From Deseret News archives:
Demo seeks national post
Being from 'red' county and state may work in her favor, she says
Nancy Jane Woodside, an ardent Democrat and best known to many as the Utah County woman who ran against Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, in 2002 for the 3rd District House seat, wants to become one of five national vice chairmen for the Democratic Party.
Woodside, who is currently a vice chairwoman for the Utah County Democratic Party, believes coming from such a conservative county could work in her favor. She said Utah and other western states are being ignored by those in the party who run national election campaigns. She said the party needs to begin working at the grass-roots level if it wants to effect an attitude change among the U.S. electorate.
At least one political observer agrees, with Woodside's view, but doubts her quest will be successful.
Brigham Young University political science professor Quinn Monson said Woodside is right in saying that Democrats need to reach out to moderates in Republican-dominated states.
That needs to change, Woodside said on Tuesday during a conference call with the media.
"We want a seat at the table for Utah," she said. "We have to have some representation."
Woodside said the results of the recent national election show clearly that focusing on a small number of states has proven to be an unsuccessful strategy for the Democratic Party.
"The presidential race was won (by the Republican Party) because people went to work in the smallest areas. They did the grass-roots work," she said.
She said the party's vice chairmen must be empowered and then must work to change a status quo that excludes Utah and other states designated as "red states."
Woodside believes the vice chairmen of the past often sitting members of Congress have not been granted much say in the party operations and decisions.
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