DNC Credentials Committee Dismisses Challenge To Local Officials

West Virginia Democratic Party Chairwoman Belinda Biafore and three other prominent state party officials will hold onto their posts, even as pressure mounts on Biafore to resign from her position leading the state party.

While Tuesday’s meeting of the DNC credentials committee dealt with a longstanding issue — focused on the election of Biafore, the state party chair and others to the DNC last summer — the calls for Biafore to resign have mounted since a June 3 meeting of the West Virginia Democratic Party’s State Executive Committee.

During that meeting, Biafore and other members of the party adopted an Affirmative Action Plan — just ahead of a deadline imposed by the DNC. Some members of the state executive committee allege the plan was approved with no input from a committee tasked with overseeing that plan.

On Tuesday, Selina Vickers — a member of the Democratic Party from Fayetteville who made a failed bid for the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2020 — had challenged the legitimacy of four party officials. That included Biafore’s election as state party chair, Rod Snyder as vice-chair, and Elaine Harris and Pat Maroney as DNC national committee members.

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