The longtime Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair could be promoted this weekend to leader of the Democratic National Committee. Why it matters: The winner takes the reins of a party that's still reeling from 2024 losses and divided about how to rebuild under a second Trump presidency.

In November, many working-class people dramatically registered their disgust with the Democratic Party, either by voting for Donald Trump or sitting the election out. Last week, as a result, Trump began his second term as president.

Wisconsin party chair Ben Wikler is claiming momentum with a fresh endorsement from Nancy Pelosi to lead the Democratic National Committee.

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Eight candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison, a contest that will be decided at the DNC's meeting in suburban Washington.

The event with DNC chair candidates temporarily devolved into chaos, but the slate took up corporate influence and climate issues raised by the protesters.

Several climate protestors disrupted the Democratic National Committee ‘s final chair candidate forum on Thursday, demanding answers from the candidates on the stage regarding donations from billionaires and climate-related topics.

More than a dozen protesters, primarily affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, repeatedly stopped the DNC forum proceedings throughout the first 30 minutes. After five individual interruptions, six more protesters surged toward the stage, attempting to unfurl a banner, before they were forcibly removed.

Inspired by the late senator from Minnesota, the DNC chair candidate wants to build a working-class party that organizes diverse urban-rural coalitions.

In the DNC race back then, Howard Dean was selected as the next party chair. In the midterms, Democrats routed the GOP and won control of Congress, and two years later Barack Obama was elected to the White House.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has backed Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC), following an endorsement by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.