Seth McLaughlin

DNC launches ‘Faces of Trump’s Mass Deportation’ initiative

The Democratic National Committee launched a program Tuesday that intends to shift the debate over President Trump's immigration policy to the harm it is doing to communities and families.

February 28, 2017

Claire McCaskill promises to hold town hall meetings

Sen. Claire McCaskill is vowing to hold town hall meetings, saying she has never run away from the forums, which have become go-to venues for roasting elected leaders.

February 28, 2017

Bernie Sanders under rising pressure to form third party

Democratic Party insiders say efforts to draft Sen. Bernard Sanders to launch a political party are foolish, doomed to fail and could do more to hurt than help the progressive cause.

February 27, 2017

Tom Perez, new DNC chairman, promises to mend fractured Democratic party

Newly installed Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez promised this weekend to find consensus in a party fractured over its own ideology, saying Democrats can all agree on the need to obstruct President Trump.

February 26, 2017

Tom Perez wins hard-fought DNC race to become Democrats’ first Latino chairman

Tom Perez was elected Saturday as the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee, overcoming stiff opposition from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party and delivering a win for former President Barack Obama, who recruited him for the job. In his first act as chairman he immediately moved to unify Democrats by tapping Rep. Keith Ellison, the preferred pick of progressives, as his deputy chair.

February 25, 2017

Tom Perez, former Obama Labor secretary, falls one vote short on first DNC ballot

The first round of voting for Democratic National Committee chair ended in a stalemate, with former Labor Secretary Tom Perez falling a single vote shy of winning the spot and becoming the first Latino leader of the party.

February 25, 2017

Progressives raise transparency concerns over paper ballots in DNC chairman vote

A progressive group charged Saturday that the Democratic National Committee's reliance on paper ballots in the race for DNC chair raises questions of transparency, tainting the process.

February 25, 2017

Pete Buttigieg, Indiana mayor, drops out of DNC chair race

Peter Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., stunned his supporters Saturday by announcing he was ending his campaign for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

February 25, 2017

DNC shoots down resolution barring corporate donations

The Democratic National Committee tabled a resolution Saturday that called on the party to reinstate a ban on corporate donations and on federal corporate lobbyists from serving as at-large members of the DNC.

February 25, 2017

DNC chair contenders deliver closing arguments in final hours of tight race

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez is carrying momentum into the hotly contested race for chair of the Democratic National Committee, but DNC members say the race remains tight as they prepare for the highly anticipated vote here on Saturday.

February 24, 2017

Howard Dean: Chuck Schumer endorsement in DNC race a ‘kiss of death’

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Friday that Sen. Chuck Schumer's endorsement in the race to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee amounts to a "kiss of death."

February 24, 2017

DNC chair hopefuls aim to apply Howard Dean’s 50-state strategy

Howard Dean has gone from rage to sage. More than a decade after the infamous "Dean scream" in the Iowa caucuses crippled his presidential dreams, the former Vermont governor has become one of the wise old men of the Democratic Party.

February 23, 2017

Jaime Harrison pulls out of DNC chairman race, endorses Tom Perez

South Carolina Democratic Chairman Jaime Harrison announced Thursday he is ending his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee and throwing his support behind former Labor Secretary Tom Perez -- shaking up the race days before party officials pick a new chair.

February 23, 2017