Jay Jacobs is nominated and unanimously elected to replace June O’Neil as Democratic State Chair.

Jacobs pledged to:

- Build up the resources and organization of the State Party.
- Make the State Party the campaign resource for Democratic candidates in New York State.
- Provide an active voice in the issues & policies of the day.
- Devise a working structure with the 62 County Chairs as its foundation, and
- Create, once and for all, an Institutional Party Office that endures.

From Newsday.com:

State Democratic Party chairwoman June O’Neill is stepping down to recuperate from hip surgery. The governor has asked her to serve in the party’s No. 2 post.

I have never met June O’Neill, nor have I heard her speak. But, our very own stlo7 has and, as I recall, he had nothing but accolades to report about her accomplishments and public speaking prowess.

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