The Vermont Democratic State Committee has a new vice chairman, the Vermont Democratic Party announced Monday.
Jacob Perkinson was named vice chairman at a meeting on Saturday in Randolph, according to a post on the Vermont Democratic Party website.
From the news release:
"...Party Vice Chair Michael Inners stepped down, effective immediately. The Democratic State Committee moved to (elect) Jacob Perkinson, current Chair of the Chittenden County Democratic Party, to succeed Inners as the new Vice Chair. Vermont Democratic Party Chair Judy Bevans praised the selection: 'Jake has been an asset to the party in Chittenden County. I’m so pleased to have him step up in this leadership role and I look forward to working with him.'"
Prior to his election to the Chair of the Chittenden County Democratic Committee, Perkinson served as chair of the Burlington City Democratic Committee, and was vice-chair for several years, the news release said.
A graduate of Vermont Law School, according to the news release, Perkinson is a Burlington resident known to his friends as "Pappy."
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