That long list of scandals made Trump’s second White House win confounding to many progressives. But not Bernie Sanders: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” the independent, left-wing senator from Vermont wrote on Nov. 6.

Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.

Shakir, who ran Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, wants Democrats to focus more on working-class voters.

Faiz Shakir, who managed Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The once-sleepy race to chair the Democratic National Committee has turned into a more contentious — and unsettled — affair as candidates jockey to lead the party and repair its brand following its disappointing losses in the November election.

Politics / The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.” John Nichols Before this week, the hotly contested race for chair of the Democratic National Committee looked as if it had settled into a reasonably well-defined matchup between a pair of experienced front-runners—Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler and

Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin said on Tuesday his bid for Democratic National Committee Chair has received 200 endorsements from DNC members. The number of endorsements for

Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democrats, said he was nearing the level of support needed to become the next leader of the Democratic National Committee.

MSNBC and Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service will host a forum for candidates to lead the Democratic National Committee on Jan. 30, with the event streamed on the network’s YouTube channel.

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Citing a “lack of

Faiz Shakir, who led Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee — injecting a new candidate into the low-key contest. Shakir confirmed his candidacy in a text message to POLITICO. The New York Times first reported Shakir’s decision.

Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir has thrown his hat in the ring. Since he’s joining the race just a couple weeks before the DNC’s members vote, it will be a challenge for him to catch the front-runners. But Shakir’s entry is significant nonetheless: Unlike most of his competitors, he wants to transform the party.