Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0The \u00a0ND Democratic – NPL on Saturday elected new
\nofficers to lead the party for the next two years. Grassroots Dem-NPL
\nsupporters reelected Kylie Oversen as Party Chairwoman on the first ballot
\nwith 60 out of 110 total votes. Oversen was one of five candidates for
\nparty Chair.<\/p>\n
Also elected were Warren Larson as Vice Chair; Ruth Buffalo as Secretary;
\nand Colleen Popelka as Treasurer.<\/p>\n
Dem-NPL Chairwoman Kylie Oversen* released the following statement:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amazing participation at today\u2019s meeting is a clear sign that we, the
\nDemocratic-Nonpartisan League, are fired up and committed to fighting for
\nthe issues that matter to working families and citizens across our state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no question that the results of last year\u2019s election were not
\nwhat we hoped for, either here in North Dakota or at the national level.
\nBut what we\u2019ve seen since then is remarkable energy, renewed dedication,
\nand countless grassroots supporters \u2013 many getting involved for the first
\ntime in their lives \u2013 hard at work organizing to build a stronger future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever seen this many people involved in elections
\nfor our party leadership positions. We strongly believe the engagement and
\nactivism we\u2019ve seen since last November is a sign of things to come in 2018
\nand beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp also addressed the reorganizational meeting,
\nspeaking to supporters about ensuring quality, affordable health care for
\nall North Dakotans, protecting seniors and children, and building stronger
\nand safer communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe North Dakota Dem-NPL Party stands up for workers and families across
\nour state and I’m proud of the leadership we elected today to help move
\nthose priorities forward,\u201d said Senator Heitkamp.<\/p>\n
Over 200 Democrats from across the state were in attendance at the party\u2019s Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0The \u00a0ND Democratic – NPL on Saturday elected new officers to lead the party for the next two years. Grassroots Dem-NPL supporters reelected Kylie Oversen as Party Chairwoman on the first ballot with 60 out of 110 total votes. Oversen was one of five candidates for party Chair. Also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119305,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119292\/revisions\/119305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nreorganizational meeting, with 110 members of the Policy Committee
\nparticipating in the vote for leadership positions. The Dem-NPL Policy
\nCommittee is made up of two members from each of the state\u2019s 47 legislative
\ndistricts, as well as members of the Dem-NPL Executive Committee. More
\ninformation can be found here <http:\/\/demnpl.com\/bylaws\/<\/span><\/a>>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"