Democrats who served in party leadership during the unsuccessful 2024 cycle are on the defensive.
The Democratic National Committee held its first in-person candidate forum for its upcoming elections on Thursday in Detroit, where incumbent candidates for secretary, treasurer and vice chair of civic engagement and voter participation found themselves in the hot seat, facing opponents who questioned why the party should reinstall officers of a losing team.
“We’re going to have a new chair, we’re going to have new strategic leadership, and I really believe that we need stable people in certain roles such as the secretary,” Jason Rae, current secretary of the DNC, said in the forum.