The new chairman, Tom Perez, is starting to shake things up.
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Tom Perez, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has asked for resignation letters dated April 15.
The Democratic National Committee asked for the resignation of all its staff members after former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the party body at the end of February.
Leah Daughtry, a veteran DNC adviser and co-chair of Perez’s transition advisory committee, asked staff members to put forward resignation letters dated April 15, which NBC News first reported and The Huffington Post has confirmed.
The resignations are part of Perez’s effort to reform the DNC after a bruising election cycle in which the committee faced allegations of partiality toward candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary race and in which Republican Donald Trump won the election.
Perez spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement that the practice is routine following the election of a new chair.
“From the beginning, Tom has been adamant that we structure the DNC for future campaigns. Current and future DNC staff will be integral to that effort,” Hinojosa said.
“Over the last few months, the DNC staff has done incredible work under immense pressure to hold Trump accountable,” she added.
Sources within the organization said that the resignations are part of an institution-wide audit and that they expect many current staff members to be kept on.
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JOSHUA ROBERTS / REUTERS
Tom Perez, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has asked for resignation letters dated April 15.
The Democratic National Committee asked for the resignation of all its staff members after former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the party body at the end of February.
Leah Daughtry, a veteran DNC adviser and co-chair of Perez’s transition advisory committee, asked staff members to put forward resignation letters dated April 15, which NBC News first reported and The Huffington Post has confirmed.
The resignations are part of Perez’s effort to reform the DNC after a bruising election cycle in which the committee faced allegations of partiality toward candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary race and in which Republican Donald Trump won the election.
Perez spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement that the practice is routine following the election of a new chair.
“From the beginning, Tom has been adamant that we structure the DNC for future campaigns. Current and future DNC staff will be integral to that effort,” Hinojosa said.
“Over the last few months, the DNC staff has done incredible work under immense pressure to hold Trump accountable,” she added.
Sources within the organization said that the resignations are part of an institution-wide audit and that they expect many current staff members to be kept on.
This story is developing.
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