Marc Dann booted out of Ohio Democratic Party

COLUMBUS – Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, mired in a sex scandal and resisting attempts to force his resignation, was booted out of the Ohio Democratic Party Saturday morning.

The party executive committee, in a biennial meeting at the Columbus Convention Center, approved a resolution saying that the state party “no longer recognizes Marc Dann as an endorsed Democratic statewide officeholder.”

It was a voice vote, with more than 100 executive committee members voting in favor of the resolution and one lone member – a Democratic state central committeewoman from Dann’s home county, Mahoning – voting no.

“What it means is that he can call himself an unaffliated Democrat if he wants, but he is no longer a member of this party,” said state Rep. Chris Redfern, the Catawba Island Democrat who is chairman of the state party.

The 46-year-old attorney general, elected in the Democratic statewide sweep of 2006, was not at the executive committee meeting Saturday morning. Redfern said earlier that Dann would not be allowed to speak at the Saturday afternoon state party convention if he showed up.

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