Va. governor to be next DNC chair

Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:31 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: Democrats

From NBC's Mark Murray
NBC News has confirmed that President-elect Obama has tapped Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to head up the Democratic National Committee.

Note that it was always expected that current chairman Howard Dean's term would end after the 2008 presidential election. Obama, as the incoming president, gets to select the DNC chairman.

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