The Iowa Democratic Party announced that state Rep. Mark Smith will lead the party after the former chairman resigned earlier this month amid an unprecedented and embarrassing delay in results from the state's caucuses
Smith, who won the role by a majority vote of the IDP State Central Committee Saturday, said in a statement he was"honored that Iowa Democrats have put their faith in my leadership to help lead our party to victory this November."His election follows the resignation of the party's former chairman, Troy Price, after the Iowa caucuses, marred by faulty technology and arcane rules, descended into chaos.
But since that process was taking longer than expected, allies urged him to step aside now to begin trying to restore credibility to the party."While it is my desire to stay in this role and see this process through to completion, I do believe it is time for the Iowa Democratic Party to begin looking forward, and my presence in my current role makes that more difficult," Price wrote in a letter to members of the State Central Committee.
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