The race for Democratic National Committee chair has an emerging front-runner in Ken Martin, the head of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party who has secured almost half of the needed endorsements to win the contest, Politico reported.

The DNC chair election, which will be held on Feb. 1, 2025, is widely seen as a battle over the future of the party, which saw parts of its coalition vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

Two more Democrats on Sunday announced their candidacy: Ben Wikler, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since 2019, and Robert Houton, a former U.S. Senate candidate from Maryland, ABC News reported.

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