Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) will not receive funding from the House Democratic campaign arm to help fend off her populist primary challenger Tim Canova, party officials said Monday.
The announcement came almost simultaneously with the news that she would not gavel in the Democratic National Convention, according to Politico, due to turmoil surrounding the DNC email leak revealing party favoritism for Hillary Clinton and disparagement of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D., N.M.) said the party’s resources are geared toward competitive districts with Republicans. Schultz’s district, located in the Miami area, is heavily Democratic.
Sanders, who has feuded with Schultz publicly and charged the party with showing more favor for Clinton during the primary, has raised money for Canova’s primary fight. Politico reported Canova out-raised her in the most recent quarter by $400,000, but she retains far more cash on hand.
Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee since 2011, announced Sunday she would resign her position at the conclusion of the convention in the wake of the leak. Furious supporters of Sanders booed her off the stage at the Florida delegate breakfast on Monday, and she was escorted out by security.
After Schultz’s resignation announcement, the Clinton camp announced she would serve as honorary chairwoman of the campaign’s 50-state program.