The far-Left won greater control of the Democratic Party on Saturday, when a far-left candidate won an eight-way race to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with a clear majority of votes. For those wondering whether their 2024 electoral rout would prompt the Democratic Party to moderate, the answer appears to be, “no.”
When party delegates gathered in National Harbor, Md. — just four miles down the Potomac River from last week’s fatal plane crash — Minnesota Democrat-Farmer-Laborer (DFL) Party Chair Ken Martin won 246.5 out of 428 votes cast (57.6%). Meanwhile, Wisconsin Democrat Party Chair Ben Wikler placed second with 134.5 votes (31.4%), despite having the backing of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and George Soros’s political action committee.
After this substantial victory, Martin’s job is now to unify the party, while analyzing why the party lost the 2024 election — two objectives that may be at odds with one another. Martin’s role also involves much fundraising and determining where the party will allocate its resources in the years ahead.
During his 14-year stint as state party chair, Martin has presided over a party that has moved away from its working-class roots toward the identity politics favored among highly educated elites. In the long, hot summer of 2020, Minnesota’s capital became a national flashpoint for racially charged riots after the death of George Floyd — riots which caused more damage than necessary because city and state officials were too busy dismantling their police departments. In 2023-2024, with only a narrow legislative majority, the DFL declared the state a “sanctuary” for trans-identifying children, outlawed non-“gender-affirming” therapy, and passed other pro-transgender, pro-abortion legislation that rivals California in its radicalism.
Consequently, Martin has also overseen the gradual erosion of DFL strength in Minnesota. In 2008, the last presidential election before Martin became DFL Chair in 2011, Barack Obama cruised to victory in Minnesota with 54.1% of the vote, 10.24% ahead of John McCain. In 2024, Kamala Harris carried Minnesota with 50.9% of the vote, only 4.24% ahead of Donald Trump, despite choosing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) as her running mate. Minnesota has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972 (longer than any other state), yet now it almost seems within striking distance. […]
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