Newsman: Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin has been elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Martin secured 246.5 votes of the total 428 members who voted in person and by proxy. , chanting “Yes, we Ken!” DNC members cheered after he was announced as the winner.
The outgoing DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison said upon reading the vote count “Ken Martin is now the Chair of the Democratic Party.”Read More
“We have one team: the Democratic Party. We have one fight. … The fight is for our values. The fight is for working people. The fight right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country,” Martin said in his victory speech.
chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party Ben Wikler, became the runner-up. He received 134.5 votes, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley received 44 votes and four people abstained. Faiz Shakir received two votes, Jason Paul received one vote and there were no votes for Nate Snyder, Quintessa Hathaway or Marianne Williamson.
