List of chairs of the Democratic National Committee

The chair of the Democratic National Committee is the party chair of the Democratic Party.Cornelius P. Cotter, and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. Politics without Power: The National Party Committees (1964) excerpt .

The chair manages the day-to-day affairs and operations of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), prepares and conducts the quadrennial Democratic National Convention, and promotes the Democratic "party brand" and political platform, as well as assists in party fundraising and election strategy. The DNC chair also serves as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention and can affect the outcome over a close primary race only if no candidate receives a majority of pledged delegates.

The current officeholder is Ken Martin of Minnesota, who took office on February 1, 2025.

Chairs of the Democratic National Committee

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See also Democratic National Committee Democratic National Convention History of the Democratic Party (United States) List of chairs of the Republican National Committee

References

Further reading Cotter, Cornelius P., and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. (1964). Politics Without Power: The National Party Committees (excerpt). Heersink, Boris (2023). National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics: The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912–2016. Oxford University Press. . . Heersink, Boris (March 2021). "Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012". Perspectives on Politics 21:1: Special Section: Las Américas. 1–18. Heersink, Boris. "Party Brands and the Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1952–1976". Studies in American Political Development 32.1 (2018): 79–102.