The field of contenders to run the Democratic National Committee in the wake of the party’s most disappointing results Last month’s elections continues to grow.
Over the weekend three more candidates announced their intentions to run for Wide Open. DNC Chair Race It seems to be at the forefront.
Ben Wickler, who has chaired the state Democratic Party in battleground Wisconsin for five years, launched his campaign in a video on Sunday.
“Today, for the country we love, the Democratic Party needs to be strong. To unite, to fight. And to win,” Wickler stressed.
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Also Sunday, former Maryland Senate candidate Robert Houghton announced his bid in a letter to DNC members, saying his goal is to “champion our Democratic Party in 2025, 2026, 2026, 2027, 2028.” Electoral and transformative, legacy victories are to lead and advance.”
A day earlier, New York state Sen. James Scoffs took to social media to announce his long-term, outside bid for the DNC chair, in the race to replace Jim Harrison, who is running for second term early next year. Was not looking for a four-year term. After major setbacks for Democrats up and down the 2024 ballot.
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“The voters have spoken, and we need to listen, not lecture. We need to be strong fighters again,” he said. “I may be an outsider, but I know how to win.”
And Skoufis vowed to “throw out the DNC’s stale, Beltway-centric playbook so we can rebuild, leave the field for Republicans and start winning again — everywhere.”
The field of candidates in the race to serve as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee continues to grow. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Martin O’Malley, former Maryland governor and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate who served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration last year, and Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin, a DNC vice chair. Whoever leads. The state Democratic Party Chairs Association jumped into the race last week.
“When I took over @MinnesotaDFL, we were in debt and in trouble. But we brought people together, built a winning coalition, and delivered results. I’m rebuilding our party,” Martin said in a social media post. Ready to work for,” Martin said in a social media post. Post announcing your race.
In an accompanying video, Martin asserted, “If you’re looking for a creature of DC, that’s not me. But I know how the DNC works and how it’s not working. ”
O’Malley opened his bid by highlighting that “we must connect our party to the most important place in America – the kitchen table of every family home. Jobs, opportunity, and economic growth for all.” “Conservation. Working. 50 State Strategy Now.”
The field of five candidates for DNC chair is expected to grow, as Democrats try to bounce back from defeats in the White House and Senate. 2024 elections and failed to recapture the House of Representatives.
As Fox News and other news organizations reported last month, Rahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, has been quietly reaching out to DNC committee members as they consider the bid. Emanuel is a two-time former mayor of Chicago who previously served as White House chief of staff and member of Congress in President Obama’s administration.
Also eyeing the chair are former New York State Assemblyman Michael Black, Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, and Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist who describes himself as a “non-college-educated Mexican redneck.” are
The next chair will be chosen by the roughly 450 voting members of the National Party Committee when they meet in early February for the DNC’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.
Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Chairman Ken Martin)
Martin appears to be the frontrunner early on. A DNC insider, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, said Martin has more than 150 endorsements from voting members.
But Wikler, also known for his DNC membership, is also considered a front-runner. “The DNC insider/establishment has a lot of influence over this membership, so the race will be very close,” the party insider argued.
“I’m willing to talk to anybody who’s interested in this, to hear their vision and plan, and to hear people’s different perspectives on what we need to do,” one DNC voting member said. granted anonymity to speak more freely.
“I think the race is wide open,” the member said.
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“We have to go back to the 50-state strategy,” the member said. “We definitely have to figure out how to talk to working class voters, and when I say working class voters, I don’t just mean white working class, I mean Latino, African Americans, voters of color. We have to figure out how to talk to them all.”
And the member added that to compete with Republicans, the DNC would also have to “expand dramatically and go not just a mile wide but a mile deep on different communication platforms.”