Minnesota’s Ken Martin takes lead in DNC race

A battle between Midwesterners: Minnesota’s Ken Martin takes the lead in DNC race
The 448 voting members of the Democratic National Committee will decide Saturday who will lead the Democratic Party, still reeling from a major 2024 loss, into the future to counter President Donald Trump.
Who's Ken Martin? Supporters say the Minnesota Democrat and would-be DNC chair is ready for battle
Allies of the Minnesota Democratic Party chair say "everyone has a seat at the table" when Martin is in charge
SC DNC members, Rep. Clyburn endorse Minnesota's Ken Martin for committee chair
South Carolina's members of the Democratic National Committee have endorsed Ken Martin as the next chair of the DNC Monday, according to the South Carolina Demo
Weekend vote to decide if Minnesota’s Ken Martin becomes national Democratic Party head
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler and Martin are viewed by many as the leading candidates. Others in the race include former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, Jason Paul, Faiz Shakir, Nate Snyder and Quintessa Hathaway.
Weekend vote to decide if Minnesota DFL chair becomes national party head
Minnesota DFL Party Chair Ken Martin is among eight candidates in an internal party race for DNC chair, which culminates with a vote Saturday just outside Washington, D.C.
Ken Martin Wants Democrats to “Win the Wellstone Way”
Inspired by the late senator from Minnesota, the DNC chair candidate wants to build a working-class party that organizes diverse urban-rural coalitions.
Martin or Wikler for DNC chair? Dems set to pick next leader after low-key campaign
Democrats on Saturday will pick their first new leader in the second Donald Trump era. But a lack of big names or any ...
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Weekend vote to decide if Ken Martin jumps from Minnesota Democratic perch to national party head
Members of the Democratic National Committee are due to vote Saturday on who will lead the party. After the 2024 election, ...
Democrats prepare to elect new national chair amid Trump’s second term
The top two candidates in Saturday’s election are Ken Martin, the head of Minnesota Democrats, and Ben Wikler, the chairman ...
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Ken Martin just wants to win
With WIN’s help, Democrat Mark Dayton won a close race to become the first DFL governor in 20 years despite an otherwise disastrous election cycle. Martin ran Dayton’s recount operation — he won by ...
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Politics Friday: Democrats seek a new leader with Minnesota’s DFL party chair in contention
MPR News politics editor and host Brian Bakst and his guests talk about the Democratic National Committee’s election of a new party chair and the Minnesotan who’s campaigning for the job. Later, a ...
5 things to watch as DNC chooses its next leader
Democrats are gathering in Maryland on Saturday to elect the next chair of their national party in one of Democrats’ first steps toward recalibrating after November’s disappointing election. State ...
Democrats are set to make their first big post-election decision: From the Politics Desk
Democrats will make their first big decision since losing the 2024 election by electing a new national party chair.