Latest Democratic National Convention News

The DNC chair candidates discuss Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and winning Latino voters

Dec. 07, 2024 09:56 AM EST

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Four people are running to be the next Democratic National Committee chair, looking to take on the task of reinvigorating a party demoralized by a second loss to President-elect Donald Trump. Others may still get into the race as the party reckons with the...

Outgoing DNC chair Jaime Harrison pushes back against critics of 'identity politics'

Dec. 05, 2024 20:43 PM EST

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison delivered a steadfast defense of his party’s commitment to racial equity Thursday, drawing on his own identity as a Black man to push back forcefully against critics who say Democrats need to abandon “identity...

A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell

Dec. 04, 2024 14:19 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced. On Wednesday, the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group...

The Associated Press' top photos of the 2024 US election

Dec. 03, 2024 14:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a photograph that defined the 2024 campaign. Donald Trump, campaigning for a second term, raises a fist defiantly toward the sky, blood streaked across his face. But the photo captures just one millisecond of a U.S. presidential campaign unlike any that came...

Democrats' outgoing chair says Trump's win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters

Dec. 03, 2024 00:17 AM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — As he concludes his time as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison is downplaying his party’s November loss to President-elect Donald Trump and arguing Democrats avoided even greater losses that parties in power have faced around the world. ...

Wisconsin Democratic leader Ben Wikler enters the race to lead the national party

Dec. 01, 2024 14:12 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, said Sunday he has joined the race to lead the national party after an election that swept Donald Trump and Republicans to power in Washington. “In Wisconsin, we’ve built a permanent...

Democrats plan to elect new party leader just days after Trump's inauguration

Nov. 25, 2024 14:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair of the Democratic National Committee informed party leaders on Monday that the DNC will choose his successor in February, an election that will speak volumes about how the party wants to present itself during four more years of Donald Trump in the White House. ...

Oklahoma Democrats mourn Fred Harris, former US senator and presidential candidate

Nov. 24, 2024 18:13 PM EST

Oklahoma residents on Sunday mourned the death of former Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris, a trailblazer in progressive politics in the state who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1976. Harris died on Saturday at 94. Democratic Party members across Oklahoma remembered Harris...

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She's still sending persistent appeals to donors

Nov. 16, 2024 14:29 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris...

The Democrats are starting to discuss party chair candidates for the second Trump era

Nov. 09, 2024 00:12 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party faces existential questions after Donald Trump's resounding victory. One of the first: Who will lead it? Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek a second term, opening a job that must be filled by March 1,...