The formerly appointed party jefe got elected to a full term at the Texas Dems state convention, as noted by the Trib. In the face of opposition, unsurprising since I wrote in April about a letter from select staffers wanting him gone, but, "eventually." That, in turn, followed him cheesing off many staffers last fall with the decision to move state HQ out of Austin.
Details:
The party’s delegates overwhelmingly chose Scudder to continue on as chair over former TDP staffers Monique Alcala and Marco Orrantia, ending a bitter race centered on how the party should be organized and whether it was building enough infrastructure to capitalize on this cycle’s political tailwinds and lay the groundwork for long-term Democratic gains.
Sad part from the Trib story is that, while it talks about Scudder getting a landslide from the rank and file, actual vote numbers aren't reported. Of course, that's because the TDP ain't reporting them yet.
It should be noted that on the ballot to an interim term a year ago March, he took just 65 of 121 votes. OTOH, that was in the first round of a seven-person race.
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