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A county Democratic chairman resigned in protest Thursday afternoon over what he described as misinformation, lack of communication and shabby treatment of rural voters from the Democratic Party of Virginia.

By Friday, the Democratic Party of Virginia had agreed to do better and he agreed to remain as chairman.

Inaction by the party in rural Virginia is hurting Democratic candidates in this year’s election, said Jay Clarke, the chairman of the Rockbridge County Democratic Committee.

“Somebody needed to throw a firecracker into their campfire of contentment,” he said Thursday of the party brass in Richmond. After talking to party officials, he said Friday that he would stay on as chairman and “I am sure that things are going to work out well.”

It all began Thursday afternoon when an exasperated Clarke emailed his resignation to Susan Swecker, the state party chairwoman, and other Democratic committee heads.

“As far as I know, no door-to-door canvassing has yet taken place in either Rockbridge, Lexington, or Buena Vista,” Clarke wrote in the email. “The DPVA stands condemned for leaving the energy, talent, and public-spiritedness of our Democrats on the table, unconsumed.” He lives in Lexington and has been the local party chairman for 18 months.