The revolving door at the Berks County Republican Committee is turning again.
Mark Gillen, who has served as party chairman since June 2007, is leaving his post, according to the Reading Eagle. A new chairman will be selected next month.
Gillen is stepping down because he and his family are planning a long-term mission trip to Mexico, says reporter Mary Young.
There was high hopes for Gillen when he accepted the top party nod last year, but his extensive travel schedule kept him out of Berks County for long periods of time.
The Republican Party has made strides during Gillen's tenure, taking back majority control of the Berks County Board of Commissioners in November 2007 and holding on to all of its legislative seats in 2008. Gillen also revived the Berks GOP Web site, which was dormant for several years.
But the party has been unable to unseat any incumbent Democratic state legislators from Berks County and for the first time since 1964, a Democrat won Berks in the presidential race when Barack Obama beat John McCain in the county on Tuesday.
Gillen told Young he is not backing a successor.
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1 comment:
Tony,
I think a lot of them should after that performance.
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