Arkansas Times
Updated: 2/8/2007
Democratic Party Chairman Jason Willett says his decision to resign in April was influenced by the accelerated pace of the presidential nominating process, although he likely would have stepped down in June anyway.
Willett said he told Gov. Mike Beebe after the November elections that he was interested in consulting on the campaigns of either U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton or retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, in addition to maintaining a lobbying practice.
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He said he decided to resign on Feb. 2, after meeting in Washington with representatives of various Democratic presidential candidates. The campaigns were organizing quicker than he expected, and Willett decided he couldn’t wait any longer to get involved.
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