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Houton, no relation to the famous presidential Kennedy family, could play the proverbial Robert F. Kennedy Jr. role in the race for DNC leader. Both candidates have little chance of winning the top prize, but they have a record of calling on the party to understand Trump’s appeal.faces stiff competition from the current front-runners, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler and DNC Vice Chairman Ken Martin, who is also head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
It’s a stark indication that the Democratic Party is not only licking its wounds after losing power but could be moving back to the center after voters handed the White House back to Trump. “I actually take it as a compliment if someone says I’m the most Trumpian because Trump won,” Houton said.
“I called for the person that we elect must be under 60 years old, and that’s because we need to have the energy. We need to show that we’re the future party, and my party has been failing,” Houton said, referencing elder Democrats such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer .
Wikler, the Wisconsin party leader, has the backing of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the center-left think tank Third Way. Inannouncing his candidacy, Wikler claimed, “Today, the country we love needs the Democratic Party to be stronger. To unite. To fight. And to win.”Houton criticized Martin and Wikler, the two front-runners in the race, over their “strategic gamesmanship” as not beneficial for the party.
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