NATIONAL BRIEFING / VIRGINIA
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, two Democrats said Sunday.
The officials spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the decision had not been officially announced. The Washington Post reported the selection Sunday on its website.
Kaine plans to work for the party part time until 2010, when his term as governor is up and he can take over full time.
Chairman Howard Dean plans to step down Jan. 21.
Kaine campaigned vigorously for Obama in Virginia. The day after the election, Kaine said Obama’s triumph in the state -- the first in 44 years for a Democrat seeking the presidency -- was the apex of everything he had worked for since law school
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