DNC chair candidate (former Idaho exec director) resigns Florida post amid sexual harassment scandal
After less than six months, Sally Boynton Brown is out as executive director of Florida’s Democratic Party, according to Florida Politics.
In a message Monday, she notified state party leaders of her decision to step down, effective immediately.
Boynton Brown is accused by staffers of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual harassment by enabling chairman Stephen Bittel’s behavior. Bittel resigned last Friday.
Boynton Brown, who was born in Middleton and was a lifelong Idahoan, was executive director of Idaho’s Democratic Party for about five years. After running early this year to chair the Democratic National Party, she stepped down in April, then announced in May that she was taking on the state role in Florida.
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