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SleeplessinSoCal

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28. Ben Wikler should have won.

Fri May 8, 2026, 03:00 PM

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I was very upset when he lost to Martin. I swear, the DNC is either corrupt or completely out of touch with reality.

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Where the hell is DNC Chair Ken Martin? [View all] Chasstev365 Friday OP

Busy usonian Friday #1

Sorry to say, Martin is not a very effective DNC chair. CousinIT Friday #2

Agreed! yellow dahlia Friday #4

Should not have been elected. Being a chair in Minnesota was an easy job question everything Friday #12

Pretty sure it was Wisconsin's Ben Wikler who was in the running. Wisconsin's previous Dem chair. summer_in_TX Yesterday #47

You are correct. I just googled for the Wisconsin chair but Wikler is the one question everything Yesterday #49

We are winning elections by huge margins. The 2024 autopsy is a distraction and releasing it would generate too much LymphocyteLover Friday #24

He's been active in defending the right to hide 2024 election report. Kid Berwyn Friday #3

In interviews recently, where he is questioned about the autopsy report - spin and BS. yellow dahlia Friday #5

I'm resisting everything Trump. Kid Berwyn Friday #13

Makes me wonder if the report Bettie Friday #6

Absolute pointing of the finger. Kid Berwyn Friday #14

The interview he did with Pod Save America host Jon Favreau told me all I needed to know about Ken Martin DeeDeeNY Friday #7

i think it shows they diddled the vote, mopinko Friday #8

You mean Republicans diddled the vote? Why would Martin hide that? LymphocyteLover Friday #18

cuz they did nothing. mopinko Friday #23

what were they supposed to do? LymphocyteLover Friday #25

sue. mopinko Friday #34

Sue on what grounds? Who would they sue? Sure, there was funny bunsiness in the election. Was it enough to swing the LymphocyteLover Friday #35

well we might all know that if mopinko Friday #39

I suspect they had no legal grounds to pursue anything, but I really would like to have seen them do LymphocyteLover Friday #44

yup. mopinko Friday #45

Who is Ken Martin? I had to goggle a picture of him. nt AnotherMother4Peace Friday #9

The chap I only hear from when he asks for $$ Attilatheblond Friday #30

Why would most people care what the DNC chair has to say? Renew Deal Friday #10

I thought they did election finances, conventions and other election business and meet about once a year or something. betsuni Friday #15

They meet quarterly. Here is an AI summary LeftInTX Friday #43

Thanks! So the big evil corrupt ESTABLISHMENT the anti-establishment is convinced is out to get them betsuni Yesterday #50

That's how I see it. They're like "mini-conventions" LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #51

But wealthy donors and billionaires stuff establishment pockets with status quo $$$ betsuni 6 hrs ago #53

How nice Jeffries and Schumer get a day off from being blamed for what Republicans do. betsuni Friday #11

I know where he is. See my post below: PatrickforB Friday #16

So do I orangecrush Friday #20

"Some Democratic donors frustrated with DNC Chair Ken Martin amid fundraising woes." (ABC News) red dog 1 Friday #17

I don't think the DNC chair (or RNC chair) really matters that much anymore. BannonsLiver Friday #19

it matters but the importance of the DNC is very over-rated... especially for Dems who never march in lock-step LymphocyteLover Friday #22

Agree on DNC. But I'd argue the importance of the DNC mirrors the importance of the party chair. BannonsLiver Friday #26

Sure... which is why I don't really worry about Ken Martin LymphocyteLover Friday #27

Agreed. Nothing says, "I don't understand party politics" than FSogol Friday #31

Well said. BannonsLiver Friday #33

The problem is that SocialDemocrat61 Friday #38

Right, things like social media matter more JI7 Friday #40

He posts regualrly on Bluesky. He's also helping Dems win elections and pushing the 50 state staregy that many Dems want LymphocyteLover Friday #21

Ben Wikler should have won. SleeplessinSoCal Friday #28

He definitely needs to be more vocal and out there senseandsensibility Friday #29

Where he has been ever since elected -- this side of useless Nanjeanne Friday #32

The job of the DNC chair is not SocialDemocrat61 Friday #36

On vacation with Garland? Emile Friday #37

Good One! Chasstev365 Friday #42

Anyone calling his office and/or writing. vapor2 Friday #41

Wisconsin's Ben Wikler would have been an effective choice. summer_in_TX Yesterday #46

I would like to see DiverDave Yesterday #48

Martin is more focused angrychair 7 hrs ago #52

How does he make "progressives in the Democratic Party the enemy"? betsuni 6 hrs ago #54