Democratic National Committee prepares to elect a new party chair
NBC
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Democrats will take their first tangible step this weekend to drag themselves forward from their 2024 election loss: electing the next chair of the Democratic National Committee.
The party’s committee members will meet Saturday to vote on a new slate of officers, chief among them the person who will replace outgoing chair Jaime Harrison, the former South Carolina Democratic Party leader whom Joe Biden tapped to helm the party during his time in office.
But while Democrats are set to pick their party’s next chair, they’re not anointing the party's next leader.
Instead, the incoming DNC chair will take the reins of the fundraising, spending and staffing plans for an organization that spent just shy of $1 billion the last four years. While the national party organization helps set the party’s message and can serve as a home base for a party out of the White House, whoever wins Saturday's vote will be more in charge of laying groundwork for a Democratic renaissance than leading them back to power himself.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democratic-national-committee-prepares-elect-new-party-chair-rcna189192
Candidates in the crowded field include Democratic state party chairs Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler. of Wisconsin. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who ran for president in 2016, is seeking the spot as well, as is Faiz Shakir, a longtime adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
I strongly urge DU members to read the full article to know more about this vote.
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