(June 19, 2025)
Other Democrats cited what they described as Martin’s ham-handed approach to the DNC’s influential rules and bylaws committee, which is charged with setting the 2028 presidential primary calendar. Martin purged members of the panel, including Weingarten and Saunders, who had supported Martin’s top opponent in the February election for DNC chair.
Of the 15 Democrats he took off the panel, 13 of them hadn’t voted for Martin, according to an internal record obtained by POLITICO.
(February 1, 2025)
Today, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) President Ken Martin was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with overwhelming support from DNC members on the first ballot.
(December 12, 2024)
Today, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) voted to recommend the Rules of Procedure that will guide the election process for the next DNC Chair as well as National Committee Officers.
DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee
April 13 & 14, 2022
About the Rules and Bylaws Committee, or RBC: The 33 (give or take depending on term) members of the RBC are appointed every 4 years by the national chair of the DNC and ratified by the DNC.