While 2008 is shaping up to be a monumental year for Democrats after seven years of sitting on the sidelines, Newton County's own Democratic Party is having a little more trouble getting its ducks in a row as it readies for this year's election season. In August, the party's chairwoman at the time, Sarah Todd, abruptly resigned after serving only eight months of an elected two year term. With Todd's resignation also came the resignations of the party's secretary, Brian Todd (Sarah's husband), and the party's treasurer, Lois Upham.