Democrats pick Minnesota’s Ken Martin as new chair as party grapples with Trump’s flurry of actions
Ken Martin, the head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, was decisively elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, beating a crowded field in the first round of voting to become the new face of a party struggling to find its footing during the second Trump administration.
Democrats Elect Ken Martin, a Party Insider, to Lead the D.N.C.: Feb. 1 Politics News
The Democratic National Committee chose Mr. Martin, the leader of the Minnesota Democrats, to help oversee a demoralized national party split over its future and its response to President Trump.
Democrats Elect Ken Martin, Party Leader in Minnesota, as National Chair
OXON HILL, Md. — Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chair, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency.
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The top two candidates in Saturday’s election are Ken Martin, the head of Minnesota Democrats, and Ben Wikler, the chairman of Wisconsin Democrats.
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For two months as he campaigned for Democratic National Committee chair, Ken Martin worked methodically through a call sheet of the committee’s 448 members, sometimes on the phone for as long as an hour,
Democrats Elect Minnesota's Ken Martin as Their New Leader
Looking to rebuild after the party's election loss to Donald Trump in November, the Democratic National Committee on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the leader of the state party in Minnesota, as its new chair.
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James Carville said Democrats started their '7th string quarterback' by running Kamala Harris in 2024
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Democrats choose a political operator from Minnesota as their next leader.
Ken Martin, a well-connected state party chair, took over the Democratic National Committee as the party searches for ways to ...
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Democrats set to pick new chair as party grapples with Trump’s flurry of actions
Democrats will choose their next national party chair and leadership team Saturday, closing out a months-long debate over who ...
Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as their national chair
Ken Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison, who declined to run for another term after Democrats lost to Donald Trump in the 2024 ...
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