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Democratic party officials elected Minnesota state birthday celebration chair Ken Martin as the next leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday.

Martin secured the chairmanship of the DNC after winning 246 votes out of the 428 members current. He secured his massive victory on the first ballot of vote casting beating Wisconsin state birthday celebration chair Ben Wikler and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D).

Throughout the race of the chairmanship, longtime political operative Martin used to be considered one of the crucial frontrunners and bought beef up from prominent Democrats including Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC).

“Let me simply begin out with the aid of pronouncing we’ve one crew,” Martin instructed Democrats after profitable the race. “One workforce. The Democratic Party.”

However, Martin’s opponent did obtain significant support from top Democratic lawmakers. Wikler used to be backed by way of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Martin’s election will shift the spotlight of Democratic management against him as former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have taken a step back following Trump’s inauguration.

“As I mentioned from the start, I’m now not operating in opposition to them any longer than they had been operating against us,” Martin mentioned as he praised his different Democratic opponents.

“It’s my assure to every of you that we’re going to take the good concepts from all the candidates in this race, we’re going to convey them into this great birthday party, we’re going to unify this party collectively and we’re all going to roll up our sleeves collectively to construct this birthday party,” he introduced.

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