FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW DOVER DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE REORGANIZES

DOVER, NEW JERSEY - Following the March 19th removal of all of Dover’s Democratic County Committee members for gross violations of the Morris County Democratic Committee (MCDC) bylaws, a new committee has been reorganized following their appointment by MCDC Chair Darcy Draeger.

The group gathered on Monday, March 23rd, to be sworn in to the vacancies resulting from the aforementioned removals. They will serve until June 2027.

T.C. McCourt, a Morris County Democratic State Committeeman and former President of the Morris County Young Democrats, was elected unopposed as the group’s new Chair.

McCourt subsequently appointed Council Member Sandra Wittner (Vice Chair), Former Council Member Karol Ruiz (Recording Secretary & Treasurer), and Maria Chacon (Corresponding Secretary) to the Executive Board.

“I am honored to step into this role,” McCourt said. “It won’t be easy, but I hope to provide the leadership Dover’s Democrats have long desired. We have a lot of bridges to repair and a lot of hard work to do. But I’m here for that work, and so is the rest of the committee.”

McCourt announced that, in addition to the Executive Board positions provided for in the committee’s bylaws, he will be adding three new roles dedicated to areas the Committee intends to place major emphasis on over the next 18 months.

Yonatan Lazo will serve as Voter Outreach Coordinator, Lori Ricco will serve as Fundraising & Events Coordinator, and Elizabeth Tapia will serve as Community Engagement Coordinator. Each position will be supported by volunteer committees comprised of both committee members and town residents who are not part of the committee.

Further, it was announced that, in a clean break from the prior committees, the group will adopt a new name - The Democratic Committee of Dover (DCoD). This will be formalized through bylaws changes that will take place over the next 60 days.