Democratic leader resigns

TYLER – Nancy Nichols, Senate District 1 committeewoman, resigned from her post on Friday after she made a racially insensitive comment, according to Senate District 1 Committeeman Ben Dickson. Many of Nichols’ fellow committee members have been calling for her resignation after she made a racial comment during a Zoom meeting on Feb. 8 saying “we had the Trumpers at our Beto event today in Tyler. We had all kinds of quiet security, but basically the event was held on the chocolate side of town.” According to Dickson, the majority of the county chairs of Senate District 1, Texas Democratic Party State Chair Gilberto Hinijosa and Texas Coalition of Black Democrats Chair Carroll G. Robinson all called for her resignation in the weeks following the night she made the comment. Dickson confirmed that Nichols resigned early Friday afternoon.