FILE - In this Monday, March 6, 2017, file photo, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez speaks at a protest in Washington. The Democratic National Committee chairman, Perez, is questioning Donna Brazile's claim, his predecessor, that she could have initiated efforts to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential nominee with then-Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are having trouble putting behind differences over the bitter 2016 election amid revelations of a contemplated effort to replace Hillary Clinton as the presidential nominee.
That's deepening party strife just before Tuesday's closely watched Virginia governor's race. The fate of that bellwether election will likely foretell Democratic prospects in 2018 and beyond.
The latest flash point comes from the former head of the Democratic Party, Donna Brazile, who says in a new book that she considered undertaking an effort to replace Clinton with then-Vice President Joe Biden because of health concerns.
On Sunday, the current Democratic Party chairman, Tom Perez, called Brazile's claims "ludicrous" and "without merit" during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
FILE - This July 26, 2016 file photo shows former head of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile speaking during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Brazile says she considered replacing Hillary Clinton as the partyâs presidential nominee with then-Vice President Joe Biden. She makes the revelation in a memoir being released Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. This is according to The Washington Post, which obtained an advance copy of the book. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)
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