DNC election of officers scheduled including candidates forums

The election of DNC officers – including Chair, Vice Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary and National Finance Chair – took place on February 1. 2025 and was held in National Harbor, Maryland. New DNC Chair Ken Martin was elected on the first ballot with a majority of the voting DNC members. Addressing the members after the election, he said: “We have one team, the Democratic Party, and we have one fight. The fight’s not in here, it’s out there. The fight right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country.”

Candidate Forums

1.11.2025 – 1st Candidates’ Forum | Held virtually
Co-Hosted by: DNC & C-SPAN | YouTube – To view, click here.
Focused on the Southern region issues.

1.16.2025 – 2nd Candidates’ Forum | In-Person held in Detroit, MI
Co-Hosted by: DNC & Politico | YouTube – To view, click here.
Focused on the Midwest region issues.

1.23.2025 – 3rd Candidates’ Forum | Held virtually
Hosted by: South Carolina Democrats and southern region DNC members
YouTube – To view, click here.

1.30.2025 – 4th Candidates’ Forum | In-Person held in Georgetown
C-SPAN – To view, click here.
Co-Hosted by: MSNBC & Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service
Moderators include:
MSNBC: Jonathan Capehart, Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders Townsend, Luke Russert
GU Politics Executive Director Mo Elleithee

DNC Officers – Elected 2.01.2025

For more information on each of the newly elected DNC Officers,
please visit here.

DNC Chair

  • Ken Martin: Announced 11.19.2024; currently a vice chairman of the DNC; currently chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party; currently President of the Association of State Democratic Committees

Message from DNC Chair Ken Martin: I ran for DNC chair on a promise to implement a new framework: Build to Win, Build to Expand, Build to Last. Here’s what that looks like to me:

  • We will build to win by expanding our vision and infrastructure. That means funding parties in all 57 states and territories, meaningfully investing in youth empowerment and mobilization, ensuring there is Democratic infrastructure in every ZIP code, and organizing year-round.
  • We will build to expand by going on offense everywhere, contesting every race, and embracing our responsibility to support Democrats running at every level.
  • We will build to last by planning, organizing, and implementing a 10-year strategy that aligns the infrastructure, partnerships, and the people we need to win. We must listen to voters and be willing to dig deep and recenter the Democratic agenda to reestablish who we are in the eyes of American voters.

This is the model we followed during my time as chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party — and it’s worked. Our party won every single statewide election (25-0), secured two trifectas, and was the only state in Democrats’ “Blue Wall” to vote against Trump in 2024.

What’s worked here in Minnesota can work nationally, and together, we’re going to prove it.

Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation (CEVP)

  • Reyna Walters-Morgan: Biden-Harris Administration DOJ official and former DNC Director of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection

Vice Chair (3 positions)

  • Artie Blanco: A longtime union member who currently represents Nevada as a DNC member serving on the Rules and Bylaws Committee and the Executive Committee; currently the National Campaign Director for the AFL-CIO
  • Malcolm Kenyatta: Currently serving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly; the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color and one of the youngest people elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2018; in 2023, he was appointed by President Joe Biden to chair the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
  • David Hogg: Parkland survivor David Hogg has become one of the most compelling voices of his generation; David and fellow classmates and survivors co-founded March For Our Lives, one of the world’s preeminent youth-led movements; in 2023, David Hogg and Kevin Lata, co-founded Leaders We Deserve (LWD) – which is dedicated to recruiting, training, and funding young progressives running for Congress and State Legislatures across the country; David travels across the United States to support Gen Z and younger Millennial candidates working to transform the future of the Democratic Party

Secretary

  • Jason Rae: DNC Secretary, President & CEO for the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Partner in Nation Consulting Public Affairs

Treasurer

  • Virginia McGregor: DNC Treasurer, Board of McGregor Industries, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Board Chair

National Finance Chair

  • Chris Korge: DNC Finance Chair, former DSCC and DCCC Trustee, former National Finance Chairman for Hillary Clinton for President; attorney, retailer and real estate developer

Below is the DNC Officer Election Timeline:

  • December 12, 2024: The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet to establish the Rules of Procedure for nominating the DNC Chair and other Officers – Vice Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary and National Financial Chair
  • In January 2025: The DNC will host a series of four candidate forums – a combination of virtual and in-person
  • January 30, 2025, through February 1, 2025: The DNC will host the DNC Winter Meeting for DNC Members
  • February 1, 2025: The 448 DNC members will vote for the incoming DNC Officers

DNC Officer Election Process:

  • Role of DNC Staff:

    • Host candidate forums
    • Brief interested candidates on the process
    • Facilitate communication with DNC Members
    • Conduct the member vote
    • Chair Harrison and all DNC staff will maintain complete neutrality throughout the process, including abstaining from endorsing or campaigning for any candidate.

  • Role of the Rules and Bylaws Committee:

    • Recommend the Rules of Procedure that guide the nominations and election process, including ballot access requirements and the process by which candidates file, to full DNC membership
      • In 2021, candidates were required to submit a nominating statement alongside the signatures of 40 DNC members. According to Chair Harrison, it is the DNC intent t utilize this 40-signature threshold for candidate participation in the forums

  • Role of DNC Members:

    • Approve Rules of Procedure for election and nomination process
    • Engage with candidates, including through participation in candidate forums
    • Offer their signature to support candidates’ access to participate in the forums and access to the ballot
    • Ultimately vote at the DNC Winter Meeting

  • DNC Members:

    • There are 448 active DNC members including 20 state elected members from 57 states, territories and Democrats Abroad
    • Members representing 16 affiliate groups
    • 73 current at-large members elected by the DNC