The election for the next chair of the Democratic National Committee is the first major milestone in the party’s path forward after the 2024 election. While the leading candidates largely agree in reorienting towards winning back working-class voters and expanding support for state and local parties, the chair candidates have not committed to broader structural reform for the party, like banning PAC money in primaries.
On Feb. 1, the 448 voting members of the DNC will convene to elect a new party chair, who is charged with promoting the party's agenda and managing the 2028 presidential primaries. Perhaps the biggest question, though, is how a new leader will or will not transform the party's finances amid a debate over the role of billionaire money in politics.
