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Dear John,
Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman, has announced he is entering the race to lead the Democratic National Committee. Wikler is the right one for the job. He can turn the Democratic Party into a party that's once again on the side of the little guy.
This is important. The person who runs the DNC is the key organizer for the Democratic Party leading up to the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. That person will be a critical voice in opposition to Trump’s authoritarian fascism. Wikler understands we need to stop the GOP from tearing up the country and from ripping off working people to enrich billionaires.
Wikler lays out his priorities with a clear eye, based on his experience leading the successful fight to end the GOP’s one-party rule and build a functioning democracy in Wisconsin:
“Today, the country we love needs the Democratic Party to be stronger. To unite. To fight. And to win. In Wisconsin, we run a permanent campaign. We organize and communicate year-round, in every community -- and it works. We've ended GOP control and unrigged our state. What has made a difference here can make a difference everywhere.”
Under Wikler’s leadership, in 2024, Wisconsin Democrats picked up four congressional seats. They held onto their Senate seat, broke the GOP supermajority in the state Senate, and picked up 10 seats in the state Assembly. Momentum is on their side as they aim to flip both chambers in 2026 and potentially get a trifecta if they win the governor’s race that year too.
Most importantly, Wikler understands the need for an effective communication strategy:
“What we fight for shows voters who we are. But we don't win if voters only get their news about Democrats from Republicans. To make clear that Democrats are on the side of working families everywhere, we have to shape the information environment, training and deploying great communicators to authentically deliver the most effective messages in every place and on every platform.”
Tell the 448 voting members of the Democratic National Committee: Wisconsin state chair Ben Wikler is the leader we need to take the party to victory in 2026 and beyond!
Wikler started in politics as a research assistant for Al Franken, and later served as a top official at MoveOn. As Wisconsin party chair since 2019, he raised nearly $200 million, the most of any state chair.
For years, the Democratic National Committee has been little more than a fundraising machine, which means it’s been tilted toward sources of big money -- billionaires, big corporations, and Wall Street.
That’s why the DNC cut Bernie Sanders off at the knees when he ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016. That’s why starting in the 1980s the Party began turning its back on the working class.
There’s no way the Party can speak for the majority of working people in America when it’s reluctant to bite the hands that feed it.
Wikler gets this key ingredient, the thing that sets the Democrats apart from Republicans and makes us the ones who can truly stand up for the working class, as he says:
“Democrats win when voters know that we’re the ones fighting for them against those who will seek to rip them off to add an extra billion dollars to their bank account.”
Tell the DNC: Become the anti-establishment party and shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans! Vote for Ben Wikler for DNC Chair!
Thank you for working toward a Democratic Party that stands up for workers, not billionaires and corporations.
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
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