Candidates for Democratic National Committee leadership posts largely embraced President Joe Biden’s warnings of an oligarchy taking shape in America during a series of forums Thursday in Detroit that ran nearly eight hours.

The DNC held the first of four officer forums, and candidates for top leadership roles laid out their platforms and strategies for the party.

As President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House on Monday, Democrats are still in the throes of deciding who will lead the Democratic National Committee after a bruising 2024 cycle.

The once-sleepy race to chair the Democratic National Committee has turned into a more contentious — and unsettled — affair as candidates jockey to lead the party and repair its brand following its disappointing losses in the November election.

Even when something didn't go as planned for University of Wisconsin women's hockey captain Casey O'Brien on Friday, things turned out fine.

The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”

With just over two weeks until the Democratic National Committee chooses new officers, candidates for chair knew the stakes had been raised. And for two candidates in particular, it was time to take a few jabs at one another.

Candidates seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee were pressed about President Joe Biden at a forum in Detroit.

During a forum in Detroit that pitted candidates against one another, Democrats protected those still inside the tent.

What Will the New DNC Chair Do to Curb the Role of Outside Money in Democratic Primaries? This is increasingly an existential question for progressives—and for the party if it’s to revive its commitment to working people.

Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir has thrown his hat in the ring. Since he’s joining the race just a couple weeks before the DNC’s members vote, it will be a challenge for him to catch the front-runners. But Shakir’s entry is significant nonetheless: Unlike most of his competitors, he wants to transform the party.

The youth climate group wants bans on super PAC spending in primaries and corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC.