{"id":2375033,"date":"2024-12-01T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-leader-enters-crowded-dnc-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:24:49","slug":"wisconsin-democrats-leader-enters-crowded-dnc-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-leader-enters-crowded-dnc-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Democrats&#8217; leader enters crowded DNC race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-democrats-leader-enters-crowded-dnc-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375033&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ben Wikler, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">chairman<\/a> of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, has announced his candidacy \u2063for the leadership of \u200bthe Democratic National\u2063 Committee (DNC). He aims to\u2063 unite the party, fight against the GOP, and win elections. In his announcement, Wikler emphasized the need for Democrats to adapt and learn from past challenges, particularly to stop what he \u2062perceives as harmful actions from Republican leaders. He noted his experience in organizing and campaigning in a politically competitive \u2063state like Wisconsin, which he believes equips him to\u200b effectively\u2063 lead at the \u2063national level. Wikler&#8217;s candidacy has garnered support from various Democratic \u200dfigures in Wisconsin, who praise his ability to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-party-candidates-who-have-derailed-past-presidential-campaigns\/\" title=\"Third-party candidates who disrupted previous presidential races.\">build strong coalitions<\/a> and communicate with a diverse \u200delectorate. The DNC will elect a new chair \u2064on February 1, and\u2064 Wikler is competing\u200d against other \u2062candidates, including Ken Martin, Martin O\u2019Malley, and James \u200bSkoufis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin Democratic party chairman enters crowded DNC race vowing to &lsquo;unite&rsquo; party<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1884888\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Wisconsin<\/a> Democratic Party Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/wisdems.org\/our-party\/meet-our-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ben Wikler<\/a> has announced his candidacy to become the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-National-Committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> leader.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Wikler, who served as Wisconsin Democrats&rsquo; leader for the past five years, said he is running for the role to &ldquo;unite the party, fight everywhere, and win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3226193\/which-biden-executive-orders-first-to-go-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S WHICH BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO UNDER TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to win, to stop the GOP from ripping this country apart and ripping off working people to enrich mega billionaires who funded Trump&rsquo;s campaign,&rdquo; Wikler said on CNN&rsquo;s <em>Inside Politics<\/em> where he announced his bid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a time for Democrats to come together to learn about what we need to do and change and to start winning elections up and down the ballot for the next four years,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3222408\/joe-biden-lame-duck-session-trump-proof-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN TO USE LAME-DUCK SESSION TO &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOF&rsquo; LEGACY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we&rsquo;re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I&#8217;m running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. &#129525; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCAmEC6Gox\">pic.twitter.com\/lCAmEC6Gox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Wikler (@benwikler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benwikler\/status\/1863235300895654088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-jcos-chairman-says-gen-milleys-calls-with-china-are-not-abnormal\/\" title=\"Former JCOS chairman says Gen. Milley\u2019s calls with China are not abnormal\">current chairman<\/a> of the DNC, Jaime Harrison, is not seeking reelection and DNC members will elect a new chair on Feb. 1. Wikler is among three other contenders who have entered into the race so far: Minnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3111933\/tim-walzs-democratic-farmer-labor-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic-Farmer-Labor<\/a> Party Chairman Ken Martin, former Maryland Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3233568\/martin-omalley-run-dnc-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Martin O&rsquo;Malley<\/a>, and New York state Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3245963\/new-yorker-pitches-himself-as-an-outsider-candidate-for-dnc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Skoufis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a state with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/database\/state\/wisconsin\/party-affiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">near-even<\/a> split of registered Democrats and Republicans, Wisconsin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/2980516\/why-all-eyes-are-on-wisconsin-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">consistently been<\/a> one of the closest states in national elections for years now. Wikler said his experience organizing and winning in the era of President-elect Donald Trump has prepared him to do so on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&#8203;&#8203;This is a purple, intense state, and what it teaches you when you fight in a state like Wisconsin is how to organize everywhere in rural areas, cities, suburbs, small towns, across race, ethnicity, gender, geography, generation, ideology,&rdquo; Wikler said. &ldquo;It teaches you to communicate, even to voters who may not be paying attention to what Democrats have to say.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3187727\/biden-mishandling-classified-documents-presidential-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LOOMS OVER PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know that we lose when voters get their information about Democrats from Republicans,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats continue to look for answers as to what went wrong for them in the 2024 general election, Wikler said that Democrats &ldquo;need to level up the intensity&rdquo; and &ldquo;communicate directly to working folks.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His candidacy received high praise on social media from notable Wisconsin Democrats. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkPocan\/status\/1863224577213534336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> Wikler&rsquo;s announcement &ldquo;great news.&rdquo; Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3233372\/hovde-concedes-election-no-request-recount-wisconsin-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recently won<\/a> reelection, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tammybaldwin\/status\/1863255635086758289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> Wikler &ldquo;built a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">year-round organizing machine<\/a>, united democrats of all stripes, outraised our opponents, and met voters wherever they are,&rdquo; and that he &ldquo;knows how to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He received the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexLasryWI\/status\/1863244307588583462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">endorsement<\/a> of DNC member Alex Lasry, a Milwaukee Bucks executive who ran for Senate in 2022. Lasry said Democrats need to &ldquo;look no further&rdquo; than Wikler if they &ldquo;want to win across the country, win back swing voters and rebuild the Democratic party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nationally, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) previously called Wikler one of &ldquo;best chairs of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">state party<\/a> not just today, but ever.&rdquo; Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised Wikler&rsquo;s leadership of the party while speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know that &lsquo;Big Ben&rsquo; is recognized nationally as a preeminent state party chair,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;His reputation is a great one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While leading the party, Wikler has delivered Democrats a number of wins, including Trump&rsquo;s defeat there in 2020, Gov. Tony Evers&rsquo;s (D-WI) reelection in 2022, and flipping the state Supreme Court and delivering a progressive majority for the first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Wilker&rsquo;s time as Wisconsin Democrats&rsquo; leader has not been all success. Mandela Barnes, the 2022 Wisconsin Senate candidate, could not unseat Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Republicans have remained in control of both chambers of Wisconsin&rsquo;s statehouse. The GOP control of the Wisconsin state legislature is due in part to gerrymandering, however.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1884888\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1884888\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler announces DNC bid to unite the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2375034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ben-wikler.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45960,34059,32603,35884],"class_list":["post-2375033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dnc-race","tag-election-2024","tag-political-news","tag-wisconsin-democrats"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ben-wikler.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375037,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375033\/revisions\/2375037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}