OXON HILL, Md. – Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler on Saturday fell short in his bid to chair the Democratic National Committee, losing to Ken Martin of Minnesota in the race to lead Democrats through Pr ...

NEW YORK — The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through Donald Trump's second presidency. Eight candidates ...

Martin’s closest competition is Ben Wikler, the head of the Wisconsin party. He has claimed to have commitments from at least 183 DNC members, though he has fewer public endorsements than Martin ...

“There was just a miscommunication.” On Friday, Mr. Wikler also announced the support of several D.N.C. members including Dan Hynes, a former elected Illinois state comptroller. Mr. Hynes is ...

In its opening weeks, the race between Martin and Wikler was all Midwestern nice. But on Thursday, the cold war turned scalding, with Martin going after Wikler all day as an elite who was out of ...

WASHINGTON – For Ben Wikler, the final stretch of the race to lead the Democratic National Committee has been about momentum. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin chairman is projecting a sense of ...

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 ...

But he has increasingly clashed with one rival, Ben Wikler, who has been pitching himself as a more battle-tested state party leader in Wisconsin. A third candidate, former Maryland governor ...