Eight candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison, a contest that will be decided at the DNC's meeting in suburban Washington.
The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through President Trump's second presidency. Eight candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison. The contest will be decided at the DNC's winter meeting in suburban Washington. This is not a flashy election, although big questions loom about money, strategy and diversity.
Democratic leaders have yet to agree on what went wrong in the last election, when the party lost the popular vote for the first time in 20 years and saw significant defections among young people, African Americans, Latinos and working-class whites. For now, the leading candidates are promising to embrace a new media strategy to reach broader audiences. They also want to double down on party organizing, echoing former Chair Howard Dean’s “50-state strategy.
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