The winner of the #DNC chair race will help shape the message and priorities of the Democratic party,
giving them a crucial role in the party’s efforts to win back the House of Representatives in 2026.

The race has attracted a large field of candidates

Two state party chairs
– #Ken #Martin of Minnesota
and #Ben #Wikler of Wisconsin
– have emerged as "frontrunners"

The chair candidates have grown punchier as the race draws to a close,
-- and the late entry of #Faiz #Shakir,
who ran #Bernie #Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign,
has injected new energy into the race.

All of the candidates seem to agree that the Democratic party needs to move in a new direction after their 2024 losses, expanding its outreach to the working-class Americans who have lurched to the right in recent years and finding more effective means of communicating their values to voters.

But the candidates have squabbled over the best strategies and prioritization of those goals,
in a display that Shakir said showed a
“lack of ambition and a sense of powerlessness about what the DNC could potentially do”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/dnc-chair-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

DNC Chair #Jaime #Harrison,
a former corporate lobbyist and South Carolina party chair who was tapped to be chair by Joe Biden,
-- is not running for another four years in his position.

Two candidates for DNC chair have announced:

first was former Maryland Gov. #Martin #OMalley, a former commissioner of the Social Security Administration,

then Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman #Ken #Martin, a vice chair of the DNC.

Others considering runs include Wisconsin Democratic Party chair #Ben #Wikler;

Democratic strategist #Chuck #Rocha;

former DNC vice chair #Michael #Blake, of New York;

former Chicago mayor #Rahm #Emanuel;

and Michigan state Sen. #Mallory #McMorrow.

Another name in the mixis former Texas Rep. #Beto #ORourke.

https://readsludge.com/2024/11/26/a-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-dnc/