GOP State Chairman (and Superdelegate) Resigns

by: Oreo

Fri Sep 02, 2011 at 13:51:17 PM EDT

No... this isn't a repeat of Matt's post last night. The head of New Hampshire's GOP and noted Tea Party member Jack Kimball resigned yesterday.

Jack Kimball resigned as chairman of the state Republican Party last night, minutes before he would have been voted out by the party's executive committee.

"I'm not sure that this is helping our party, but I am not going to become an obstacle in our party," Kimball said as he announced his resignation amid a plea for unity between Tea Party Republicans and the party's old guard.

After being elected in January as a Tea Party favorite, Kimball had been dogged by reports of poor fundraising and the disappointment of back-to-back losses in State House special elections. The top five elected officials in the state called for his resignation last week as he convened a press conference where he refused to leave and said the executive committee would have to "look me in the eye" when voting him out. - Concord Monitor

Kimball has been removed from the GOP Superdelegate List and will be replaced when a new chair is named.