Minnesota’s Ken Martin Elected DNC Chair, Vows to Fight Trump, GOP Agenda

Ken Martin, the longtime leader of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday, as the party turns to a seasoned but low-profile Midwestern strategist to spearhead its recovery from November’s bruising election loss. “We got punched in the mouth in November,” Martin said as hundreds of DNC members gathered in suburban Washington on Feb. 1 to pick their new leader. “It’s time to get off the mat, dust ourselves off, and get back in this fight.” Martin, who has served as DNC vice chair, clinched the chairmanship on the first ballot, earning 246 votes to surpass Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler in a 428-vote contest....