Chairmen’s Association. [2]
With Senator Sanders, Rep. Ellison led the fight last summer to get the Democratic Platform to oppose the anti-democratic, anti-worker Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP]. [3]
Just Foreign Policy [4] welcomes the decision of Champaign County Democrats to endorse Keith Ellison to lead the DNC and calls on the DNC to pass a resolution supporting U.S. withdrawal from the TPP and renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] to make it serve the interests and values of working families. [5]
References:
1. http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13703720/dnc-chair-election-rules-members
2. http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/29/obama-and-sanders-battle-over-tpp-and-the-democratic-platform/
4. http://justforeignpolicy.org/
5. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dnc-dems-help-keith-ellison?r_by=1135580