Democrats vie for top DNC job in first officer forum

Source: ABC News

January 11, 2025, 6:45 PM


The Democratic National Committee held the first of four officer forums on Saturday afternoon, and qualifying candidates for top leadership roles laid out their platforms and strategies while attempting to differentiate one another from the now-crowded field.

Candidates needed to secure the support of 40 DNC members to make it on the virtual stage -- and will need to maintain that support to qualify for the three subsequent forums.

Each of the four forums will focus on a region of the country, with Saturday's themed around the South. The journalist moderators all hailed from publications based in that region.

The eight DNC chair candidates who qualified for Saturday's forum were: former congressional candidate Quintessa Hathaway, Minnesota Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, attorney Jason Paul, New York state Sen. James Skoufis, former Department of Homeland Security staffer Nate Snyder, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler, and author and spiritualist Marianne Williamson.

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