{"id":1051072,"date":"2025-02-01T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T00:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051072"},"modified":"2025-02-03T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:36:21","slug":"icymi-democrats-enthusiastically-elect-ken-martin-as-new-dnc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-democrats-enthusiastically-elect-ken-martin-as-new-dnc-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Democrats Enthusiastically Elect Ken Martin as New DNC Chair\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the DNC Membership elected Ken Martin, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees President, as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Chair Martin is committed to holding the Trump administration accountable, uniting and charting a new path for the Democratic Party, and fighting for working families.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Here\u2019s what media outlets are saying about the newly-elected DNC Chair Ken Martin\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associated Press: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/democratic-national-committee-dnc-chair-martin-wikler-fcc229d9619aa93f8f8574b0face4334?taid=679e653105ee160001b0fc42&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\"><strong>Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as national chair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Key Point: <\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cHe is now one of the most important players in the Democratic Party\u2019s comeback attempt as Trump pushes the limits of presidential power.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reuters: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/democrats-elect-minnesotas-ken-martin-their-new-leader-2025-02-01\/\"><strong>Democrats elect Minnesota&#8217;s Ken Martin as their new leader<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Key Point:<\/em><\/strong><em> \u201cA longtime Democratic strategist in Minnesota, Martin had called for restoring and augmenting the party\u2019s national infrastructure in order to contest races across the country.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New York Times: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/01\/us\/politics\/ken-martin-dnc.html\"><strong>Who Is Ken Martin, the New Leader of the D.N.C.?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Key Point: <\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cMr. Martin, a seasoned party operator who comes across as a low-key, mild-mannered Midwesterner, ran on pledges to broaden the party\u2019s appeal \u2014 especially among working-class voters \u2014 and to ensure its ability to compete in races up and down the ballot, and across the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Axios: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/01\/ken-martin-dnc-chair-2024\"><strong>Minnesota DFL chair Ken Martin elected as next leader of DNC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Key Point: \u201c<\/em><\/strong><em>Why it matters: Martin, the longtime chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, wants to help the party get &#8220;back to basics&#8221; with a revamped messaging strategy aimed at winning back working-class voters who have drifted to the right.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Other media coverage\u2026<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NBC News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/ken-martin-wins-election-chair-democratic-national-committee-rcna190018\"><strong>Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ABC News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/ken-martin-elected-new-dnc-chair\/story?id=118345116\"><strong>Ken Martin elected new DNC chair&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Washington Post: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/01\/dnc-chair-election-results\/\"><strong>Democrats elect Ken Martin, head of Minnesota party, as next chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CBS News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ken-martin-wins-race-to-become-chair-of-the-democratic-national-committee\/\"><strong>Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic <\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>National Committee as party looks to find its footing<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HuffPost: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ken-martin-elected-dnc-chair_n_679e4320e4b0d09a83f44e4d\"><strong>Ken Martin Is Elected Democratic National Committee Chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Guardian: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/01\/ken-martin-chair-democratic-national-committee\"><strong>Ken Martin elected new chair of Democratic National Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CNN: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/01\/politics\/democrats-to-pick-new-chair\/index.html\"><strong>Democrats pick Minnesota\u2019s Ken Martin as new chair as party grapples with Trump\u2019s flurry of actions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MSNBC: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/top-stories\/latest\/ken-martin-democratic-national-committee-chair-dnc-rcna190219\"><strong>Ken Martin elected Democratic National Committee chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Hill: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5119075-minnesota-dnc-chair-election\/\"><strong>Ken Martin elected next DNC chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NPR: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/01\/g-s1-45886\/democrats-dnc-chair-elections\"><strong>Democrats will choose new party leadership today<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>People: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dnc-elects-ken-martin-new-chair-to-replace-jaime-harrison-8784096\"><strong>Democrats Elect New Leader as Party Frantically Looks for Path Forward: Meet DNC Chair Ken Martin<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Washington Times: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/feb\/1\/democrats-elect-ken-martin-chair-democratic-nation\/\"><strong>Democrats elect Ken Martin to chair Democratic National Committee&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deadline: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/02\/ken-martin-elected-democratic-national-committee-chair-1236275167\/\"><strong>Ken Martin Elected Chair Of Democratic National Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minnesota Star Tribune: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/democrats-to-decide-whether-minnesotas-ken-martin-will-lead-the-dnc-as-party-chair\/601215345\"><strong>Minnesota DFL\u2019s Ken Martin elected national Democratic Party chair on first ballot<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/minnesotas-ken-martin-elected-dnc-chair\"><strong>Minnesota&#8217;s Ken Martin elected DNC chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minnesota Reformer: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2025\/02\/01\/ken-martin-elected-chair-of-democratic-national-committee-on-first-ballot\/\"><strong>Ken Martin elected chair of Democratic National Committee on first ballot&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MPR News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2025\/02\/01\/minnesota-wisconsin-democratic-party-leaders-at-center-of-race-for-next-dnc-chair\"><strong>Democrats elect Minnesota&#8217;s Ken Martin as DNC chair on first ballot&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Democracy Docket: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/news-alerts\/ken-martin-wins-election-to-lead-national-democratic-party\/\"><strong>Ken Martin Wins Election to Lead National Democratic Party<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>WFDD: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfdd.org\/story\/democratic-party-votes-new-leadership-choosing-minnesotas-ken-martin-chair\"><strong>The Democratic Party votes for new leadership, choosing Minnesota&#8217;s Ken Martin as chair<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the DNC Membership elected Ken Martin, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees President, as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Chair Martin is committed to holding the Trump administration accountable, uniting and charting a new path for the Democratic Party, and fighting for working families.\u00a0\u00a0 Here\u2019s what media outlets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: Democrats Enthusiastically Elect Ken Martin as New DNC Chair\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-democrats-enthusiastically-elect-ken-martin-as-new-dnc-chair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-02T00:14:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-04T02:36:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-democrats-enthusiastically-elect-ken-martin-as-new-dnc-chair\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-democrats-enthusiastically-elect-ken-martin-as-new-dnc-chair\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: Democrats Enthusiastically Elect Ken Martin as New DNC Chair\u00a0 - 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