Minnesota state party chair Ken Martin was elected on Saturday as the next leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after securing 246 votes out of the 428 members who voted, winning on the first ballot. Martin was seen as one of the frontrunners in the race, beating Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who were among the seven other candidates running against the Minnesota Democrat. | The Hill

New DNC Chair Ken Martin's victory remarks: "The fight is for our values. The fight is for working people. The fight right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country." 🔥 | Democrats