Explore DNC leadership -- working to guide the party, support candidates, and promote progressive values across the country. The chair of the DNC is the leader of the Democratic Party and manages its operations, conventions, and fundraising. The current chair is Ken Martin of Minnesota, who took office in 2025.
See the full list of chairs since 1848. Democrats have elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, to lead the national party. They're turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resistance to Donald Trump's presidency.
DNC selects new leader after 2024 election disappointment Ken Martin secured 246.5 votes of the 428 members who voted. Without control of the White House or Congress, the new DNC chair, Minnesota's Ken Martin, will lead a Democratic Party that is still figuring out its future after a bruising election. The Democratic National Committee elected Ken Martin as its new chair on Feb.
1. Martin previously served as the chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party since 2011. The DNC chair position is primarily technical and behind the scenes: They help raise money for the party, manage the party's top.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Saturday afternoon that its members have elected Ken Martin as its new chairperson. DNC Chair Ken Martin faces Republican backlash but support among Democrats after comparing Trump's America to Iran's theocracy amid Minneapolis ICE protests following fatal shooting. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin found himself in the middle of a MAGA-inspired firestorm after comparing the United States under President Donald Trump to Iran's Islamic theocracy.
