Martin won the job on the first ballot with support of 246 of the 448 DNC members, or 55%. A majority of votes was needed to win. Martin cast himself as a friend of labor and the son of a single ...

Ken Martin, the newly elected DNC chair, vowed to unify Democrats, fight Donald Trump, and defend party values with a bold offensive strategy. ABC News/Bonnie Cash/Bloomberg Ken Martin won the ...

Or are we on the side of the American working family?" A written statement was shared by newly-elected DNC Chair Ken Martin on Saturday: "The Democratic Party is the party of working people ...

Or are we on the side of the American working family?" A written statement was shared by newly-elected DNC Chair Ken Martin on Saturday: "The Democratic Party is the party of working people, and it’s ...

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He will replace outgoing chair Jamie Harrison. Martin, who was Minnesota party chair and DNC vice chair, was considered a leading candidate alongside Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler ...

Democratic party officials elected Minnesota state party chair Ken Martin as the next leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday. Throughout the race of the chairmanship ...

Ahead of the Saturday election, Martin said he had more than 200 public endorsements from DNC committee members — nearly half of the 448 DNC members needed to win the chair race.

Martin, chair of Minnesota’s DFL party since 2011, won 246 out of 428 votes. “This is the new DNC,” he told reporters. “We’re taking the gloves off.” “He’s arguing that the ...