DALLAS — Seven months into his plan to restructure the Texas Democratic Party, chairman Kendall Scudder has implemented bold moves and is now defending them against critics within his own organization.

“Nobody is sitting at home right now thinking, ‘If the Texas Democratic party would only keep doing things the way they’re doing it, we’re on track for success.’ Every Democrat sitting at home right now wants to see our party shaking it up, doing things differently, seeing that we have a plan of action that’s different from how it’s been in the past,” Scudder told Inside Texas Politics .

Since taking office in March, Scudder has quietly erased the party’s debt and is splitting up the party headquarters.

Scudder said some administrative functions would remain in Austin, but finance and c

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