PARTY ROLE. It’s a big weekend for U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams — and for the future of the Georgia Democratic Party.

Williams is the chair of the organization and also represents Atlanta in Congress. Now she’s running for vice chair of civic engagement and voter participation for the Democratic National Committee.

The election is Saturday. Should she win, it would give her an easy exit from her role as state party chair — a role that has become fraught in the aftermath of the party’s disappointing showing in the presidential election.

But to win, she’ll have to prevail over seven other candidates, including Georgia Democratic state Rep. Sheikh Rahman, D-Lawrenceville. During a candidate forum on Thursday, moderator Luke Russert asked Williams about Democrats losing support from voters who typically supported the party, including in Georgia.

“Georgia actually increased our voter participation by 74,000 Democratic votes from the 2020 election. But guess what? If you don’t win, it’s still not enough,” Williams said. “That means that we’ve got to meet people where they are. We’ve got to stop delivering a telegram message to a TikTok generation, which means we’ve got to invest in areas that we didn’t invest in before.”

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