Reeling Dems look for new leader
By Jonathan Easley - 12/02/16 06:02 AM EST
DENVER, Colo. — Reeling from their election losses, Democrats will hold their first audition for a new Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman at a gathering in Denver on Friday.
The announced candidates — Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, New Hampshire chairman Raymond Buckley, and South Carolina chairman Jaime Harrison — will make their pitch to state party leaders at the Association of State Democratic Chairs.
Ellison, who is promising to build on Dean’s “50 state strategy” with a “3,143 county strategy” of his own, is the early front-runner, racking up endorsements from Washington lawmakers and national labor groups.
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