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Tom Perez
2020 election
Nov. 19, 2020
DNC Chair Tom Perez: We Avoided ‘Catastrophe’ Why the top Democrat isn’t too worried about how this election went or how the next one will go.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
DNC Asks for Do-over in Iowa Caucus Count We’re probably not going to get the results anytime soon.
By Ed Kilgore
democratic primaries
Dec. 17, 2019
A Labor Dispute Almost Disrupted Thursday’s Democratic Debate A labor dispute at the event venue had the party tied in knots. This probably won’t be the last time.
By Sarah Jones
just asking questions
June 26, 2019
DNC Chair Tom Perez on the Debates: ‘We Don’t Want to Talk About Hand Size’ The chief Democrat on the debate rules, what he thinks about his critics, and why you should stop worrying about a brokered convention.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
democratic party
Aug. 25, 2018
Democrats Vote to Strip Power From Superdelegates, Reform Caucuses Following the contentious 2016 primaries, the DNC embraced the biggest reforms to its presidential nomination process since the 1980s.
By Chas Danner
Elizabeth Warren Treating Bernie Sanders As the Leader of the Democratic Party Warren’s comments about the 2016 primaries being “rigged” weren’t as provocative as her assertion that the party owes Sanders deference going forward.
By Ed Kilgore
The Socialist Takeover of the Democratic Party Is Proceeding Nicely Centrist Democrats used to distance themselves from the left ahead of their presidential runs. Now, Booker and Cuomo are doing the opposite.
By Eric Levitz
Tom Perez Edges Keith Ellison for DNC Chair The Establishment candidate narrowly defeated the insurgent favorite of Sanders campaign veterans, then began to immediately seek party unity.
By Ed Kilgore
Tom Perez Gains Ground in Race for DNC Chair South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison has dropped out and endorsed the former Labor secretary.
By Eric Levitz
Tom Perez Scores an Own Goal in DNC Contest The candidate of the Clinton-Obama camp seemed to be agreeing with Sanders supporters that the 2016 primaries were “rigged.” Bad idea.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Shouldn’t Let the Race for DNC Chair Be a Battle for the Party’s Soul Democrats need to find an engineer ready to rebuild the party infrastructure and let others worry about ideology and messaging.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Mar. 18, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann