Darrell Key, Chair of the Greene County Democratic Party has announced that he will not seek re-election during the statewide Tennessee Democratic Party’s biennial Reorganization Convention. The Greene County Democratic Party’s Convention is scheduled for Saturday, March 25 at 10:00 AM with the location to be announced later.
Key has served two terms as the local county party chair beginning March 2019. Key has also served a two year unexpired term on the Tennessee Democratic Party’s Executive Committee and was elected in August 2022 to serve a four year term in that position. Key said that maintaining a local county party while trying to attend to the concerns and needs of the other four counties in the 9th District has proven to be just too difficult over the past two years.
Key echoed comments from William Owen, Tennessee’s elected DNC member who wrote, “Our goal as Tennessee Democrats is to continue working to bring Tennessee into the 21st century, much like our neighbors in Virginia, Georgia and even North Carolina”.
Key commented “It has always been my goal leading 21st century Democrats to build a multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-generational society, as is the foundation of the Democratic National Committee which is based on the proposition that” “all people are created equal and endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”, words written by a slave owner but have inspired millions of Americans to strive for unity, acceptance, and growth among
humanity.”
“A lot of new initiatives and infrastructure work is being done at the National and State levels of the Democratic Party that will directly impact local county parties and that’s where I need to apply my energy. It has been my absolute pleasure to have been the face and to have served local Democrats and work so closely with our Executive Committees and the Democratic Women’s organization”, Key said.
