Valley to host state convention of women Democrats; Struthers auditor likely new president
By DAVID SKOLNICK
skolnick@vindy.com
STRUTHERS
Struthers Auditor Tina Morell is expected to be named president of the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio during the political organization’s annual fall convention Saturday.
Because of the 2012 presidential campaign, Morell, the organization’s first vice president for the past two years, said this is a “very good time” to head the Federated Democratic Women, which has about 400 clubs throughout the state.
“I’ll be involved in the President [Barack] Obama campaign and will be an executive committee member of both the state and the federal Democratic parties,” Morell said.
The Federated Democratic Women’s convention is Thursday to Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Boardman.
The original plan was to have the event in Columbus, its typical location, but Morell said Mahoning County Democrats “fought very hard” to have the convention in the Mahoning Valley. The three-day event also celebrates the group’s 80th anniversary.
The election of officers is to take place Saturday morning.
Morell, Struthers auditor for nearly eight years, is likely to be unopposed for the president’s position as it is tradition for the first vice president to be selected president after that person’s two-year term is up.
A nominating committee of the group’s members is recommending Morell, who served two years as second vice president before spending the last two years as first vice president.
After the election, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown will swear in the group’s new officers. The justice also is the event’s keynote speaker.
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