The Democratic National Chairperson election 2017

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Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

For those wondering, the chairperson is selected by a vote of the committee members, not the general party memberships like the UK labor party so all of those endorsements probably have more weight. The committee members are the state chairpersons and vice chairpersons, a proportional number of voting members for each state and a bunch of people in random committees like the democratic association of city mayors and stuff like that.

There's also going to be a debate on Jan 18th if you want to see it http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huffpost-hosting-dnc-debate-january-18th_us_5859f64ee4b0d9a594567e3b

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 16:07

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 08:26

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

Perez has also never won a electoral race higher then the county level while Ellison has focused on increasing the turnout in his district every election year, even though he's in a safe district and could just coast to victory.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 21:06

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

the mega donor thing is that ellison has stated that the dnc will not take lobbyist money under his watch. this hilariously enough was the policy of the dnc under the obama dnc until it was changed for a certain presidential candidate by debbie wasserman schultz!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-ellison-ban-lobbyist-contributions-dnc_us_586cd2aae4b0d9a5945d2e4d

quote:

In a new video interview with The Huffington Post, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) pledged to ban contributions from lobbyists to the Democratic Party if he�s elected as its next chairman.

�Yeah, I would,� Ellison told HuffPost when asked about banning lobbyist donations. �I think it�s important that people feel that the party is their party � There is a pragmatic, perhaps too pragmatic step that you can say, �We�ll just take whatever money from whatever source in whatever amount.� But once you do that, I think you cross a line where people do not feel that the party is really theirs.�

President Barack Obama banned lobbyist contributions to the Democratic National Committee after winning the 2008 election, but the then DNC Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) quietly lifted the ban during Hillary Clinton�s 2016 presidential run. In a December interview with HuffPost, Ellison�s chief rival for Wasserman Schultz�s successor, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, refused to rule out lobbyist donations.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 03:09

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

Also if you're interested in hearing Ellison talk himself about his candidacy and not the arguments of nerds on a dead comedy forum, he did an interview on Keepin' It 1600.

25 minutes in if you want to skip everything else

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/keepin-it-1600/id1111751047?mt=2&i=378123779

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 03:14

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

For people wondering about Keith's election chops, this article makes him look like he knows what he is doing imo

http://www.startribune.com/how-to-get-out-the-vote-keith-ellison-demonstrates/284044361/

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Now for some good turnout news: In the Fifth Congressional District, anchored by Minneapolis, turnout was up nearly 11,000 votes from the previous presidential midterm election, in 2010. That�s about a 0.5-percentage-point gain, compared with a 5-percentage-point turnout decline statewide.

In 2006, the Fifth District had the lowest turnout among the state�s eight congressional districts. This year it was in fifth place. In first place was the state�s most affluent district, the west-suburban Third; then came the Eighth, Second and Seventh, all of which saw livelier congressional races than U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison had in the Fifth.

Ellison was elected to a fifth term with more votes than only eight of his fellow Democrats in the U.S. House, even though 46 of his caucus-mates represent districts with higher Democratic-voting indices. [...]

Ellison is a DFLer in a safe DFL seat. He could coast through campaigns.

Instead, he and his staff set turnout goals for each of the 12 state Senate districts included in CD5, and communicated those goals to the DFL Party�s officers in those districts. Together, they charted plans to make face-to-face contact with the quota of potential voters needed to reach their goals.

�It�s a team approach,� Ellison said, enlisting community leaders and clergy as well as politicians. Special efforts were made to knock on doors in apartment buildings. At least one North Side church chartered a bus to take �souls to the polls� for early voting. Events featured a song about voting written by Minneapolis songwriter Andr� Cymone, a former guitarist for Prince.

That work is grounded in Ellison�s belief that old-fashioned retail campaigning is more effective than phone blitzes and reputation-smearing ad campaigns. �Money is hard to overcome, but I believe that somebody at your door talking to you can defeat a scurrilous TV ad. The real key is door-to-door politics. That�s how you create a culture of engagement. That what can restore democracy.�

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 03:20

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

Buckley is pretty good, stayed neutral during the primary, the NH democratic party has been pretty successful in all of it's races. He just can't get any oxygen in room due to the heavyweight and the mediumweight "duking it out" (it's actually super tame compared to the immediate comparison of UK labor). Maybe he'll get traction from the debate!

He won't

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 03:30

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

Noted pornography watcher Josh Marshall of TPM interviewed Keith Ellison on his show:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-does-keith-ellison-want-to-be-chair-of-the-dnc

# ¿ Jan 6, 2017 21:28

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

since the Biden endorsement is Perez's first salvo of the big guns, Keith decided to strike back

https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/827579771248852992

# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 19:19

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

if the democrats hadn't underperformed in urban centers in the rust belt like detriot, flint, and milwaukee clinton would be president now tho

# ¿ Feb 8, 2017 15:50

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

i'm the biggest keithomanic on the board and the fact that schumer has been able to hold together his caucus to do the mass no votes on trump nominees after the public pressure hit should give him some slack imo

# ¿ Feb 8, 2017 22:13

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

pretty cool the Ellison is so persuasive that he can navigate the dnc halls of power and convince people of his vision for the party imo

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 18:02

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

in actual news about the race, it appears the perez campaign's claim they had 180 dnc members supporting him is a smokescreen

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/320553-ellison-holds-edge-in-dnc-race

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The Hill has identified the stances of 240 DNC members, either through their private responses to a survey circulated over the past week or from public endorsements.

Out of those who responded, Ellison leads with 105 supporters to Perez�s 57. The remaining major candidates have less than a dozen supporters each, while more than 50 DNC members remain undecided.

Edit: OTOH

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/dnc-race-remains-tight-energized-democrats-combat-trump-45661073

quote:

Independent Democratic strategists tracking the race say Perez has emerged as the front-runner, with the backing of 205 committee members. Ellison has the support of 153 members. The strategists spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss the vote counting publicly.

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