Oxon Hill, Mary Land -On Saturday, the Democratic Party elected Minnesota’s leaders, Ken Martin, as the National Chair, and eye -catching a poor Mid -Western political operative to adjust the resistance to President Donald Trump. I pointed it.
Martin will be the successor to Haime Harrison in South Carolina on the Democratic National Committee. Harrison did not seek another term after Trump became the first Republican member that Trump won the popular voting for the first time in 20 years after the 2024 election.
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“I was punched in my mouth in November,” said 51 -year -old Martin on Saturday. “It’s time to get off the mat, come back yourself, and return to this battle.”
He is now one of the most important players in Democratic’s comeback when Trump is pushing the limits of the President’s power.
Voting was held on the outskirts of Washington, with more than 400 DNC members gathered from all the state and US territory gathered for the winter meeting.
Martin and other major competitive opponents, Wisconsin -chair, Ben Wikler, who focuses on democratic messages to worker -class voters, strengthens democratic infrastructure throughout the country, and promptly trumps. We promised to improve the corresponding system.
They have pledged not to avoid the Democratic dedication to the diversity of the modern party and the minority group. Martin is the first white man who has led DNC since 2011.
In the race, there were Faiz Shakir, who managed the last presidential election campaign of Barney Sanders, a former Governor of the Maryland, Biden administration, and Barney Sanders, a Senator Vermont.
Activist and author candidate Marianne Williamson surprised the members of the DNC before voting. Started with Martin, “Beginning by supporting our best opportunities to reduce the court with the decay provided by the billionaire.
Most of the candidates acknowledged that democratic brands were severely damaged, but few have promised fundamental changes. Certainly, almost three months after the election, there is almost no agreement on what happened exactly.
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The election was held within two weeks after Trump took office. Democrats are struggling to confront the huge amount of presidential orders, amnesty, changes in human resources, and controversy.
According to a public opinion poll by Quinnipiac University announced this week, only 31 % of voters have an advantage in the Democratic Party. 43 % of voters have favorable opinions about the Republican Party.
Shakir has called for changes in the party, such as increasing adjustments with labor unions and focusing on minority groups that have been sorted by race and gender. Shakir, the only Muslim seeking chair, was alone in the recent candidate forum against the establishment of Muslim Cocas on DNC.
But his candidate struggled to get traction.
Wikler faced a question about the relationship with REID HOFFMAN, a Democratic party donor, a co -founder of Linkedin’s billionaire. But he throws a connection of funding as an asset. In fact, DNC chairs are hoped that the Democratic Party will procure tens of millions of dollars to win the election.
