Democrats in disarray: Growing field in race to chair party

A Midwestern authorities enactment seat is disconnected to a accelerated commencement successful his bid to seat the Democratic National Committee (DNC). 

"I americium moving to service arsenic the Chair of the Democratic National Committee," Ken Martin, caput of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, announced Tuesday successful a societal media post.

Martin becomes the 2nd campaigner to motorboat a bid to win existent DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, who is not expected to question a 2nd four-year word aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth successful the aftermath of this month's large predetermination setbacks for the Democrats up and down the ballot.

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File photograph of Ken Martin, seat of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. (Chairman Ken Martin)

Former two-term Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a 2016 Democratic statesmanlike campaigner who for the past twelvemonth has served arsenic Social Security medication commissioner in President Biden's administration, announced his candidacy connected Monday.

Martin, who has led the Minnesota Democrats for a twelve years, serves arsenic a DNC vice seat and is besides the person of the relation of authorities Democratic Party chairs.

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"When I took implicit @MinnesotaDFL, we were successful indebtedness and disarray. But we brought radical together, built a winning coalition, and delivered results. I’m acceptable to get to enactment to rebuild our party," Martin said successful his societal media post.

In an accompanying video, Martin emphasized, "if you're looking for a carnal of D.C., that's not me. But I bash cognize however the DNC works and however it isn't working."

Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison speaks astatine the DNC's wintertime meeting, successful Philadelphia connected Feb. 4, 2023. (Fox News )

He stressed that Democrats "need to reconnect our ideas — which we cognize are fashionable successful red, bluish and purple states crossed this state — backmost to our enactment and to our candidates."

Martin said helium started his bid for DNC seat with the backing of implicit 80 DNC members. The adjacent DNC seat volition beryllium chosen by the astir 450 voting members of the nationalist enactment committee.

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O'Malley, successful launching his bid, highlighted that "we indispensable link our Party with the astir important spot successful America — the room array of each family’s home. Jobs, Opportunity, and Economic Security for all. Getting things done. Hope. A 50 authorities strategy. Now," O’Malley emphasized successful a societal media post.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks astatine the New Hampshire Institute of Politics connected April 24, 2018 successful Manchester, New Hampshire. (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)

While O'Malley and Martin are the archetypal 2 candidates to motorboat bids, others are expected to follow, arsenic the Democrats effort to rebound aft losing the White House and Senate successful the 2024 elections and failing to recapture the House of Representatives.

Another imaginable contender is Ben Wikler, seat of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.