Las Vegas, NV Today at the Nevada State Democratic Partys State

Central Committee (SCC) meeting in Las Vegas, Democrats from across

the state elected William McCurdy II to serve as the next Chair.

Chair William McCurdy II said: This is a new chapter for our party
and for all Nevadans. Im grateful to everyone who stepped up to run in
these officer elections, and I want every member of this party to know
they will have a seat at the table and their voice will be heard. Our
mission now is to come together around our common goals as
progressives and start organizing and registering voters in our
communities in every corner of Nevada. We have so much to accomplish
together as a united Democratic Party in 2018 kicking Dean Heller out
of the Senate, sending Ruben Kihuen, Jacky Rosen and Dina Titus back
to fight for us in Congress, electing a Democratic governor and
reclaiming our statewide constitutional offices, and expanding our
majorities in the State Senate and Assembly. I look forward to working
with Democrats across Nevada to deliver on these priorities.

William McCurdy is a Las Vegas native who represents District 6 in the

Nevada Assembly. After dropping out of high school as a teenage
father,McCurdy became a construction foreman and went back to school
to get his high school diploma at 24 years old. He is the former student
body president of the College of Southern Nevada and now a union
organizer with SEIU Local 1107. McCurdy is the Nevada State
Democratic Partys first African American Chair in history and the
youngest Chair in modern party history at 28 years old. The first bill he
presented as an Assemblyman was to raise the minimum wage to $15 an
hour.

Outgoing Chair Roberta Lange said: While it will be bittersweet for

me to leave this role leading our incredible state party after six years,
Im honored that William McCurdy II is taking the reins. As CSN
student body president, as an SEIU organizer and already as a new
Assemblyman, he has proven himself to be a progressive fighter for
students and working families. I cant wait to see him bring that fiery
passion to this role in holding Republicans accountable up and down the
ticket. I am as optimistic as ever about the future of our state and our
Democratic Party as we begin gearing up for the 2018 election cycle.

In addition to electing a new Chair, Nevada Democrats also elected

Marty McGarry as First Vice Chair and Jose Solorio as Second Vice
Chair. The SCC also re-elected Marla Turner as Secretary and Jan
Churchill as Treasurer.