The Wise County Democratic Party will hold its County Convention on March 20, 2010, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the 3rd floor of the Wise County court house in Decatur TX.
All Delegates and Alternates elected at the Precinct Conventions after the primary election on March 2 are urged to attend.  As always, the public is welcome.
 
The Wise County Democratic Party will not be having a Primary Election Run-off in the race for the Wise County Democratic Party Chair. In a letter to the Wise County Democratic Party Executive Committee and Elections Administrator, Lannie Noble, Current Chair Barbara Mote withdrew her name as a candidate. This letter was presented to the Democratic party's Executive Committee at the State-required canvassing of votes on Thursday, March 11th. Chair Mote had till Friday, March 12th at 5:00 pm to make her decision to withdraw from the election.

The Run-off election was to be between Chair Mote and challenger, Mark York. The term of Office for County Chair is 2 years. Mr. York's term will begin in May 2010 and will be partially responsible in conjunction with the Republican Party to hold the November 2010 General Election and the 2012 Democratic Primary.
Current County Chair Mote was elected by the County Executive Committee after Volunteering for the position when the Former County Chair Pat Wheeler was forced to resign because she moved out of county between September and October 2008.

After the November 2008 General Election that elected President Barrack Obama, Barbara volunteered for the Tremendous responsibility of being the Democratic Party leader, but in the summer of 2009, Chair Mote suffered a minor stroke that lead to some complications. Among the reasons for her decision, she said she wanted to pay closer attention to those medical needs.

Her decision to run as County Chair for the next term was originally based upon the fact she would be needed to fulfill statutory requirements of the County Party for the upcoming 2010 Governors Election and the next Presidential election in 2012 and was unsure if we would have anyone willing to take on this task, but instead was willing to post-pone her needs for that of the Democratic party. When she filed for the chair Position in December 2009, the two other candidates, Mark York and Charles Randolph had not yet filed. After the Primary where Ms. Mote did not receive 51% of the vote, she decided to forgo the run-off election and withdrew from the race knowing our party would be in good hands.

The Wise County Democratic Party holds in high regard the volunteer activity and hours that Chair Mote dedicated to our Party and it's members and expresses the greatest appreciation for her service.

We would also like to add congratulations to Mark York and say we look forward to working with him in the near future.