{"id":154394,"date":"2025-03-24T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/adp-chair-issues-retraction-ends-fundraising-spat-with-former-senator\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T20:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:58:11","slug":"adp-chair-issues-retraction-ends-fundraising-spat-with-former-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=154394","title":{"rendered":"ADP chair issues retraction, ends fundraising spat with former senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As it turns out, the chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party did have something to retract.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ADP chairman Randy Kelley on Friday issued a retraction of statements he made earlier in the week, when he sent a letter to ADP members accusing former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of sending deceptive fundraising emails. Jones had threatened legal action over the comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But on Friday, a new letter was sent by Kelley. This one took a decidedly different tone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThrough his counsel, former Senator Jones has requested a full and fair retraction, which, after further review and consideration of the matter, I hereby provide,\u201d Kelley\u2019s letter read. \u201cFormer Senator Jones is not now raising any money on behalf of or in the name of the Alabama Democratic Party. He is not raising, and has not raised during my tenure as Chair, money on behalf of or in the name of the party, but devoted to other purposes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelley\u2019s letter should bring to a close the latest in the long running feud between Jones and current party leadership, led by Kelley and Joe Reed, vice chair of the party\u2019s minority caucus. The two sides have been at odds since a 2019 takeover of the party led by Jones and national party officials resulted in new ADP bylaws and decreased power held by Reed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most recent dust-up began when Kelley issued a letter to ADP members stating that Jones, and perhaps others, was deceptively raising money by sending fundraising emails that led people to believe that they were donating to ADP. Kelley said he came to this conclusion after a conversation with a Huntsville-area minister who had been giving money to what he believed was ADP, but was in fact to a political action committee affiliated with Jones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such PACs are common in today\u2019s political world, and Jones\u2019 fundraising emails viewed by APR all contained obvious disclaimers stating they were not affiliated with the party. Additionally, two other emails that Kelley provided APR were simply newsletters written by Jones for the website Substack, and each contained a link at the bottom asking readers to donate to the Substack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelley\u2019s letter prompted a response from Jones\u2019 attorney, Barry Ragsdale, who demanded a full retraction within five days. Kelley initially responded to the demand by telling APR that he wasn\u2019t \u201cgoing to retract nothing.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it turns out, the chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party did have something to retract.\u00a0 ADP chairman Randy Kelley on Friday issued a retraction of statements he made earlier in the week, when he sent a letter to ADP members accusing former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of sending deceptive fundraising emails. 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