| Ken Martin, a longtime Democratic tactician and Minnesota state party leader, was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, as the party seeks to rebuild following crushing losses in November. Martin, chair of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, defeated Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler on the first ballot, earning 246 votes out of the 428 cast. Martin, well known to party insiders but with little national profile, will now lead Democrats into the second Donald Trump administration, helming a party still sorting through the wreckage of 2024. It's a precarious moment for the party, which has been left with no clear national leader or strategy on how to push back on Trump's agenda. Read the latest
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