Gaines takes over as La. Democratic Party chair after Bernhardt ousted in procedural fluke

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Gaines takes over as La. Democratic Party chair after Bernhardt ousted in procedural fluke

Katie Bernhardt’s tenure as Louisiana Democratic Party Chair was marked by accusations of inefficiency and incompetence. It ended Saturday in a catastrophic procedural failure.  Months after its endorsed candidate suffered a spectacular loss in the 2023 gubernatorial election, the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC) met at the Laborers’ International Union Hall and ousted the party chair in an equally remarkable fashion.  Bernhar…