Melendez stepping down as DFL chair

"I'm ready to come up for air," he tells party activists.

December 10, 2010 at 9:19PM

In the wake of the loss of both houses of the Minnesota Legislature, leavened by the election of the first DFL governor in a generation, party chair Brian Melendez announced Friday that he won't run for another term.

Melendez, an attorney at Faegre and Benson, has served in the position since 2005. Here's Melendez' e-mail, sent to members of the DFL Central Committee:

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