Democrats to elect a new party chair Feb. 1

The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Feb. 1.

DNC chair election set for Feb. 1, party official says

Martin O'Malley and Ken Martin are the two candidates are currently vying to lead the DNC, left in disarray after the 2024 elections.

DNC holds leadership election on Feb. 1

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will hold its leadership elections Feb. 1, less than two weeks after President-elect Trump is inaugurated. Elections will take place at the party's winter ...

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Texas Democratic Party Chair to step down after brutal defeats

In the aftermath of his party’s brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March. Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa ...

Politics - The Hill - November 8

Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin launches a bid to lead the DNC

Minnesota Democratic Party chair Ken Martin has formally announced his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee.

Politics - NBC News - November 19

‘Straight-up BS’: Democratic chair attacks Bernie Sanders’ election critique

Sanders’ analysis that Democrats lost because they failed working-class voters scorned by party chair Jaime Harrison. US elections 2024 – live updates Amid Democratic mourning over the loss ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Hakeem Jeffries elected House Democratic leader with GOP set to retain control

As House Democrats conduct the leadership elections Tuesday, the party is still reeling from the results of the 2024 elections — and reckoning with the path forward.

Where does the Democratic Party go after Trump elected again

Former President Donald Trump has been elected president again and Republicans are making big gains in Congress. Democratic strategist and CBS News political contributor Joel Payne has more on what ...

Jeffries congratulates Trump, says Democrats are not party of ‘election denial’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a fierce critic of President-elect Trump, congratulated him Thursday, emphasizing that Democrats respect the will of the voters and won’t challenge ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Arizona Senator-elect Ruben Gallego on future of Democratic party

Democrat Ruben Gallego beat Trump ally and Republican Kari Lake in Arizona's Senate race. He drew suport from Hispanic men, a group that drifted toward President-elect Donald Trump in Arizona and ...

Top Democrat says party lost election because of ‘overreliance on consultants and pollsters’

Democrats are facing questions about how to move forward after a sweeping election loss. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why Americans still voted for Trump ...

Politics - NBC News - November 19

Greece's leftist Syriza party elects new leader

Syriza, the left-wing party which once governed Greece, has elected a new leader after a year of internal turmoil and diminishing popularity

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Mauritius holds an election with the ruling party seeking a new term

World - Yahoo News - November 10

Mauritius holds an election with the ruling party seeking a new term

People in Mauritius are voting for a new Parliament with the ruling party seeking to secure a second five-year term for Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth

World - ABC News - November 10

New York Democrat: Far left has 'outsized impact' in shaping perception of party

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the far left had an “outsized impact” in shaping public perception of the Democratic Party, which he argued hurt them in the 2024 election cycle. In ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Is Faltering

The Liberal Democrats, long the guiding force for Japan, are in disarray just when their country needs them the most.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

Democratic strategist on the party's economic message

A CBS News exit poll found that 45% of voters felt that their financial situation was worse than it was four years ago. Hyma Moore, the former director for the office of Democratic National ...

Lessons from Florida for the Democratic Party

Despite the left’s constant protestations that, as states and nations become more diverse, they inevitably become more blue, Florida is doing just the opposite.

Politics - The Hill - November 9

Who Are the Next Leaders of the Democratic Party?

Democrats will soon have a leadership vacuum, and there will be no shortage of highly ambitious governors, senators and transportation secretaries looking to fill it.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 12

Democratic Congressman on the party's messaging, focus

Democratic leaders are divided over what to blame for their 2024 election losses. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the party's messaging and focus.

Steve Bannon set for New York trial starting Feb. 25, judge rules

President-elect Donald Trum pardoned Steve Bannon in 2021 on federal charges related to the same scheme.

Democratic chair blasts Mayorkas, Wray for failure to testify; threats hearing postponed

The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee blasted the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, issuing a rare but sharp rebuke of the two officials for ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

August Pfluger elected Republican Study Committee chair

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) was elected on Friday to chair the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, for the 119th Congress. Pfluger, who had led the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 15

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

Botswana will vote in a national election this week that will decide whether the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading diamond producer and ...

World - ABC News - October 28

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat

World - ABC News - November 2

The U.K. Conservative party's new leader is the first Black woman to lead a major British party

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president is leading in parliamentary elections, results show

World - ABC News - November 14

Democrats Ignored Gaza and Brought Down Their Party

The war in the Middle East has become this era’s most important progressive cause.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 7

The Democratic Party has no credibility on building democracy

Let’s hope the Democratic Party takes a good long look at their lack of credibility on democracy as they process the results of this election and plot a path forward.

Politics - The Hill - November 15

Bernie Sanders on the Democratic Party’s Future, on “The Daily”

“There was no appreciation — no appreciation — of the struggling and the suffering of millions and millions of working-class people,” the senator said.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 15

$Can a fractured Democratic Party learn the lessons of 2024?$

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