The Tennessee Democratic Party has elected its first Black statewide chairman of the party.
The partyâs Executive Committee voted Saturday to name Hendrell Remus to succeed Mary Mancini as leader of the state party.
âI am humbled and elated at the opportunity to serve as the Tennessee Democratic Party chair,â Remus said in statement posted on social media. âThis is not just a moment of accomplishment for my family and I but a historic moment for our party and, indeed, for our state.â
Remus, an assistant emergency operations director at Tennessee State University, takes over from Mancini as party chair.
TSU staffer said to be first Black TNDP leader Members of the Tennessee Democratic Party’s executive committee on Saturday elected Hendrell Remus as the new party chair. Remus, an assistant emergency operations officer at Tennessee State University, is said to be the first Black leader of the state party organization. He has previously run, unsuccessfully, for local and state offices in Memphis. Remus is vice chair of the Tennessee Young Democrats and in that role has served as an ex-officio member of the TNDP Executive Committee. Remus takes over the party from three-term chair Mary Mancini at a low point for Tennessee Democrats, who have not won a statewide election since 2006 and whose House and Senate caucuses have dwindled to super-minorities.
Tennessee Democrats Elect Hendrell Remus New Party Chair The TSU staffer is said to be the first Black TNDP leader Tweet
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Members of the Tennessee Democratic Party’s executive committee on Saturday elected Hendrell Remus as the new party chair.
Remus, an assistant emergency operations officer at Tennessee State University, is said to be the first Black leader of the state party organization. He has previously run unsuccessfully for local and state offices in Memphis. Remus is vice chair of the Tennessee Young Democrats, and in that role has served as an ex-officio member of the TNDP Executive Committee.