Candidates for Democratic National Committee leadership posts largely embraced President Joe Biden’s warnings of an oligarchy taking shape in America during a series of forums Thursday in Detroit that ran nearly eight hours.
The DNC held the first of four officer forums, and candidates for top leadership roles laid out their platforms and strategies for the party.
The once-sleepy race to chair the Democratic National Committee has turned into a more contentious — and unsettled — affair as candidates jockey to lead the party and repair its brand following its disappointing losses in the November election.
Democrats are rebranding their national perception in response to voters who not only returned Trump to office but handed the GOP control over both chambers of Congress. Several DNC chair candidates have acknowledged that the party needs a more effective manner of communicating to the public upset over the economy and immigration.
Even when something didn't go as planned for University of Wisconsin women's hockey captain Casey O'Brien on Friday, things turned out fine.
The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”
With just over two weeks until the Democratic National Committee chooses new officers, candidates for chair knew the stakes had been raised. And for two candidates in particular, it was time to take a few jabs at one another.
Candidates seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee were pressed about President Joe Biden at a forum in Detroit.
During a forum in Detroit that pitted candidates against one another, Democrats protected those still inside the tent.
What Will the New DNC Chair Do to Curb the Role of Outside Money in Democratic Primaries? This is increasingly an existential question for progressives—and for the party if it’s to revive its commitment to working people.
New York state Sen. James Skoufis endorsed Ken Martin because he respects his "vision, charisma, guts, and undefeated record in statewide races."
The youth climate group wants bans on super PAC spending in primaries and corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC.