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Chuck Darwin<p>The winner of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> chair race will help shape the message and priorities of the Democratic party, <br>giving them a crucial role in the party’s efforts to win back the House of Representatives in 2026. </p><p>The race has attracted a large field of candidates</p><p>Two state party chairs <br>– <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ken</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Martin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Martin</span></a> of Minnesota <br>and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ben</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wikler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikler</span></a> of Wisconsin <br>– have emerged as "frontrunners"</p><p>The chair candidates have grown punchier as the race draws to a close, <br>-- and the late entry of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Faiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faiz</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shakir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shakir</span></a>, <br>who ran <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bernie</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sanders</span></a>’s 2020 presidential campaign, <br>has injected new energy into the race.</p><p>All of the candidates seem to agree that the Democratic party needs to move in a new direction after their 2024 losses, expanding its outreach to the working-class Americans who have lurched to the right in recent years and finding more effective means of communicating their values to voters. </p><p>But the candidates have squabbled over the best strategies and prioritization of those goals, <br>in a display that Shakir said showed a <br>“lack of ambition and a sense of powerlessness about what the DNC could potentially do”.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/dnc-chair-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/31/dnc-chair-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Contenders to Lead the Democratic Party Scramble to Show Momentum <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1854185/contenders-to-lead-the-democratic-party-scramble-to-show-momentum/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1854185/c</span><span class="invisible">ontenders-to-lead-the-democratic-party-scramble-to-show-momentum/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Ben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ben</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DemocraticNationalCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticNationalCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Endorsements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Endorsements</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Ken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ken</span></a>(1973) <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Martin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Martin</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Recipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recipes</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RecipesTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecipesTopics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Wikler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikler</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>♦️DNC Chair <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jaime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jaime</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Harrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harrison</span></a>, <br>a former corporate lobbyist and South Carolina party chair who was tapped to be chair by Joe Biden, <br>-- is not running for another four years in his position.</p><p>Two candidates for DNC chair have announced: </p><p>first was former Maryland Gov. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Martin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Martin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OMalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMalley</span></a>, a former commissioner of the Social Security Administration, </p><p>then Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ken</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Martin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Martin</span></a>, a vice chair of the DNC. </p><p>Others considering runs include Wisconsin Democratic Party chair <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ben</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wikler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikler</span></a>; </p><p>Democratic strategist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chuck</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rocha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rocha</span></a>; </p><p>former DNC vice chair <a href="https://c.im/tags/Michael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michael</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blake</span></a>, of New York; </p><p>former Chicago mayor <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rahm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rahm</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Emanuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emanuel</span></a>; </p><p>and Michigan state Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mallory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mallory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McMorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McMorrow</span></a>. </p><p>Another name in the mixis former Texas Rep. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Beto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beto</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ORourke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ORourke</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://readsludge.com/2024/11/26/a-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-dnc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">readsludge.com/2024/11/26/a-fi</span><span class="invisible">ght-for-the-soul-of-the-dnc/</span></a></p>
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