The Minnesota Democratic leader defeated Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and former Maryland Gov.

The leading contenders, Mr Wikler and Minnesota’s Ken Martin, are low-profile state party chairmen. They have promised to refocus the Democratic message on working-class voters, strengthen Democratic ...

Without control of the White House or Congress, the new DNC chair will lead the campaign arm of a Democratic Party that is still figuring out how to move on from rejection at the ballot box.

Democrats, desperately seeking a new message and messengers to push back against the Trump administration, are electing a new ...