Election As Chair of The Louisiana Democratic Party
In the spring of 2012, Senator Peterson was elected Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party by the 210-member Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, ousting former chair Claude "Buddy" Leach by a vote of 85 to 75.Peterson becomes the first woman, and only the second African-American, to chair the Democratic Party in Louisiana.
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