DNC Finance President Retires

Henry Muñoz, the finance chairman of the long-standing National Democratic Committee (DNC), will be leaving his post after more than six years, he told Politico.

Muñoz, the first president of the openly homosexual DNC and the first Latin American president of finance, will be replaced by Chris Korge as interim replacement before being definitively elected at the meeting of the DNC in August, according to the publication. .

Muñoz's mandate has allowed the DNC to raise more than $ 600 million, according to Politico. He also co-founded the Victory Latino project in 2014 with actress Eva Longoria and told the publication that he would continue his advocacy and outreach activities to Latin American candidates and would raise funds in anticipation of Presidential election of 2020.

"The year 2020 will be one of the most decisive elections in our lives and I am more than ever motivated to continue working with the DNC and Latinx supporters across the country to make sure we win in a solid way. Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPelosi is worried that Trump would have challenged the election if the margin of the House had been too thin. The anticipation is built in a tangible way in the testimony of Mueller Venezuela tests the relationship Trump-Bolton PLUS and take over state houses from coast to coast, "Muñoz said.

"As my own political mentor, I observed [Muñoz] organize and create paths for the next generation of Latinos, "said Longoria in a statement to Politico. "I have no doubt that when he moves on to his next project, he will continue to help the Latin movement that he has created."

Korge, the acting replacement of Muñoz, was previously chairman of Andrew Gillum's governorship campaign for 2018. The former DNC chairman and former Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe (D), who knows Korge since more than three decades, said to the publication "Democrats at all levels in the country will benefit from his leadership."