Ben Wickler

to beat a 60-year curse where Democrats always lose the governor's race when there's a Democratic president.

to beat a 60-year curse where Democrats always lose the governor's race when there's a Democratic president.

Governor Evers not only beat that and won re-election, he also expanded his vote share, unlike in all of our neighboring states, in order to defeat the Republican attempt to get super majorities in our state legislature and then flip our state Supreme Court majority and then defeat an impeachment attempt and then finally get fair maps and flip 14 state legislative seats.

Governor Evers not only beat that and won re-election, he also expanded his vote share, unlike in all of our neighboring states, in order to defeat the Republican attempt to get super majorities in our state legislature and then flip our state Supreme Court majority and then defeat an impeachment attempt and then finally get fair maps and flip 14 state legislative seats.

Well, in Minnesota, we lost the state legislative seat in this cycle, and now the legislature is in chaos. In order to do all that, we've had to build something that is just bigger and stronger and deeper, both in organizing and communication, powered by more fundraising than we've had in any state party in the country. And... Our size of our staff is sometimes similar to that of the DNC.

Well, in Minnesota, we lost the state legislative seat in this cycle, and now the legislature is in chaos. In order to do all that, we've had to build something that is just bigger and stronger and deeper, both in organizing and communication, powered by more fundraising than we've had in any state party in the country. And... Our size of our staff is sometimes similar to that of the DNC.

We've had more than 400 staff in the final stretch in both 2020 and 2024, which the DNC in those moments is a lot bigger. But I've been leading organizations that have deep, multilayered departments doing a huge array of work in partnership with unions and our allies and the front lines of the fight. And Minnesota's... Republicans fight there, but it's more of a blue state.

We've had more than 400 staff in the final stretch in both 2020 and 2024, which the DNC in those moments is a lot bigger. But I've been leading organizations that have deep, multilayered departments doing a huge array of work in partnership with unions and our allies and the front lines of the fight. And Minnesota's... Republicans fight there, but it's more of a blue state.

It's the only state that's been blue since the 1970s in the country. And Democrats have won every statewide election there going back to 2006, before my fellow candidate was chair. And it's a different kind of fight that I think in Wisconsin we've built something that is a bigger, a closer model, an approximation of what I think we need to build across the country.

It's the only state that's been blue since the 1970s in the country. And Democrats have won every statewide election there going back to 2006, before my fellow candidate was chair. And it's a different kind of fight that I think in Wisconsin we've built something that is a bigger, a closer model, an approximation of what I think we need to build across the country.

And I appreciate Ken Martin has been leading the State Chairs Association and he's fought within the DNC for state chairs relative to other parts of the DNC, but hasn't made the case to the public for why we need to go and build a party apparatus that has this kind of strength.

And I appreciate Ken Martin has been leading the State Chairs Association and he's fought within the DNC for state chairs relative to other parts of the DNC, but hasn't made the case to the public for why we need to go and build a party apparatus that has this kind of strength.

And so there hasn't been more public support and fundraising and volunteering and energy for building the idea of what the Democratic Party should be about. And I feel like I've been able to do that even from my one state, in a way that I think we need to do for the national party going forward.

And so there hasn't been more public support and fundraising and volunteering and energy for building the idea of what the Democratic Party should be about. And I feel like I've been able to do that even from my one state, in a way that I think we need to do for the national party going forward.

And the last piece on the record is that when I was at MoveOn, I was working in partnership with Democrats in Congress, in the House and the Senate, with allies in grassroots groups all across the country,

And the last piece on the record is that when I was at MoveOn, I was working in partnership with Democrats in Congress, in the House and the Senate, with allies in grassroots groups all across the country,

On progressive media and going on conservative media and nonpolitical media to change the conversation about a major national crisis where Trump was trying to rip away protections that everyone in this country relied on. And we won. And we're going to have fights like that going forward.

On progressive media and going on conservative media and nonpolitical media to change the conversation about a major national crisis where Trump was trying to rip away protections that everyone in this country relied on. And we won. And we're going to have fights like that going forward.

And I think having a DNC chair who has the both experience and track record and just orientation around that kind of giant battle is going to be something that we could benefit from as a national party. And I think I bring that uniquely in this race. That's my contrast is that kind of fight.

And I think having a DNC chair who has the both experience and track record and just orientation around that kind of giant battle is going to be something that we could benefit from as a national party. And I think I bring that uniquely in this race. That's my contrast is that kind of fight.