Dnc Chair Election 2025

The 2025 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held on February 1, 2025, at the party's winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Jaime Harrison did not seek a second term as chair of the party. Ken Martin won the election on the first ballot with 246.5 votes.

New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley, an early and vocal supporter of Martin for chair, told POLITICO he trusts the DNC's new leader to stay true to his word that each state will. 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. DNC chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, Feb.

1, 2025. National Harbor, Maryland - Ken Martin, the chair of Minnesota's arm of the Democratic party, will become the new leader of the Democratic National Committee after winning during the first round. The DNC's chair election marks a first step for a party looking to fill a void of leadership after the 2024 election.

Ken Martin, the head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, was decisively elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, beating a crowded field in the first round of. National committees Democratic National Committee (DNC) Ken Martin won the election for chairman of the Democratic National Committee on February 1, 2025, at the party's winter meeting. [4] [1] Incumbent Chairman Jaime Harrison did not seek re-election as chairman.

[5] [6] Nine individuals announced their candidacy for DNC chair: Quintessa Hathaway, 2022 candidate for Arkansas' 2nd. Ken Martin, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, won the election to become the new chair of the DNC. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday elected Ken Martin as its next party chair, in the wake of major setbacks up and down the ballot in the 2024 elections.